Depends on where you're coming from I think. If you're composing at
the piano
then write in concert pitch by all means. However if you're composing
for trumpet (Bb)
and decide to write a flute part (C) and also a trombone part (bass
clef C) you can think
in C all you want but plan on adding a couple of flats to the other
parts. Add sharps
going the other way.
Dick S.
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:40 PM Simon Albrecht
<address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
Hello everybody,
I have practically never had to typeset music for transposing
instruments before, so I have barely any experience with this
topic. The
documentation confuses me, since the NR has two sections talking
about
transposing instruments, each giving different advice:
1.1.3.d recommends entering the notes in ‘written’ pitch and using
\transposition to get correct MIDI, cues and quotes. In ‘See
also’, it
links to
1.1.2.b, where the recommendation is to enter the notes in concert
pitch
and use \transpose to display them in transposed, written pitch.
Keith O’Hara, in
<https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4264/>, writes
that ‘we
usually suggest that the variables holding music for transposing
instruments store the music in concert pitch.’
Given the highly confusing nature of the subject, wouldn’t it be
better
if the NR took a clear stance toward one of the ways as ‘best
practice’?
Which way would that be? What experiences did you make?
Best, Simon
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