Consider the following scores below. I would have thought Lilypond would apply a consistent transposition to the notes without the need to reformat the interval notations.
The first stave is the phrase in the original key as intended. I then apply a transpose down one semitone on the next stave and find the relative intervals are being interpreted differently.
The third and fourth staves demonstrate that without a \relative marking, the intervals would have behaved similar to the transposed version.
I am not sure if this is a bug in the Lilypond system, or if there is some reason why \transpose does not just apply an predictable pitch change when using a \relative marking?
Can anyone advise how I can use transpose to just shift my music in a consistent way?
global= {
\time 4/4
\key g \major
}
\version "2.16.2"
{
\relative c''{
bes'4-^ g16 ees8. bes'4-^ fis16 d8.
}
}
\version "2.16.2"
{
\relative c''{
\transpose c b {
bes'4-^ g16 ees8. bes'4-^ fis16 d8.
}
}
}
\version "2.16.2"
{
bes'4-^ g16 ees8. bes'4-^ fis16 d8.
}
\version "2.16.2"
{
\transpose c b {
bes'4-^ g16 ees8. bes'4-^ fis16 d8.
}
}