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Transpose

A music expression can be transposed with \transpose. The syntax is

       \transpose pitch musicexpr
     

This means that middle C in musicexpr is transposed to pitch.

\transpose distinguishes between enharmonic pitches: both \transpose cis' or \transpose des' will transpose up half a tone. The first version will print sharps and the second version will print flats.

     mus =\notes { \key d \major cis d fis g }
     \score { \notes \context Staff {
       \clef "F" \mus
       \clef "G"
       \transpose g'' \mus
       \transpose f'' \mus
     }}
     

If you want to use both \transpose and \relative, then you must use \transpose first. \relative will have no effect music that appears inside a \transpose.

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