From: Mats Bengtsson <mats.bengtsson@s3.kth.se>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:13:06 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Added a comment and reference on \transposition to get the correct octave in MIDI... 
X-Git-Tag: release/2.13.15-1~17
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9d75bbc848f4ea390b5095712ec6672dfbf215ca;p=lilypond.git

Added a comment and reference on \transposition to get the correct octave in MIDI output.
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diff --git a/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely b/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely
index 01d72d6fb9..698489e92e 100644
--- a/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ tablature.  Sometimes the two types are combined, and it is
 especially common in popular music to use chord diagrams above
 a staff of traditional notation.  The guitar and the banjo are
 transposing instruments, sounding an octave lower than written.
-Scores for these instruments should use the @code{"treble_8"} clef.
+Scores for these instruments should use the @code{"treble_8"} clef (and
+@code{\transposition c} to get correct MIDI output).
 Some other elements pertinent to fretted string instruments
 are covered elsewhere:
 
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ Notation Reference:
 @ref{Writing music in parallel},
 @ref{Arpeggio},
 @ref{List of articulations},
-@ref{Clef}.
+@ref{Clef},
+@ref{Instrument transpositions}.
 
 
 @node String number indications