From 9d75bbc848f4ea390b5095712ec6672dfbf215ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mats Bengtsson Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:13:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment and reference on \transposition to get the correct octave in MIDI output. --- Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 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 -- 2.39.5