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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.

\context Staff {
  \clef "F"
  { \key e \major c d e f }
  \clef "G"
  \transpose des'' { \key e \major c d e f }
  \transpose cis'' { \key e \major c d e f }
}

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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