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The core machinery of Alda
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Reference pitch and transposition #59

Closed pzxwang closed 7 years ago

pzxwang commented 7 years ago

For issue #21 . Just to make sure, Alda does use the midi-note and pitch of a note to determine what to actually play, right?

daveyarwood commented 7 years ago

Looks good -- merged.

I couldn't resist trying out this feature, so I transcribed an excerpt of a saxophone quartet I found sheet music for and added it as an example score. Fun stuff to play around with! This quartet is in Bb major, but the saxophone parts are written as if they're in C (for the soprano and tenor saxophones) and G (for the alto and baritone saxophones). Thanks to the transpose attribute, I was able to transcribe the notes as written, without having to transpose them in my head, which was very convenient.