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Sound output for transposing instruments

When you want to make a MIDI file from a score containing transposed and untransposed instruments, you have to instruct LilyPond the pitch offset (in semitones) for the transposed instruments. This is done using the transposing property. It does not affect printed output:

             \property Staff.instrument = #"Cl. in B-flat"
             \property Staff.transposing = #-2
     

This page is for LilyPond-2.0.1 (stable-branch).

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