diff --git a/inline_score.ly b/inline_score.ly
index 7671dd1..1a549dd 100644
--- a/inline_score.ly
+++ b/inline_score.ly
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ inline-score =
 #(define-music-function (music) (ly:music?)
    (set! INLINESCOREMUSIC #{ \INLINESCOREMUSIC #music #})
     #{
-      \transposable #music
+      \transposable #TRANSPOSITION #music
     #})
diff --git a/standalone_output.ly b/standalone_output.ly
index be0b9b4..23ecd7a 100644
--- a/standalone_output.ly
+++ b/standalone_output.ly
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 % set the speed of the midi music
 #(define midiQuarterNoteSpeed (if (defined? 'midiQuarterNoteSpeed) midiQuarterNoteSpeed 90))
 
-MUSIC = { \transposable \MUSIC }
+MUSIC = { \transposable #TRANSPOSITION \MUSIC }
 
 verselayout = \layout {
   \LAYOUT
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ verselayout = \layout {
   }
 }
 TEXT = \markuplist {
+  \override #`(transposition . ,TRANSPOSITION)
   \override #`(verselayout . verselayout)
   \override #`(verse-chords . ,#{ \chords { \verseChords } #})
   \override #`(verse-reference-voice . ,#{ \global \firstVoice  #})
diff --git a/transposition.ly b/transposition.ly
index 4e0f0a1..e5335bc 100644
--- a/transposition.ly
+++ b/transposition.ly
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
-TRANSPOSITION = ##f
+TRANSPOSITION = #(cons #f #f)
 
 transposeGlobal =
 #(define-void-function (from to) (ly:pitch? ly:pitch?)
    (set! TRANSPOSITION (cons from to)))
 
 transposable =
-#(define-music-function (music) (ly:music?)
-  (if TRANSPOSITION
+#(define-music-function (fromto music) (pair? ly:music?)
+  (if (car fromto)
     #{
-      \transpose #(car TRANSPOSITION) #(cdr TRANSPOSITION) #music
+      \transpose #(car fromto) #(cdr fromto) #music
     #}
     music))
+
+% Akkorde in Strophen transponieren
+#(define-markup-list-command (transpose layout props from to markuplist)
+  (markup? markup? markup-list?)
+
+  (define (markup->pitch m)
+    (ly:assoc-get (string->symbol (markup->string m)) pitchnames))
+
+  (interpret-markup-list layout (prepend-alist-chain 'transposition (cons (markup->pitch from) (markup->pitch to)) props) markuplist))
diff --git a/verses_with_chords.ly b/verses_with_chords.ly
index ac5a34c..7b0453e 100644
--- a/verses_with_chords.ly
+++ b/verses_with_chords.ly
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@
      ((center) (make-size-box-to-box-markup use-x use-y abox bbox))
      ((left) (make-size-box-to-box-left-aligned-markup use-x use-y abox bbox)))))
 
-% Akkorde in Strophen transponieren
-#(define-markup-list-command (transpose layout props from to markuplist)
-  (markup? markup? markup-list?)
-  (interpret-markup-list layout (prepend-alist-chain 'transposition (cons from to) props) markuplist))
-
 #(define-markup-command (chord-alignment-style-dependent layout props chord-with-text) (markup?)
    (interpret-markup layout props
    (case songTextChordAlignment
@@ -129,19 +124,22 @@
 
 % Kompletten Vers mit Akkorden
 #(define-markup-command (chordverse layout props stanza verse) (string-or-music? string?)
-   #:properties ((intraverse-vspace 0)(custom-verse-breaks '()))
+   #:properties (
+    (intraverse-vspace 0)
+    (custom-verse-breaks '())
+    (transposition (cons #f #f))
+    (verselayout generalLayout)
+    )
    "Vers mit Akkorden"
-   (let* ((fromto (chain-assoc-get 'transposition props #f))
-          (transp (if fromto
-                    (string-append "\\transpose " (car fromto) " " (cdr fromto))
-                    ""))
-          (verselayout (chain-assoc-get 'verselayout props generalLayout)))
+   (let ((transp (if (car transposition)
+                    (string-append "\\transpose " (note-name->string (car transposition)) " " (note-name->string (cdr transposition)))
+                    "")))
    (interpret-markup layout props
      (markup #:override `(baseline-skip . ,(+ intraverse-vspace songTextLineHeigth)) #:anchor-x-between #:stanza stanza
        (make-wrap-newline-markup
                (ly:regex-replace (ly:make-regex "\\(( *)([^,()]*)( *),([^)]*)\\)")
                  (ly:regex-replace (ly:make-regex "(([^ \n]*\\([^()]*,[^()]+\\)[^ \n(]*)+)") (handle-custom-newlines custom-verse-breaks verse) " \\concat { " 1 " } ")
-                "\\textup \\line { \"" 1 "\" " 2 " \"" 3 "\" } \\score { \\transposable " transp " \\chords { s4 " 4 " } \\layout { \\verselayout } }")
+                "\\textup \\line { \"" 1 "\" " 2 " \"" 3 "\" } \\score { " transp " \\chords { s4 " 4 " } \\layout { \\verselayout } }")
                 )
      ))))
 
@@ -226,7 +224,8 @@
                  (verse-reference-voice #{#})
                  (verse-break-voice #{#})
                  (verse-line-height songTextLineHeigth)
-                 (intraverse-vspace 0))
+                 (intraverse-vspace 0)
+                 (transposition (cons #f #f)))
   "Vers mit Akkorden"
   (interpret-markup layout props
     #{
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@
         \override #`(baseline-skip . ,intraverse-vspace)
         \pad-left #-5
         \score-equal-height #verse-line-height \score-lines {
-          \transposable
+          \transposable #transposition
           <<
             \new Devnull { #verse-break-voice }
             #(music-clone verse-chords)