Re: Manual Chapter 2.10.2 Arabic music

[James Lowe]

Hello,

On 21/02/16 18:41, Blöchl Bernhard wrote:
> % Chapter 2.10.2 Arabic music
> % subchapter Selected Snippets
> % Non-traditional key signatures
> % http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/snippets/world-music
> % The shown snippet unhappily does not fit to the Chapter headline:
> % 1st \include arabic.ly does not support other than italian note names,
> % but just english note names are used in the example snippet
> % 2nd the \set Staff.keyAlterations doe not use any SEMI-FLAT as typical
> % for arabic/turkish notation - the user has to look for the syntax 
> for quarter steps
> % I add a short snippet that helps the user better than the actual one
> % in the manual - in my oppinion
>
> \include "arabic.ly"
> \relative do' {
>   \set Staff.keyAlterations = #`(
>     (0 . ,SEMI-FLAT)
>     (1 . ,SEMI-FLAT)
>     (2 . ,FLAT)
>     (5 . ,FLAT)
>     (6 . ,SEMI-FLAT)
>   )
>   %\set Staff.extraNatural = ##f
>   re reb \dwn reb resd
>   dod dob dosd \dwn dob |
>   dobsb dodsd do do |
> }

Thank you, this has been added as

https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4778/


> % I ask myself if there is not an additional place for description
> % of "Non-traditional key signatures" necessary,
> % outside the arabic/turkish notation context?

If you would care to give an example or suggestion, we would appreciate it.


--
James

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