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| From: | Joseph Rushton Wakeling |
| Subject: | Re: Microtonal accidentals |
| Date: | Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:49:04 +0100 |
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On 03/11/13 11:42, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
For Lilypond in particular, the problem of supporting microtonal notation is less about symbols per se and more about the underlying representation of pitch, and how that relates both to accidentals and transposition.
Specifically in relation to the Helmholtz-Ellis notation -- some of those accidentals would play very badly with existing Lilypond transposition rules.
The double-sharp-up-arrow (i.e. approx +5/4 tone) and double-flat-down-arrow (approx. -5/4 tone) would clash with the hardcoded transposition rule that sees any accidental pitch alteration greater than 1 tone rewritten to a new staff pitch with smaller alteration.
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