Re: Pitch/ octave notation

[Peter O'Doherty]

> > Then he could use 4c8 instead, or does lilypond have any special
> > meaning for prepended digits?
>
> hm, then maybe 8c4 is an even better choice ("8th of pitch c4"). I  
> guessed
> that the request for c4 syntax for pitches is related to some  
> musicological
> convention where c4 is the actual pitch name.

Yes, this is precisely the idea. I'm typesetting music which jumps  
around a lot and instead of a,,, and a,, and c''''' and c'''' which  
becomes very confusing, the convention I am using (simply because I  
am most familiar with it) is c-1, c0, c6, c7 and so forth. It is  
simply easier to see at a glance which octave it is. But of course I  
do see where the problem lies as duration are also digits.
Never mind, it was worth trying!