Re: Absolute Beginners

[Eyolf Ostrem]

I finally sat down and read through the beginners' guide, and I like it! Good 
work. Two minor comments:

On Tue 26 December 2006 01:57, Manuel wrote:
> You change the clef changing the term "treble" to
>
>
> alto
> tenor
> bass
etc.

Perhaps you should include "G_8" too - it's certainly the clef I use most 
often (for guitar scores and tenor parts).


> Working fine? Then let's go for sharps and flats. Just add
>
> is
>
> to the name of a note to make it a sharp, like this:
>
> [snip]
>
> (Please note that this is not necessarily the way you are used to  
> naming the notes, just a quick, logical and easy way to work with  
> LilyPond.)

This makes it sound like the is/es system is something that was invented for 
LP - you might want to indicate that it's the german(ic) way, perhaps also 
that it can be changed.
If I knew nothing about the is/es system before, and read this paragraph, I 
would think: 'so they invented a new system which nobody has heard about 
before, and calls it logical?!? Give me a break - I'm not setting foot in 
THAT program...!"
I'm exaggerating, of course... :-)



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