Re: sostenido/bemol

[Manuel]

Am 29/12/2006 um 17:53 schrieb Christopher A. LaFond:

> Manuel wrote:
> > You are right, but
> >
> > nota sostenida
> >
> > doesn't sound correct, since it is equivocal.
>
> However, it is being used everywhere, it seems, to mean "sharp" as  
> its principle meaning. Shouldn't usage dictate "correctness" if it  
> becomes fairly universal? The other use of the word -- "sustained"  
> -- is much less common, even in musical parlance, and could be  
> explained when necessary (


> "la nota sostenida más larga"

I would use the masculine here. It could be the longest tenuto note.

Possibly, an enquiry at RAE's services will shed light upon this.

Manuel


> , "una nota sostenida en el aire", "una nota sostenida de  
> trompeta"). Again, a Google search reveals that the *vast* majority  
> of the use of the expression "nota sostenida" means a "sharp" note.
>
> > > If you do a Goolge search for "nota bemol", you will see that it  
> > > is also used in common speech all the time.
> > >
> > > Also, "cómo", as well as many other words, only bear a written  
> > > accent when used in an interrogative (as a few others have  
> > > pointed out).
> >
> >
> > No, not quite so. See the common expressions:
> >
> > ¡Cómo es posible!
>
> Yes, I forgot the exclamatory statements. There are also one- 
> syllable words where one form takes a written accent and one does  
> not (e.g. tú vs. tu). My point was that in a comparison or simile,  
> it does not bear a written accent.
> > No sé cómo hacer
> This is an interrogative usage (even though it's not a direct  
> question).
>
>
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