Re: specific temperament and pitch

[Hans Aberg]

If you, in the before mentioned Turkish makam example
  http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/input/lsr/snippets/Pitches#Pitches
put the code below, it shold generate MIDI as well.

  Hans Åberg

melody = \relative {

  \override Accidental #'glyph-name-alist =  \makamGlyphs

  \override Staff.KeySignature #'glyph-name-alist = \makamGlyphs
  \set Staff.keySignature =  #'(
    (3 .  4/9)
    (6 . -1/9))

  c cc db fk gbm gfc gfb efk dfbm
}

\score {
  \new Staff \melody
  \layout { }
  \midi { }
}


On 10 Feb 2008, at 11:04, neuro wrote:

> Is it possible, for example, after a piece (of lilypond code) is  
> written,
> I'd like to hear it played, from Lilypond midi,
> with different tuning systems, (and perhaps with different A pitch,  
> if I prefer),
> or, whereas it is said that the major 3rd (of any given major  
> chord, in a tonic piece,) should be lowered (from 12-equal  
> temperament point of "listening"), I'd like to experience the  
> difference early, as lilypond midi plays.
>
>
> If so, how?
>
> Where do I put the n-ET things in code?
>
>
> thank you vrey much
>
>
> neuro
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>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Aberg" <address@hidden>
> To: "neuro" <address@hidden>
> Cc: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 5:47 PM
> Subject: Re: specific temperament and pitch
>
>
> On 10 Feb 2008, at 10:31, neuro wrote:
>
> > Since there are possible different tuning systems (for example,  
> > 12- equaal temperament, just intonation, etc), and tuning pitch  
> > (for  example, A=440, 442 etc.)
> > is it possible to assign specific pitches to specific notes,
> > in Lilypond.
>
> By some funny coincidence, except for the tuning pitch, I just asked
> help to fix this for n-ET (see other thread). The current state of
> the matter, is that you can produce n = multiples 12 - see the
> Turkish makam example in "Snippets", "Pitches" (search for "micro").
>
> In general, if the Western staff line system and key signatures
> should be interpreted as pitches, then it must be a true diatonic
> scale. A scale like the Just Intonation defined by rational intervals
> is in reality tritonic, made up of a minor second m, and two majors
> seconds of different sizes. So it is probably better to find an n-ET
> approximation, such as 31-ET, or notate it with intermediate pitches
> against a true diatonic scale, like in the Sagittal music notation
> system.
>
>   Hans Åberg