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Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals
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Jonathan Wilkes |
Subject: |
Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals |
Date: |
Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:01:05 -0700 (PDT) |
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:24:51 +0100
> From: Graham Percival <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals
> To: Leonardo Herrera <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
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>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:05:45AM -0400, Leonardo Herrera
> wrote:
> > I do have a suggestion: I would add two examples to
> the section that
> > shows this clearly.
>
> How is that more clear than:
>
> ----
> In this example:
>
> \key d \major
> d cis fis
>
> No note has a printed accidental, but you must still add is
> and
> type cis and fis in the input file.
>
> The code b does not mean “print a black dot just on
> the middle
> line of the staff.� Rather, it means “there is
> a note with pitch
> B-natural.� In the key of A-flat major, it does get
> an accidental:
>
> \key aes \major
> b
>
> If the above seems confusing, consider this: if you were
> playing a
> piano, which key would you hit? If you would press a black
> key,
> then you must add -is or -es to the note name!
> ------
The hint at the end about black keys doesn't work for b- and e-sharp, nor
c- and f-flat, nor double-sharps and flats. What about something like
this:
If the above seems confusing, imagine someone asks you for the first
four notes of Beethoven's fifth. If you say, "g, g, g, e-flat," you
are correct. However, if you say "g, g, g, e," you are wrong and
will be corrected by any theory teacher within a fifty-foot radius as
follows:
"That's an e-flat, not an e. Have a look at the key signature."
Unlike the theory teacher above, Lilypond doesn't know the answers ahead
of time and assumes you know what you're doing. The way you say
note-names out loud at sounding pitch corresponds directly to the
way you enter pitches into a Lilypond score. That means no matter what key
signature you put in front of it, Beethoven's fifth always starts with
g g g ees when input into a Lilypond score.
---
I say "sounding pitch" so that it covers transposing instruments as well.
-Jonathan
>
>
> Really, all the info is already there.
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
- Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, (continued)
- Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, Arne Peters, 2009/08/31
- Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, Hans Aberg, 2009/08/31
- Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, Reinhold Kainhofer, 2009/08/31
- Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, Francisco Vila, 2009/08/31
- Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, Graham Percival, 2009/08/28
- Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, Leonardo Herrera, 2009/08/25
- Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, Graham Percival, 2009/08/25
Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, Reinhold Kainhofer, 2009/08/25
Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals,
Jonathan Wilkes <=
Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals, Jonathan Wilkes, 2009/08/31