Re: Rehearsal marks

[Brett McCoy]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Graham Percival
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 08:34:14PM -0500, Brett McCoy wrote:
>> I've read in a few places -- including the Lilypond documentation --
>> that, traditionally, when using rehearsal marks in a score, the letter
>> I is skipped. Does anyone know why this is done?
>
> I'm pretty certain it's because I is easy to confuse with J or L
> or I (roman numeral), depending on the exact font used.
>
>
> Either that, or some 18th century king was pissed off at the
> letter because his ex-lover's name started with that letter, and
> everybody respects the tradition banning the use of that letter.
> :)

I read in some cases J is may be skipped as well.

-- Brett
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