Re: Get the pitch as number

[Gilles THIBAULT]

> I see now what the problem was. however, I'm not quite sure yet how to
> avoid doing similar mistakes in the future, but maybe I'll get used to
> it (For example, how do I know that I should start looking for
> EventChord rather than NoteEvents?)

You can start looking for NoteEvent but remenber you cannot add a markup to 
a NoteEvent.
c-"hello" %% allowed ( equivalent to <c>-"hello" )
<c-"hello"> %% not allowed

> What I want to do is to map a 43-tone scale (octave divided
> in 43-tones) to the first 43 tones of the chromatic scale so it is
> important that I can tell middle C from C in the first octave.
> ly:pitch-semitones seemed to be an appropriate method.

+1 (didn't understantood that. Sorry)

Gilles