Re: a lot of accidentals. how do I notate them?

[Sarah k Alawami]

The piece is almost all quarter notes except for those pesky dotted quarter 8th 
patterns on beats 3 and 4. I can conduct it fine, if I had to lol! So how do I 
fix that unexpected '!' even though I know it's correct? It is on that e 
natural. It has to be. as we are temparerly modulating in to g for about a half 
a measure.
On Mar 1, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:

> Am 01.03.2013 23:44, schrieb Sarah k Alawami:
>> Hey thanks for your explanation. it is helping a bit. how ever I think it is 
>> still complaining about this measure
>> 
>> d4 e! g4. f8 e
>> 
>> If I recall though it is
>> 
>> d, e natural, g, f, e flat. so Do I need to mark it as an e flat at the end 
>> of that measure
> Yes, you have to write "ees" as your last note.
> But first of all you definitely should get your rhythms right, it's always 4 
> 4 8. 16 4 and not 4 4 4. 8 4
>> , the error I get is unexpected '!' and I think it is that measure it's 
>> having a connection about. I'm not looking forward t the violin 2 part as 
>> that one will be tricky, but I'll get to that as soon as I make this error 
>> free. lol!
>> 
>> thanks for dealing with such a slow learner lol! the manual is helpful but 
>> sometimes it can be less then  explanatory even to a musician who has been 
>> playing for over 20 years lol!
>> 
>> Take care all and be blessed. I'm taking  a brake from this for now. I need 
>> it!
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 1, 2013, at 1:54 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Sarah k Alawami <address@hidden> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Ok. I know how to notate the sharps and flats but I might have missed
>>>> in the big manual how to notate naturals and there are a lot of them
>>>> in this piece.
>>> I think I understand your problem.  You think that aes writes a flat,
>>> and bis writes a sharp.  This is _not_ how LilyPond works.  Instead you
>>> write the pitch you want to hear.  LilyPond will decide by its own rules
>>> when it needs a sharp, a flat, or a natural.
>>> 
>>> What you write as a is _always_ played on a white key, what you write as
>>> fis is _always_ played on a black key.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> David Kastrup
>>> 
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