Re: octave checks in the viola line of my assignment are failing.

[Sarah k Alawami]

Ah. except my midi file is not being created for some reason. I'll just put 
that part through a website I can't recall, but it generates midi files of lily 
pond music and  see whas a miss. I don't want to hear the whole score yet. lol!

Thanks.
On May 14, 2013, at 8:53 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Sarah k Alawami <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Hello to all. Octave checks in my viola part are failing. I made sure
>> that the right octave signs are there but I must be hearing it
>> differently then what I'm reading on the page the source that is.
>> 
>> I mace sure that unless I want to change o gives each note must be at
>> at most a 4th a part before I would want to. The exception and I think
>> the trouble is the tritones that are in the piece. No it's not 20th
>> century music. lol!¬
> 
> From
> <URL:http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/writing-pitches#relative-octave-entry>:
> 
>    If no octave changing mark is used on a pitch, its octave is
>    calculated so that the interval with the previous note is less than
>    a fifth. This interval is determined without considering
>    accidentals.
> 
> _Without_ _considering_ _accidentals_.  This is stressed again later:
> 
>    As explained above, the octave of pitches is calculated only with
>    the note names, regardless of any alterations. Therefore, an
>    E-double-sharp following a B will be placed higher, while an
>    F-double-flat will be placed lower. In other words, a
>    double-augmented fourth is considered a smaller interval than a
>    double-diminished fifth, regardless of the number of semitones that
>    each interval contains.
> 
> That means that you _can't_ figure out relative mode by listening to the
> Midi.  The note _names_ are what determines the intervals here, not the
> audible intervals.
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup
> 
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