would 'gn' for G-natural be useful in \language "english" ?

[Keith OHara]

Dear user list,
  The suggestion quoted below from the bug-lilypond list
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2014-08/msg00037.html>
makes sense to me, as an addition to the \language "english"  note-names.

It would not fit in German-style pitch-names, where 'cis' and 'ces' get 
completely distinct names from 'c'.
I am not sure if something similar makes sense in fixed-do naming as used in 
French and Spanish.

Would anyone else like to see 'fn' as a second way to express F-natural in 
English (in addition to the existing 'f') ?


David Winfrey <> writes:

> A new accidental for entering natural notes would be useful.
> In English, this would be 'n', as in 'bn4' or 'gn2'.
> These would have exactly the same effect as 'b4' or 'g2',
> but would be easier to debug.
> If the user is entering or editing music in the key of F,
> or some other key where B is normally flat, it is often
> not clear if 'b4' was intended to be B-natural, or if
> someone just forgot to flat it.
> If the note is written as 'bn4', the note was clearly
> meant to be B-natural.