Re: What is the problem with "\relative"? (Was: Do we really offer the future?)

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> From: "Calixte Faure" <address@hidden>
> To: "Noeck" <address@hidden>
> Cc: "LilyPond Users" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 7:35:18 PM
> Subject: Re: What is the problem with "\relative"? (Was: Do we really offer   
> the future?)
> 
> I learned music in French (native French) and was at the beginning a little
> bit confused with 2 4 8 16 etc. because we say white, black, "hooked",
> double-"hooked", triple-, etc. but after all it is logical with the numbers.
> I understood the choice of 2 4 8 16 during an exchange semester in Germany
> where, as in American, you say half, quarter eighth, sixteenth… I proud
> being able to understand thanks Lilypond ! :)
> Apropos, why isn’t there an American language in Lilypond (do re mi fa sol la
> ti -e -a) ?

American note names are the same as English note names and there is an English 
option.

-David

> 
> Cheers,
> Calixte.
> 
> 2015-04-23 20:57 GMT+02:00 Noeck < address@hidden > :
> 
> 
> >> c5 d5 e5 f5 g5 f5 e5 d5 c5
> > 
> > All other things being equal, that *would* have been great.
> 
> That would save typing in some cases and would follow American and other
> conventions. But c' etc. is just the natural way of calling the notes in
> Dutch, German and many northern and eastern European languages, pointing
> back to the Dutch origins of LilyPond.
> (Usually c, is written C though). So here in Germany it is an advantage
> when teaching LilyPond to newcomes: You write the notes just by their
> name: d' fis' a' d'' – as easy as that.
> 
> Joram
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