Hi, all!
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Anselm Lingnau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Envoyé : jeudi 30 août 2001 21:03
> À : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Objet : Re: [abcusers] German H as an alternative to B
[...]
> Actually I've been playing off English-style music notation (with `B'
> in place of `H') so much that I find it thoroughly disconcerting to
> actually encounter music that says `H'. In fact all the German SCD
> musicians I know use `B' for `H' in their own arrangements and
> compositions for the sake of consistency. I for one will not shed a
> single tear if ABC is kept completely `English' in that respect. In
> fact I'm strongly in favour of the idea.
> I don't know where the `H' abomination came in but I'm quite happy to
> call it an error and idiocy, for the record. I do have a German
> passport.
Yes, Anselm, I'll second you on that (with a French 'Do ré mi'
passport): 'H' is a fermata in ABC, period.
Don't forget a point though. Dimitri Schostakovich has based his
fantastic (IMHO) 8th quartet (and some other works) on a 'D^BCB'
pattern, from the german notes corresponding to the first letters of his
name ('DSCH'). So I would not call that an abomination...and yes, there
is also BACH (the art of the fugue...).
Christophe
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