[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > - Two more accidentals, half-flat and half-sharp, to cover quarter tones.
> >
> > This is not yet possible, but it should be very easy to do. You do have to
> > make glyphs in metafont.
>
> That seems the least difficult problem (not that I know MetaFont, but
> I know where to look for information). But in Mudela, the
> \musicalpitch statement counts shifts in semitones. Assuming that the
> shift argument must be an integer, all possible values already have a
> meaning and there is no way to add quarter tones.
Yes, but we can change the definition of mudela. We can just count
chromatics using quarter tones instead of half tones. That's just
adding a
*= 2
here and there. (I don't consider \musicalpitch to be part of the
core of the language, and I think it may be changed.)
> > > - More general keys. Ideally any combination of flats, sharps, and their
> > > half variants should be possible, but a fixed catalogue of predefined
> >
> > This is already supported.
>
> And I already used them. That feature alone is worth installing
> LilyPond. Which, as I expected, works as advertised. Thanks a lot
> for this great program!
You're welcome!
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