Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It would be quite logical if there were an equal probability of notes > in a composition being in or out of the current key.
Maybe it's a language question. In Dutch, the name of an f-sharp is a fis; it's quite unnatural (an uncommon) to refer to an f-sharp as 'f', regardless of what key it's in. > Even though it's not exactly comparing apples to apples, in Finale the > entered notes are automatically in the current key and extra clicking > raises or lowers the pitch. In my example I would type 'f' plus some > modifier to get f natural or f double sharp. Ah. Are you certain that, if you think about it, you are not confusing `quite logical' with `more like Finale happens to do it'? It may indeed be a bit apples and oranges, in LilyPond (or text entry, ftm), you have to name a note. Then, it's not logical to use give a wrong name. If you select a note in a GUI program, it's logical for the program to suggest the most probable one. I think we used to have a special entry mode for this, called it `viola mode' (I don't know the key we're in, but the sheet music I'm copying from says `f' at this point, not `#f' :-), but I can't seem to find it anymore. > p.s. I am getting two copies of everything from this thread. The > first one of each pair lacks the last three identification lines. You shoud set your Mail-Followup-To: header. Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
