Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: >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. > The language point of view would be the same for English.
>>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'? > By quite logical I meant the least work. Finale and some other GUI programs do it that way to save work. I have just installed RoseGarden and I see that it has a 'Follow key' button. >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. > Agreed that there is a logic problem there but saving work is also logical. Perhaps entering in solfeggio mode would be useful but I was not trained that way. > 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. > That might useful but at least now I know the rules and can do what I need to get the work done. Thanks for your work in this. >>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. > Are you referring some particular software. I use Mozilla mail-news and don't know what that option means. Why would this only be happening in this thread? Thanks, Paul _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
