----- Original Message ----- > From: "Calixte Faure" <calixte.fa...@gmail.com> > To: "Noeck" <noeck.marb...@gmx.de> > Cc: "LilyPond Users" <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > 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 < noeck.marb...@gmx.de > : > > > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user