> On 10 May 2024, at 22:21, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
>
> On Fri, 10 May 2024, Hans Åberg wrote:
>
>>> signature. The MIDI file does not contain that information; it is up to
>>> whatever software reads the MIDI file, to display it appropriately.
>>
>> So to go back to staff notation from MIDI, one must know what enharmonic
>> equivalences that have been applied.
>
> Yes - and it's not Lilypond that does that step, so if the translation
> back to staff notation is not as desired, there's little that can be done
> within Lilypond to fix it.
On traditional meantone keyboards with 12 keys per octave, a common way to
chose the notes are, expressed in iterated fifths:
E♭ B♭ F C G D A E B F♯ C♯ G♯
One could indicate a note, like A, and from that, get 6 fifths down and 5
fifths up.
