----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakel...@webdrake.net> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009 2:41 pm Subject: Re: Quarter-tone notation with arrows To: Kees van den Doel <kvand...@shaw.ca> Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
> Kees van den Doel wrote: > > A given alteration results in one specific glyph. > > :-( > > > Of course a -1/4 flat can be presented by numerous glyphs, > > anything you like, really, but you'll have to decide which one > is the default and if you want another symbol > > at some point in the score (I can't imagine why you would want > that) you'll have to override the glyph. > > Well, why I _want_ it is for much the same reason as why, if you want > the note that is one semitone in-between C and D, sometimes you > want it > to be a C sharp and sometimes a D flat... :-) > > Another reason could be that if your quarter-tones are _approximate_ > rather than precise, it can be helpful to know which of the 12 > standardnotes you are bending. Unfortunately Western notation doesn't work like that. Accidentals (microtonal or not) operate on the 7 diatonic pitches, not on 12 semitones. I think you think the "arrow" somehow alters already altered notes (like Bb), but the alteration operates on the diatonic notes, so there can be no difference between natural-quarterflat and flat-quartersharp, but C# and Db are distinct. > Graham Breed wrote me a nice note suggesting defining some kind of > override or tweak to redefine the symbol on the fly, but > considering it > I think I'll probably go with 'cheaty' definitions of pitch > alterations,like +/- 101/400 (or 1001/4000 or whatever seems > most appropriate:-) I think that works so well and easy that there is no reason to have anything better :-) Kees _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
