> Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:24:51 +0100 > From: Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca> > Subject: Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals > To: Leonardo Herrera <leonardo.herr...@gmail.com> > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Message-ID: <20090825182451.gb29...@sapphire> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:05:45AM -0400, Leonardo Herrera > wrote: > > I do have a suggestion: I would add two examples to > the section that > > shows this clearly. > > How is that more clear than: > > ---- > In this example: > > \key d \major > d cis fis > > No note has a printed accidental, but you must still add is > and > type cis and fis in the input file. > > The code b does not mean “print a black dot just on > the middle > line of the staff.� Rather, it means “there is > a note with pitch > B-natural.� In the key of A-flat major, it does get > an accidental: > > \key aes \major > b > > If the above seems confusing, consider this: if you were > playing a > piano, which key would you hit? If you would press a black > key, > then you must add -is or -es to the note name! > ------
The hint at the end about black keys doesn't work for b- and e-sharp, nor c- and f-flat, nor double-sharps and flats. What about something like this: If the above seems confusing, imagine someone asks you for the first four notes of Beethoven's fifth. If you say, "g, g, g, e-flat," you are correct. However, if you say "g, g, g, e," you are wrong and will be corrected by any theory teacher within a fifty-foot radius as follows: "That's an e-flat, not an e. Have a look at the key signature." Unlike the theory teacher above, Lilypond doesn't know the answers ahead of time and assumes you know what you're doing. The way you say note-names out loud at sounding pitch corresponds directly to the way you enter pitches into a Lilypond score. That means no matter what key signature you put in front of it, Beethoven's fifth always starts with g g g ees when input into a Lilypond score. --- I say "sounding pitch" so that it covers transposing instruments as well. -Jonathan > > > Really, all the info is already there. > > Cheers, > - Graham > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user