Because spelling counts! D# and E♭may sound the same (on a tempered instrument)
but they are two very different notes. And an performer playing an instrument
that can distinguish between the two, should.
On Dec 10, 2010, at 6:18 PM, Michael Ellis wrote:
> Why not set one of the notes to a different enharmonic pitch? It's certainly
> much kinder to the musician who's trying to play the composition.
>
> \include "english.ly"
> {
> \clef treble
> \time 4/4
> <<
> { fs'4 }
> \\
> { es'4 }
> >>
> }
>
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Phil Holmes <m...@philholmes.net> wrote:
> Please reply to the user group as well.
>
> As is often pointed out, it's free software and the fixes depend on who is
> working for nothing on the code.
>
> I wouldn't think it would crop up frequently.
>
> I made a workaround with a combination of forcing the accidentals to be
> displayed, and then using force-hshift and extra-offset and a few other
> tweaks to make it work.
>
> My example is pretty complicated, because I also autogenerate the code, but
> you're welcome to a copy if you want.
>
> --
> Phil Holmes
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Correia" <marco.v.corr...@gmail.com>
> To: "Phil Holmes" <m...@philholmes.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Odd output
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> I can't believe that this is seen as a low priority enhancement...! This
> completely renders lilypond unusable for the task I need it, which is to serve
> as a printer for computer generated music. The output is not ugly - it is
> plain wrong!
>
> Why doesn't the accidental_engraver looks into other voices as well?
>
> Maybe I can workaround it by doing an extra pass before writing the lilypond
> code to check if this kind of problem may occur... But now I wonder what other
> kind of potential problems may occur with this accidental_engraver
> algorithm...
>
> Anyway, I just wanted to say that I think this problem deserves more
> consideration.
>
> Thank you!
> Marco
>
> On Friday 10 December 2010, you wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marco Correia" <marco.v.corr...@gmail.com>
> To: <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:35 AM
> Subject: Odd output
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just started using lilypond, so it is very possible that I'm making
> > some mistake.
> >
> > When compiling this example:
> >
> > \include "english.ly"
> > {
> > \clef treble
> > \time 4/4
> > <<
> > { fs'4 }
> > \\
> > { f'4 }
> >
> > }
> >
> > I see two notes on fs (occupying the same position but with stems up > and
> > down). There is no indication that f is there.
> >
> > Is this supposed to/ how do I fix it?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Marco
>
> This was one of the first issues I raised, in June this year. I think it
> was my first bug report:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1134
>
>
> --
> Phil Holmes
>
>
> --
> Marco Correia <m...@netcabo.pt>
>
>
>
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