From 5ce72f1f259f504c8b4d5fbb6d810565fcd8ace0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Percival Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:16:09 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Note name pitches update from Maximilian; thanks! --- Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely | 62 +++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely b/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely index eb3013b3f7..6f5c35ab5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely @@ -221,23 +221,59 @@ example, add @code{\include "english.ly"} to the top of the input file. The available language files and the note names they define are -@c what about micro-tunes, double-sharps, and double-flats? add -@c more columns to the table? -@c Oh, and should this be made into a multitable? +@c Should this be made into a multitable? @cindex note names, other languages @example - Note Names sharp flat -nederlands.ly c d e f g a bes b -is -es -english.ly c d e f g a bf b -s/-sharp -f/-flat - -x (double) -deutsch.ly c d e f g a b h -is -es -norsk.ly c d e f g a b h -iss/-is -ess/-es -svenska.ly c d e f g a b h -iss -ess -italiano.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si -d -b -catalan.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si -d/-s -b -espanol.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si -s -b + Note Names sharp flat double double + sharp flat + +nederlands.ly c d e f g a bes b -is -es -isis -eses +english.ly c d e f g a bf b -s/-sharp -f/-flat -ss/-x/ -ff/ + -sharpsharp -flatflat +deutsch.ly c d e f g a b h -is -es -isis -eses +norsk.ly c d e f g a b h -iss/-is -ess/-es -ississ/-isis -essess/-eses +svenska.ly c d e f g a b h -iss -ess -ississ -essess +italiano.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si -d -b -dd -bb +catalan.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si -d/-s -b -dd/-ss -bb +espanol.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si -s -b -ss -bb @end example +@noindent +Note that in Dutch, German, Norwegian, and Swedish, the flat +alterations of @samp{a} like for example @code{aes} and @code{aeses} +are usually contracted to @code{as} and @code{ases} (or more commonly +@code{asas}). Sometimes only these contracted names are defined in the +corresponding language files (this also applies to the suffixes for +quartertones below). + +@noindent +Some music uses microtones whose alterations are fractions of a +@q{regular} sharp or flat. The note names for quartertones defined in +the various language files are listed in the following table. Here the +prefixes @q{semi-} and @q{sesqui-} mean @q{half} and @q{one and a +half}, respectively. For Norwegian, Swedish, Catalan and Spanish no +special names have been defined yet. +@c What about Turkish Maquam music and similar microtonal systems? +@c +@c Note that the term "three-quarter-sharp/-flat" used in lilypond's source code +@c is actually misleading since the alteration is in fact one and a half +@c of a regular sharp/flat. Whence the naming "sesqui-sharp/-flat" used below. + +@example + Note Names semi- semi- sesqui- sesqui- + sharp flat sharp flat + +nederlands.ly c d e f g a bes b -ih -eh -isih -eseh +english.ly c d e f g a bf b -qs -qf -tqs -tqf +deutsch.ly c d e f g a b h -ih -eh -isih -eseh +norsk.ly c d e f g a b h +svenska.ly c d e f g a b h +italiano.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si -sd -sb -dsd -bsb +catalan.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si +espanol.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si +@end example + + @node Relative octaves @subsection Relative octaves -- 2.39.2