@cindex double flat
@cindex flat, double
@cindex natural sign
+@cindex natural pitch
A @notation{sharp} pitch is made by adding @code{is} to the note
name, and a @notation{flat} pitch by adding @code{es}. As you
@node Note names in other languages
@unnumberedsubsubsec Note names in other languages
+@cindex note names, other languages
+@cindex pitch names, other languages
+@cindex language, note names in other
+@cindex language, pitch names in other
+
There are predefined sets of note names for various other
languages. To use them, include the language-specific init file.
For example, to use English notes names, add
@w{@code{\include "english.ly"}} to the top of the input file.
The available language files and the note names they define are:
-@cindex note names, other languages
-@cindex pitch names, other languages
@smallexample
@multitable {nederlands.ly} {do re mi fa sol la sib si} {-iss/-is} {-ess/-es} {-ss/-x/-sharpsharp} {-essess/-eses}
@cindex octave correction
@cindex octave check
+@cindex control pitch
@funindex =
@funindex \octaveCheck
+@funindex controlpitch
In relative mode, it is easy to forget an octave changing mark.
Octave checks make such errors easier to find by displaying a
@funindex \dorian
@cindex church modes
@cindex modes
+@cindex major
+@cindex minor
+@cindex ionian
+@cindex locrian
+@cindex aeolian
+@cindex mixolydian
+@cindex lydian
+@cindex phrygian
+@cindex dorian
Here, @var{mode} should be @code{\major} or @code{\minor} to get a
key signature of @var{pitch}-major or @var{pitch}-minor,
@cindex 8va
@cindex 8ve
@cindex octavation
+@funindex set-octavation
@notation{Ottava brackets} introduce an extra transposition of an
octave for the staff:
@cindex automatic accidentals
@cindex default accidental style
@funindex set-accidental-style
+@funindex voice
There are many different conventions on how to typeset
accidentals. LilyPond provides a function to specify which
The following accidental styles are supported. To demonstrate
each style, we use the following example:
+@funindex default
+
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
musicA = {
<<
@cindex default accidental style
@cindex accidental style, default
+@funindex default
This is the default typesetting behavior. It corresponds to
eighteenth-century common practice: accidentals are remembered to
@cindex modern accidental style
@cindex accidental style, modern-cautionary
@cindex modern-cautionary accidental style
+@funindex voice
The normal behavior is to remember the accidentals at
@code{Staff}-level. In this style, however, accidentals are
@cindex accidentals, modern style
@cindex modern style accidentals
+@funindex modern
This rule corresponds to the common practice in the twentieth
century. It prints the same accidentals as @code{default}, with
@cindex accidentals, piano
@cindex piano accidental style
@cindex piano accidentals
+@funindex piano
This rule reflects twentieth-century practice for piano notation.
Its behavior is very similar to @code{modern} style, but here
@item piano-cautionary
-@funindex piano-cautionary
+@funindex piano-cautionary
@cindex accidentals, piano cautionary
@cindex cautionary accidentals, piano
@cindex piano cautionary accidentals
@item no-reset
-@funindex no-reset accidental style
+@funindex no-reset
@cindex accidental style, no reset
@cindex no reset accidental style
@item forget
-@funindex forget accidental style
+@funindex forget
@cindex forget accidental style
@cindex accidental style, forget
@cindex guitar note heads
@cindex note head styles
@cindex styles, note heads
+@funindex cross
Note heads may be altered:
@cindex Aiken shape note heads
@cindex sacred harp note heads
@funindex \key
-@funindex shapeNoteStyles
@funindex \aikenHeads
@funindex \sacredHarpHeads