Change docstrings for microtonal music

[lilypond.git] / lily / pitch-scheme.cc

diff --git a/lily/pitch-scheme.cc b/lily/pitch-scheme.cc
index 6ad6f8c89a2ded2209abebc340e379d57702db6b..1ecc247ed13911110dfccf21463d739a718d0fe3 100644 (file)
--- a/lily/pitch-scheme.cc
+++ b/lily/pitch-scheme.cc
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ LY_DEFINE (ly_pitch_transpose, "ly:pitch-transpose",
 LY_DEFINE (ly_make_pitch, "ly:make-pitch",
           2, 1, 0, (SCM octave, SCM note, SCM alter),
           "@var{octave} is specified by an integer, zero for the octave"
-          " containing middle@tie{}C.  @var{note} is a number from 0"
-          " to@tie{}6, with 0 corresponding to pitch@tie{}C and 6"
-          " corresponding to pitch@tie{}B.  @var{alter} is a rational"
-          " number of whole tones for alteration.")
+          " containing middle@tie{}C. @var{note} is a number indexing the"
+          " global default scale, with 0 corresponding to pitch@tie{}C"
+          " and 6 usually corresponding to pitch@tie{}B. @var{alter} is" 
+          " a rational number of 200-cent whole tones for alteration.")
+
 {
   LY_ASSERT_TYPE (scm_is_integer, octave, 1);
   LY_ASSERT_TYPE (scm_is_integer, note, 2);