@cindex pitches
@cindex absolute
@cindex absolute octave specification
+@cindex absolute octave entry
A pitch name is specified using lowercase letters@tie{}@code{a}
through@tie{}@code{g}. The note names @code{c} to @code{b} are
d e f g
@end lilypond
+@cindex octave changing mark
@funindex '
@funindex ,
@unnumberedsubsubsec Relative octave entry
@cindex relative
+@cindex relative octave entry
@cindex relative octave specification
@funindex \relative
@rinternals{RelativeOctaveMusic}.
+@cindex relative octave entry and transposition
+@cindex transposition and relative octave entry
@funindex \transpose
@funindex \chordmode
@funindex \relative
cis cis cis! cis? c c c! c?
@end lilypond
+@cindex accidental on tied note
+@cindex tied note, accidental
+
Accidentals on tied notes are only printed at the beginning of a
new system:
@rinternals{accidental-interface}.
+@cindex accidental, quarter-tone
+@cindex quarter-tone accidental
+
@knownissues
There are no generally accepted standards for denoting
@end lilypond
+@cindex microtones
+@cindex semi-sharp
+@cindex semi-flat
+@cindex sesqui-sharp
+@cindex sesqui-flat
+
Some music uses microtones whose alterations are fractions of a
@q{normal} sharp or flat. The note names for quarter-tones
defined in the various language files are listed in the following
@unnumberedsubsubsec Transpose
@cindex transpose
+@cindex transposing
@cindex transposition
@cindex transposition of pitches
+@cindex transposition of notes
+@cindex pitches, transposition of
+@cindex notes, transposition of
@funindex \transpose
A music expression can be transposed with @code{\transpose}. The
}
@end lilypond
+@cindex transposing instruments
+@cindex instruments, transposing
+
If a part written in C (normal @notation{concert pitch}) is to be
played on the A clarinet (for which an A is notated as a C and
thus sounds a minor third lower than notated), the appropriate
@end lilypond
@cindex transposing instruments
+@cindex instruments, transposing
@code{\transpose} may also be used in a different way, to input
written notes for a transposing instrument. The previous examples
@cindex transposition, instrument
@cindex transposing instrument
@cindex MIDI
+@cindex MIDI transposition
@funindex \transposition
When typesetting scores that involve transposing instruments, some
@c don't use verbatim in this table.
@table @code
@item default
+
+@cindex default accidental style
+@cindex accidental style, default
+
This is the default typesetting behavior. It corresponds to
eighteenth-century common practice: accidentals are remembered to
the end of the measure in which they occur and only in their own
@end lilypond
@item voice
+
+@cindex accidental style, voice
+@cindex voice accidental style
+@cindex accidental style, modern
+@cindex modern accidental style
+@cindex accidental style, modern-cautionary
+@cindex modern-cautionary accidental style
+
The normal behavior is to remember the accidentals at
@code{Staff}-level. In this style, however, accidentals are
typeset individually for each voice. Apart from that, the rule is
@end lilypond
@item modern
+
@cindex accidentals, modern style
@cindex modern style accidentals
-@funindex modern style accidentals
This rule corresponds to the common practice in the twentieth
century. It prints the same accidentals as @code{default}, with
@end lilypond
@item modern-cautionary
+
@cindex accidentals, modern cautionary style
@cindex modern accidental style
@cindex modern cautionary accidental style
@end lilypond
@item modern-voice
+
@cindex accidental style, modern
@cindex accidentals, modern
@cindex accidentals, multivoice
@cindex accidental style, modern voice cautionary
@cindex accidental style, voice, modern cautionary
@funindex modern-voice-cautionary
+
@item modern-voice-cautionary
This rule is the same as @code{modern-voice}, but with the extra
@end lilypond
@item piano
+
@cindex accidental style, piano
@cindex accidentals, piano
@cindex piano accidental style
@end lilypond
@item piano-cautionary
-@funindex #(set-accidental-style 'piano-cautionary)
+
+@funindex piano-cautionary
@cindex accidentals, piano cautionary
@cindex cautionary accidentals, piano
@cindex piano cautionary accidentals
@end lilypond
@item no-reset
+
@funindex no-reset accidental style
@cindex accidental style, no reset
@cindex no reset accidental style
@end lilypond
@item forget
+
@funindex forget accidental style
@cindex forget accidental style
@cindex accidental style, forget
@cindex parlato note heads
@cindex harmonic note heads
@cindex guitar note heads
+@cindex note head styles
+@cindex styles, note heads
Note heads may be altered:
@unnumberedsubsubsec Easy notation note heads
@cindex note heads, practice
+@cindex practice note heads
@cindex note heads, easy notation
@cindex easy notation
@cindex Hal Leonard