to middle C.
2004-03-03 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
+ * Documentation/user/music-glossary.tely (Top): change central C
+ to middle C.
+
* lily/text-item.cc (interpret_markup): cache make-simple-markup
2004-03-03 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
Here @var{engravername} is a string, the name of an engraver in the
system. In the following example, the @code{Clef_engraver} is removed
from the Staff context. The result is a staff without a clef, where
-the central C is at its default position, the center line:
+the middle C is at its default position, the center line:
@lilypond[verbatim,raggedright]
\score {
@example
c'4 d'8
@end example
-Are a quarter note C (the central C) and eighth note D1 (the D above
-central C), as in this example:
+Are a quarter note C (the middle C) and eighth note D1 (the D above
+middle C), as in this example:
@lilypond[fragment]
c'4 d'8
@item relative, relative=@var{N}
uses relative octave mode. By default, notes are specified relative
-to central C. The optional integer argument specifies the octave of the
-starting note, where the default @code{1} is central C.
+to middle C. The optional integer argument specifies the octave of the
+starting note, where the default @code{1} is middle C.
@end table
S: altklav,
FI: alttoavain.
-C clef setting central C on the middle line of the staff
+C clef setting middle C on the middle line of the staff
@aref{C clef}.
@aitem{ambitus}
S: barytonklav,
FI: baritoniavain.
-C or F clef setting central C on the upper staff line.
+C or F clef setting middle C on the upper staff line.
@aref{C clef}, @aref{F clef}.
@aitem{bass clef}
S: basklav,
FI: bassoavain.
-A clef setting with central C on the first top ledger line.
+A clef setting with middle C on the first top ledger line.
@aref{F clef}.
@aitem{bass}
S: c-klav,
FI: C-avain.
-Clef symbol indicating the position of the central C. Used on all note
+Clef symbol indicating the position of the middle C. Used on all note
lines.
@lilypond[notime]
equally tempered @aref{semitone}).
@aref{equal temperament}.
-@aitem{central C}
+@aitem{middle C}
@aref{middle C}.
@aitem{chord}
The octave of a note following an octave check is determined with
respect to the note preceding it. In the next fragment, the last note
-is a @code{a'}, above central C. Hence, the @code{\octave} check may
+is a @code{a'}, above middle C. Hence, the @code{\octave} check may
be deleted without changing the meaning of the piece.
@lilypond[verbatim,fragment]
The two staffs of the piano staff must be named @code{up} and
@code{down}.
-The autochanger switches on basis of pitch (central C is the turning
+The autochanger switches on basis of pitch (middle C is the turning
point), and it looks ahead skipping over rests to switch in
advance. Here is a practical example:
You can change the tuning of the strings. A string tuning is given as
a Scheme list with one integer number for each string, the number
-being the pitch (measured in semitones relative to central C) of an
+being the pitch (measured in semitones relative to middle C) of an
open string. The numbers specified for @code{stringTuning} are the
numbers of semitones to subtract or add, starting the specified pitch
by default middle C, in string order. Thus, the notes are e, a, d, and