From: Graham Percival Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:59:23 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Make fixes based on Till's comments. X-Git-Tag: release/2.11.36-1~7^2~2 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2f83aaf6b83f7bcb57ee7ad91a6448e3bfd85db1;p=lilypond.git Make fixes based on Till's comments. --- diff --git a/Documentation/user/pitches.itely b/Documentation/user/pitches.itely index b61d2bc298..2d5e341b50 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/pitches.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/pitches.itely @@ -52,17 +52,16 @@ with c d e f g a b c' @end lilypond -There are two different ways to enter these note names with regard -to octave placement: absolute and relative. The relative mode -will in most cases be the most convenient, but the absolute mode -is more fundamental and will be presented first. - @cindex absolute @cindex absolute octave specification -In absolute mode, every note is placed explicitly in a specific -octave. The note names @code{c} to @code{b} are engraved in the -octave below middle C, as in the previous example. +There are two different ways to enter these note names with regard +to octave placement: absolute and relative. The relative mode +will in most cases be the most convenient, but the absolute mode +is more fundamental and will be presented first. In absolute +mode, every note is placed explicitly in a specific octave. The +note names @code{c} to @code{b} are engraved in the octave below +middle C, as in the previous example. @lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment] \clef treble @@ -174,7 +173,8 @@ large intervals: If the preceding item is a chord, the first note of the chord is used as the reference point for the octave placement of a -following note or chord: +following note or chord. Inside of chords the next note is always +relative to the preceding one. @lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment] \relative c' { @@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ a2 aisis a aeses @end lilypond @noindent -These are the Dutch note names. In Dutch, @code{aes} is -contracted to @code{as}, but both forms are accepted. Similarly, -both @code{es} and @code{ees} are accepted: +The above notes are the Dutch note names. In Dutch, @code{aes} is +contracted to @code{as}, but both forms are accepted in LilyPond. +Similarly, both @code{es} and @code{ees} are accepted: @lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2] a2 as e es @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ pitches @lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2] \set Staff.extraNatural = ##f -ceseh ceh cih cisih +ceseh ces ceh c cih cis cisih @end lilypond Micro tones are also exported to the MIDI file. @@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ Snippets: @lsrdir{pitches}. @cindex transpose @cindex transposition of pitches +@cindex transposing instruments @funindex \transpose A music expression can be transposed with @code{\transpose}. The @@ -996,11 +997,11 @@ Snippets: @lsrdir{pitches}. @unnumberedsubsubsec Automatic accidentals @cindex automatic accidentals +@funindex set-accidental-style + Common rules for typesetting accidentals have been placed in a function. This function is called as follows -@funindex set-accidental-style - @example \new Staff << #(set-accidental-style 'voice)