Just my two cent's worth: Adding an "n" modifier isn't saying that C Sharp is C Natural, it's an assertion. "Yes, I really mean natural. No, I didn't just forget the sharp."
Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 5:22 AM, David Nalesnik <david.nales...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:11 AM, Keith OHara <k-ohara5...@oco.net> wrote: > > > David Nalesnik <david.nalesnik <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > > In the US, I hear people calling "c-sharp" "c" often enough. This > usage > > is > > > certainly not good practice in music theory classes (where I correct it > > > whenever I can). I can't say anything about informal usage. > > > > The original question here was about calling, in the key of D major, > > the note c-natural by the name "c-natural". > > Here I think we would not require the student to say "c", in English. > > > > Of course not. > > Sorry, I think I was responding to the tendency of students to call C sharp > in the key of D major "C," which is obviously wrong! > > "cn" is nice--I would say "C natural," and why not make it explicit? > > --David > _______________________________________________ > bug-lilypond mailing list > bug-lilypond@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond > _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
