(sorry sending reply to the wrong posting - for some reason I didn't receive the posting from s.abeccara)
Simon Bailey wrote: > > | if i'm reading a piece in g major, then i > > | will read any note in the bottom space of the treble staff as an > > | f-sharp, not as an f. so i write "fis" for this note... :o) > > > > i don't agree. it is really not an f sharp, it is a natural f in the > > key of G, so nothing has to be added to it. if you are singing a piece > > and you aren't told which key it is in (unless you have an absolute > > ear) you will sing "sharp" notes completely automatically, like > > natural ones. :o) Oh, so you mean that when playing a piece in g major on the piano the "left one of the 3 black keys" are to be called "f" - not "f sharp". This is perhaps common in italy (I don't know) - but it is definitely not common in english or the german group (danish, swedish, norwegian, dutch) of music notation. If fis is really called 'f' when playing in g major, then - by the same argument - one should also call fis 'f' when playing in fis major. Actually, when playing a piece in fis major, all the notes would (after your definition) have the same names as if the piece was in f major. So - using your naming method - how does one tell whether the piece runs in f major or fis major - both would be called "f major" ??? I really don't understand. > > for people really playing and singing music, and not simply > > typesetting it, this is ridiculous. I think that as good as everybody on this list "really play and sing music" - and for some reason we don't find it rediculous. -Rune _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user