Hello Lukas, Thanks for your answer.
In fact, it not the interval name, but the note such as B double flat that concerns me currently. Do I get it right that this is key-independent too for the diminished fifth of E flat? JM > Le 29 avr. 2018 à 18:41, Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de> a écrit : > > Jacques, > >> Say I’m considering chords with an E flat root. >> >> Is is always true that: >> >> - the diminished fifth is B double flat >> - the augmented fifth is B natural >> >> - the diminished unisson is E double flat >> - the augmented unisson is E natural >> >> or can this depend on the tonality of the music that contains these Eb based >> chords, say D major, in which case enharmonic notes should be used instead? > > I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly. If your question is > (regardless of Lilypond) whether interval names are "key-independent" then: > yes, they are. (There are contexts in historic music, mainly thorough-bass, > where the figure 5 means "a fifth of whatever size it happens to be in the > current tonality". But there, the point is that "5" means "fifth", not > "perfect fifth".) > > If your question focuses on which note should be _notated_: well, that's a > different story (and a matter for the composer to decide, not the engraver). > It depends heavily on style and origin of the music, the instrument etc. For > instance, it's quite common to use "wrong" enharmonic spellings for > transposing woodwinds to get easier notation. > > Best > Lukas > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
