Jacques Menu <imj-muz...@bluewin.ch> writes: > I seem to have read somewhere that the notation such as c’4.. has been > inspired by another well-known syntax, maybe refering to Humdrum. > > Does anyone know more about this?
I don't know the history of Lilypond's development. But the notation is very similar to that devised by Helmholtz in the 1860's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_pitch_notation -David
