Haha! Hermann von Helmholtz was anything but humdrum! :) -David
Jacques Menu <imj-muz...@bluewin.ch> writes: > Hello Andrew and David, > > Thanks a lot, I had mistaken Humdrum for Helmholtz! > > JM > >> Le 18 avr. 2021 à 19:22, David Zelinsky <dzp...@dedekind.net> a écrit : >> >> 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 >>
