On 17.02.2008 (11:41), Valentin Villenave wrote: > 2008/2/17, David Fedoruk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Octave transposition seems a confusing, since transposition in music > > usually implies that the passage is to be played in a different key. > > Octave displacement does not change the key.
Or one might turn the argument around and say that the melody is indeed trans-posed -- placed somewhere else, whereas the negative associations of dis- is that it's ended up in the wrong place... In Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian, it would be "oktavering". > > Yes, I'd prefer to avoid "transposition" as well. > > In French, we say "octaviation" (notice the additional "i", it got me > confused more than once). > > Cheers, Valentin > > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing > list lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -- The more you complain, the longer God lets you live. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
