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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:08:56 +0000
From: Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca>
Subject: Re: Rehearsal marks
To: Brett McCoy <idragos...@gmail.com>
Cc: lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Message-ID: <20100205020856.ga9...@sapphire>
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On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 08:34:14PM -0500, Brett McCoy wrote:
I've read in a few places -- including the Lilypond documentation --
that, traditionally, when using rehearsal marks in a score, the letter
I is skipped. Does anyone know why this is done?
I'm pretty certain it's because I is easy to confuse with J or L
or I (roman numeral), depending on the exact font used.
Either that, or some 18th century king was pissed off at the
letter because his ex-lover's name started with that letter, and
everybody respects the tradition banning the use of that letter.
:)
Cheers,
- Graham
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:10:19 -0500
From: Brett McCoy <idragos...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Rehearsal marks
To: Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca>
Cc: lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Message-ID:
<18b65aac1002041810h1638f88bo5ea31433c7888...@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Graham Percival
<gra...@percival-music.ca> wrote:
On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 08:34:14PM -0500, Brett McCoy wrote:
I've read in a few places -- including the Lilypond documentation --
that, traditionally, when using rehearsal marks in a score, the letter
I is skipped. Does anyone know why this is done?
I'm pretty certain it's because I is easy to confuse with J or L
or I (roman numeral), depending on the exact font used.
Either that, or some 18th century king was pissed off at the
letter because his ex-lover's name started with that letter, and
everybody respects the tradition banning the use of that letter.
:)
I read in some cases J is may be skipped as well.
-- Brett
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"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden;
If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world."
-- Jelaleddin Rumi
