Ok. I suck at reading staff lines. I come from braille music where th eoctive signs are given to me and I sing or play badly the correct pitches based on the octave mark.
I'll try and give this mental thing a go since I bass in treble anyways around middle c so that might or might not help. lol! I'm determined to learn lily pond the best I can with out much of a headache. lol! Thanks and be blessed. On Mar 10, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Nick Payne <nick.pa...@internode.on.net> wrote: > On 11/03/13 08:57, Sarah k Alawami wrote: >> Is there a way to memorize or through pattern recognition how many ' and , >> symbols it takes to jump octaves? > Think of it in terms of staff lines or spaces: a note within a fifth of the > previous note doesn't need ' or , to get the correct pitch, with accidentals > being ignored in the calculation. So if a note is on a staff line or ledger > line, then if the next note is closer than two lines above or two lines > below, then it doesn't need ' or , to get the correct pitch. Similarly, if a > note is on the space between two staff lines or ledger lines, then if the > next note is closer than the second space above or below it doesn't need ' or > , for correct pitch. > > If a note is more than an octave away then add or subtract octaves until it's > within an octave, then see if it's within a fifth or not to determine how > many ' or , needed. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
