Hi,
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> 2014-04-18 8:26 GMT+02:00 Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com>:
>
> > But perhaps you are referring to the method of textual input in Lilypond,
> > where notes that are named "sharp" or "flat" need to be qualified as
> such,
> > notwithstanding what the \key indication would appear already to imply.
> (In
> > this way, Lilypond operates somewhat counterintuitively and against
> normal
> > musical thinking.)
>
> seriously?
> "against normal musical thinking"??
>
> Look at the output of
>
> { \key g\major g''2. fis''4 g''1 }
>
> Do you really _think_ g f g while playing/singing?
> Can't believe that.
>
In my experience, speaking that sort of thing--calling F-sharp "F"--goes
hand in hand with a tendency to forget accidentals, to miss them when
analyzing chords. (And inwardly it makes me cringe :) )
>
> Imho, it's the opposite, printing fis from { \key g\major f''4 } would
> be counterintuitively.
>
> Well, it can be more typing, I don't want it different, though.
+1000
-David
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