Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Paul Scott
On Apr 3, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: In message <7ca3d5a30904031519ya3b89hb87cf8f81a544...@mail.gmail.com>, Neil Puttock writes 2009/4/3 Anthony W. Youngman : In message , Anthony W. Youngman writes Ow! Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Aaron Andrew Hunt
On Apr 3, 2009, at 4:49 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Mostly correct, except that Holton is a brand. There are many double horns that are not Holtons. You're right! I took private horn lessons almost 20 years ago, playing a school instrument which was a Holton. My teacher explained

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Paul Scott
Anthony W. Youngman wrote: Ow! Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you know :-) 1.64 concert pitch The pitch at which the piano and other non-transposing instruments play, such music is said to be 'in C'. Officially, it is defined as "A = 440", meaning that the

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <7ca3d5a30904031519ya3b89hb87cf8f81a544...@mail.gmail.com>, Neil Puttock writes 2009/4/3 Anthony W. Youngman : In message , Anthony W. Youngman writes Ow! Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you know :-) Replying to myself ... Just in case anyone di

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <49d68906.5000...@ultrasw.com>, Paul Scott writes 1.311 transposing instrument Instruments whose notated pitch is different from concert pitch. Most of these instruments are identified in their name by their fundamental pitch - this being the note whose wavelength is equal to lengt

[PATCH] Fix #743: Warning message for unterminated dynamics

2009-04-03 Thread Neil Puttock
Hi, Please review the following patch, which reinstates the warning for unterminated (de)crescendi in New_dynamic_engraver. http://codereview.appspot.com/33055 Cheers, Neil ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/m

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Neil Puttock
2009/4/3 Anthony W. Youngman : > In message , Anthony W. Youngman > writes >> >> Ow! >> >> Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you know >> :-) > > Replying to myself ... Just in case anyone didn't realise (and I certainly > didn't make myself clear :-) these are my rev

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Mostly correct, except that Holton is a brand. There are many double horns that are not Holtons. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Aaron Andrew Hunt wrote: > On Apr 3, 2009, at 4:49 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote: >> >> But I've never come across "Bb French Horn in F"! Bear in mind the >>

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Aaron Andrew Hunt
On Apr 3, 2009, at 4:49 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote: But I've never come across "Bb French Horn in F"! Bear in mind the French Horn is an orchestral instrument and I'm not an orchestral trombone player, but what I understood is *supposed* to happen is that the horn player whips out h

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 10:43:24PM +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > > (Obviously, if you give a Bb cornet player a double-Eb Bass, he'll have > a lot of difficulty actually playing it... Speak for yourself... ;-) -- Cameron Horsburgh Blog: http://spiritcry.wordpress.com/ ___

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message , Anthony W. Youngman writes Ow! Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you know :-) Replying to myself ... Just in case anyone didn't realise (and I certainly didn't make myself clear :-) these are my revised versions that I think should replace the ex

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message , Han-Wen Nienhuys writes To add some confusion, some instruments are named by the tuning of their fundamental (B-flat trombone, B-flat french horn), but players commonly read from parts written in different transpositions, for example C (trombone) or F (French Horn) Hmmm ... Obvi

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message , dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us writes On Fri, Apr 3, 2009, "Anthony W. Youngman" said: Sorry, reading this was painful agreed. 1.64 concert pitch Ensembles must agree on a temperament and a pitch standard if they are to be tuned agreeably. Equal temperament is usual for the full

Re: [PATCH] Docs: IR: Move 'details to user grob property list

2009-04-03 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: >> This patch moves the 'details property from the internal to the user >> grob property list. > > I believe that moving 'details from internal to user won't have the effect > we want. I believe that internal properties are set by the grob,

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
To add some confusion, some instruments are named by the tuning of their fundamental (B-flat trombone, B-flat french horn), but players commonly read from parts written in different transpositions, for example C (trombone) or F (French Horn) On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > On Fri, Apr

Re: [PATCH] Docs: IR: Move 'details to user grob property list

2009-04-03 Thread Neil Puttock
2009/4/3 Carl D. Sorensen : > > > > On 4/3/09 1:43 PM, "Patrick McCarty" wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: >>> >>> Unfortunately, there are different 'details lists for different grobs, >>> so there's not a generic set of defaults that we can list, if I und

Re: [PATCH] Docs: IR: Move 'details to user grob property list

2009-04-03 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 4/3/09 1:43 PM, "Patrick McCarty" wrote: > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: >> >>> >> Unfortunately, there are different 'details lists for different grobs, >> so there's not a generic set of defaults that we can list, if I understand >> correctly. > > If 'detail

Re: [PATCH] Docs: IR: Move 'details to user grob property list

2009-04-03 Thread Patrick McCarty
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > On 4/2/09 5:31 PM, "Patrick McCarty" wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> This patch moves the 'details property from the internal to the user >> grob property list. > > I believe that moving 'details from internal to user won't have the effect > w

Re: [PATCH] Docs: IR: Move 'details to user grob property list

2009-04-03 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 4/2/09 5:31 PM, "Patrick McCarty" wrote: > Hello, > > This patch moves the 'details property from the internal to the user > grob property list. I believe that moving 'details from internal to user won't have the effect we want. I believe that internal properties are set by the grob, rat

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread demery
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009, "Anthony W. Youngman" said: > Sorry, reading this was painful agreed. > 1.64 concert pitch Ensembles must agree on a temperament and a pitch standard if they are to be tuned agreeably. Equal temperament is usual for the full orchestra with winds, piano, and strings which

Re: Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 03.04.2009 um 19:20 schrieb Anthony W. Youngman: Ow! Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you know :-) 1.64 concert pitch The pitch at which the piano and other non-transposing instruments play, such music is said to be 'in C'. Officially, it is defined as

Music Glossary - 1.64 Concert Pitch (2.12.2)

2009-04-03 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
Ow! Sorry, reading this was painful (I play the trombone, as many of you know :-) 1.64 concert pitch The pitch at which the piano and other non-transposing instruments play, such music is said to be 'in C'. Officially, it is defined as "A = 440", meaning that the note A in the treble clef i

Re: [PATCH] Docs: IR: Move 'details to user grob property list

2009-04-03 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/4/3 Patrick McCarty : > Can someone apply? I feel uncomfortable while ignoring these kind of messages just because I could apply it as I have git access, but I am not a developer but a translator. If it is really of any help, I could apply it after a LGTM from a developer. If not, I could si