RE: Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-10 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I query only the particular reasoning behind the rationale currently > employed, especially since we occasionally get readers that pose this very > question from time to time and, thus far, I have not seen an answer to > convince me to the bottom of my heart of the funda

Re: Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-10 Thread Rune Zedeler
Ralph Little wrote: > HEEEYYY! COOL DOWN Mister! Uh, oh, sorry. My bad. > No, that is incorrect. It would be correct it you had to handle accidental > policy in the notation specified, but you don't. All I am suggesting is that > where the key signature gives a default, that default should be ap

RE: Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-10 Thread Ralph Little
h Ralphy -Original Message- From: Rune Zedeler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 3:12 PM To: Ralph Little Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fis or not fis, that is the question. Ralph Little wrote: > Can anybody explain why, despite having a "fs&

Re: Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-10 Thread Rune Zedeler
Ralph Little wrote: > Can anybody explain why, despite having a "fs" specified by the current key > (for G Major), "fs" or "fis" needs to be specified, rather than just > assuming that the key fills in the gaps? I don't really understnad what you expect/request. Would you like to be able to simpl

Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-09 Thread Michal Seta
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 12:03:09 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anybody explain why, despite having a "fs" specified by the current key > (for G Major), "fs" or "fis" needs to be specified, rather than just > assuming that the key fills in the gaps? I think that a main misconception is that a k

Re: Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-09 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 14:55:40 + Ralph Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anybody explain why, despite having a "fs" specified by the > current key(for G Major), "fs" or "fis" needs to be specified, rather > than just assuming that the key fills in the gaps? Because assuming that "f" really

Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-09 Thread Ralph Little
Somebody wrote: > > > | if i'm reading a piece in g major, then i > > > | will read any note in the bottom space of the treble staff as an > > > | f-sharp, not as an f. so i write "fis" for this note... :o) > > > > > > i don't agree. it is really not an f sharp, it is a natural f in the > > > key o

Re: Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-09 Thread Carter Brey
David Bobroff wrote: *snip* My suggestion? Get used to it if you want to use Lilypond. In the long run I have not found it to be a burden. Yes, I forget sometimes and have to correct my input. The authors have made their decision regarding the input syntax. I don't think they want to change

Re: Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-09 Thread Kev
> The current regime does not (as far as my understanding goes!) aid > transposition (if you are changing the base key rather than using > \transpose). FTR, \transpose works on the key as well as on the notes themselves. -- Kevin L. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Fis or not fis, that is the question.

2002-12-09 Thread David Bobroff
Ralph Little wrote: >Can anybody explain why, despite having a "fs" specified by the current key >(for G Major), "fs" or "fis" needs to be specified, rather than just >assuming that the key fills in the gaps? Well, here's my take on this. Bear in mind that I'm not a Lilypond guru. It has been me