They are absolute. Thus, no matter what key you are in, _e means E flat.
- Eric
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From: Erik Ronström [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
What the accidentals =, ^, _ mean? Are they absolute (e g _e means
e flat) or are they in relation to the key (e g =e means e flat
What the accidentals =, ^, _ mean? Are they absolute (e g _e means
e flat) or are they in relation to the key (e g =e means e flat
in Bb major)?
Erik Ronström
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On Fri 07 Dec 2001 at 11:57AM +, Erik Ronström wrote:
What the accidentals =, ^, _ mean? Are they absolute (e g _e means
e flat) or are they in relation to the key (e g =e means e flat
in Bb major)?
Accidentals are absolute, which is how they are in standard stave
notation.
James
Erik Ronstr=F6m writes:
| What the accidentals =3D, ^, _ mean? Are they absolute (e g _e means
| e flat) or are they in relation to the key (e g =3De means e flat
| in Bb major)?
They're absolute, just as in conventional music notation.
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What the accidentals =, ^, _ mean? Are they absolute (e g _e means
e flat) or are they in relation to the key (e g =e means e flat
in Bb major)?
Accidentals in abc work exactly in the same way as in modern staff
notation, that is _e means e flat, even if the e was sharp or flat
already as the
| Erik Ronstr=F6m writes:
| | What the accidentals =3D, ^, _ mean? Are they absolute (e g _e means
| | e flat) or are they in relation to the key (e g =3De means e flat
| | in Bb major)?
|
| They're absolute, just as in conventional music notation.
Just out of curiosity, are there any musical
|| What the accidentals =3D, ^, _ mean? Are they absolute (e g _e means
|| e flat) or are they in relation to the key (e g =3De means e flat
|| in Bb major)?
| They're absolute, just as in conventional music notation.
Just out of curiosity, are there any musical traditions/styles that
use a
| Just out of curiosity, are there any musical traditions/styles that
| use a relative (or cumulative) approach? I've never seen any, but
| that doesn't mean they don't exist.
|
| It's quite common in early music for a sharp-turned-45-degrees sign to
| mean either a sharp or a
