>> Does K:^f mean sharpen the f in every octave or sharpen the f in just
>> one octave? I usually make the assumption that an accidental in the
>> key signature applies to every octave, which rules out notation such
>> as K:^f =F
> My version interprets K:^f and K:^F differently [...]
> I'd consider this useful, because there is a body of music that uses
> octave-spcific accidentals [...]
It might be less confusing if the default behaviour were for these
accidentals to be reflected in all octaves, with octave-specificity
being implied by usages like
K:A Mix =G ^g % scale of the "Montgomerie" 18th century smallpipe
% see Julian Goodacre's website for details
i.e. you have to *say* when something happens differently in different
octaves.
Best of all would be to allow these modes to be defined, on both
a per-tune and per-file basis:
K:Montgomerie A Mix =G ^g
...
K:E Montgomerie % the original pipe is in fact in E though
% nobody would notate for it that way
And yes, this *is* a slippery slope sneakily intended to lead to support
for microtonal modes...
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