Richard Robinson writes: | > The only solution would be to write this: | > K:Ephr^G | | Or K:E=f=c^G=d ? Longer, but maybe clearer.
Actually, I do include accidentals with this scale at times. The main reason is that with: K:E^g many musicians will not notice the subtle positioning of the sharp on the g space, and will see it as ^f, giving E minor. If you're going to do this, it's better to write: K:E=f^g This is another "advisory" accidental, of course. But if you write: K:E^G this isn't as big a problem. Musicians who know only classical key signatures will usually notice that there's something highly unusual here, and will see where the sharp is positioned. Still, I've sometimes written: K:E=F^G This is *really* obvious that there's something "funny" going on. I do like the look of this one. It's so blatantly non-classical. Anyway, the best way to approach this is probably to treat bo the mode and any explicit accidentals as giving the key signature, so major should not be assumed. You only assume major if there is no key-signature information at all. One thing that falls out of my code is that K: is legal. It is equivalent to K:none, of course, not K:C. The difference is left as an exercise for the reader. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
