I. Oppenheim writes: | I have changed this section to the form that was | suggested by Laura and John. | | Let me know if the naming could be further improved. | | Irwin | | =================================================== | | 8.3. Accidental directives | %%propagate-accidentals <not | octave | pitch> | | When set to not, accidentals apply only to the note | they're attached to. When set to octave, accidentals | also apply to all the notes of the same pitch in the | same octave up to the end of the bar. When set to | pitch, accidentals also apply to all the notes of the | same pitch in all octaves up to the end of the bar. | | The default value is pitch. | | %%writeout-accidentals <none | added | all> | | When set to none, modifying or explicit accidentals | that appear in the key signature field (K:) are printed | in the key signature. When set to added, only the | accidentals belonging to the mode indicated in the K: | field, are printed in the key signature. Modifying or | explicit accidentals are printed in front of the notes | to which they apply. When set to all, both the | accidentals belonging to the mode and possible | modifying or explicit accidentals are printed in front | of the notes to which they apply; no key signature will | be printed. | | The default value is none.
This looks excellent to me. Of course, I can already hear a revival of the old complaint about the English-centered nature of this. And, of course, we'll have the objection to that, that much of English music terminology is stolen from Italian and French anyway, so what does it matter? There is the old rule among musicians: "If you hear a good tune, steal it (and claim it's part of your tradition)." This goes well with the old rule in the English language: "If you hear a good word, steal it (and claim that it's an English word)." To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
