2014-08-23 6:57 GMT+02:00 Keith OHara <[email protected]>: > As I understand David, Lily need not show any difference. > Accepting the explicit bn helps the user read his own input. > > If you learned the note-names as referring generically to scale steps, > with B being the general term, B-natural and B-sharp the specific terms, > and say things like "in F major the Bs are flattened", then LilyPonds > names for natural notes seem frustratingly ambiguous. > > LilyPond uses the Dutch way of thinking, that B is the name of a pitch, > Bes the name of another pitch, and you would say "B is not in the F major > mode; Bes is."
This is IMO a helpful explanation of a problem that appears on the list from time to time - i think it may be worth to add this to Learning Manual. Btw, "bn" would also help people who have to switch between german and dutch/english naming often (e.g. me). cheers, Janek _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
