[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have started to think seriously about implementing quartertone
> support in LilyPond. The font extensions are done (that was the
> easy part), what's left is the program.
>
> Here's my current view of what needs to be done:
> - the shift values for all notes are multiplied by 2 (trivial)
> - the engraver must be adapted to this change, and must know
> about the quartertones
> - the performer must be adapted to the new definitions, and
> in a second (less urgent) step must be able to produce quartertone
> MIDI files using pitch bending commands
>
> Now my questions to those who know the code better than I do:
> 1) Is there anything I have overlooked?
There are two notation systems for quarter tones that I know of. One
adds arrows to accidentals, the other uses a reversed flat, and a
half sharp. And have you thought about note names?
> 2) Which source code file contains the part of the engraver
> that deals with accidentals?
local-key-engraver.cc
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