Graham Percival wrote:
2) "why a C?" -- a few ideas:
- for better or worse, that's the "basic" note in western music.
(I think they should have renamed the letters such that A major
had no sharps/flats, but oh well)
- for better or worse, c is the octave boundary in lilypond, i.e.
c vs. c' vs. b vs. b' in absolute mode
- for better or worse, almost all lilypond scores use c'. Of
course, this is a chicken and egg "problem", but I don't think
it's a particular problem. Having a single recommended note
per octave increases the readability between lilypond-score
writers, and for the above two points, I think C makes more
sense than A.
From a pedagogical point of view in the documentation, it's easiest to
talk about the "middle C", it's a bit harder to explain in words which A
you mean, for example, at least considering that many of us who write
and read the manual are not native English speakers.
On the other hand, Mark's question is highly relevant. Why not use the
starting note of the voice? I, myself, have mistyped the octave for the
C at several times and would probably have done it correctly more times
if I had used the starting note of the music instead. I probably stick
to the C by old habit.
/Mats
Cheers,
- Graham
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