Urs, > But to be fair one should note that there are serious encoding systems out > there that work like the OP expects, for example the MEI encoding format or > the Amadeus notation software. > When I discussed the topic with an Amadeus power user he said that he would > go nuts with all the typing (of the extra is and es) with the thousands of > pages of music he has to create every year. > MEI on the other hand wants to encode "what is on the paper", that is: an "a" > for any pitch on that step. However, I don't accept that because that a flat > in e flat major is *not* printed as an "a" that becomes an a flat through the > key signature. Actually it's a note head in the second space that becomes an > a through the treble clef and only then an a flat.
There is no reason one can't code some syntactic sugar to make it work “as expected” (i.e., without "all the 'extra' typing") in Lilypond as well. I just don't think it's a great idea. =) Cheers, Kieren. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user