As an American English speaker, I don’t know Norwegian/Germanic music
nomenclature; in English usage there is no H note or chord as you seem to
already know. Therefore in ignorance I have to ask if you're writing equivalent
input in “norsk” and “english": your first usage after \chords is { a4 b c d }
and your second usage is { a4 b-flat c d }. In English at least those are not
equivalent. When \language “english” is used, (as I understand it and I could
be wrong, as I learned the default input language in Lilypond more than 15
years ago and have never changed) a Bb is written “bf" not "b-flat”.
> On Jan 26, 2026, at 7:19 AM, Jakob Pedersen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Greetings, wise music coders!
>
> Why does
>
> \version "2.25.32"
> \language "norsk"
> <<
> \chords { a4 b c d }
> { a'4 g' f' e' }
> >>
>
> and
>
> \version "2.25.32"
> \language "english"
> <<
> \chords { a4 b-flat c d }
> { a'4 g' f' e' }
> >>
>
> not produce identical results?
>
> The Norwegian input creates the chord H♭, yet why doesn't it create a B♭
> chord when the chords should be showing per the default naming system. Does
> any language even use the term H♭ for notes and chords?
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Jakob
