On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 08:46:59AM -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: > > For the developers, I think that something is confusing here for English > speakers: the use of -es and -is for flatted and sharped notes as the > default. I was initially bewildered by this, not knowing that the > default conventions are Dutch.
Well, the sentence immediately after the introduction of is/es/isis/eses says "This syntax is derived from note naming conventions in Nordic and Germanic languages, like German and Dutch." (although that might have changed after you started using it) > If the user is "new to music in general" then they have set themselves a > daunting task trying to score music with LilyPond. There is no way for > the documentation to make up for the user's lack of knowledge about the > structure of music. Actually, in some ways there is -- the music glossary. And those links are at the top of every section in the Learning manual! So I'd say this: if somebody is new to music in general, doesn't read the Learning manual carefully, and doesn't read about unfamiliar terms in the music glossary, then they'll have a very daunting task. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
