Wols Lists <[email protected]> writes: > On 10/03/13 02:40, Jim Long wrote: > >> Why is "a" A 220, and not A 440? > > It isn't :-)
It is. > Read up on "concert pitch" - the wikipedia article is interesting, not > only in the fact that concert pitch has a single-digit ISO standard to > its credit! > > And oh, I think you mean lilypond's "a". It's the same as Helmholtz "a". > I think there, it's the fact that "c" is middle C. Middle C is c'. > (Or have I got that wrong? I always use relative notation so I can > never remember the absolute ,s and 's) I have a hard time imagining what you'd be writing after \relative if you can't even remember the name of middle C. Without knowing at least _one_ absolute pitch, anchoring \relative will be a challenge. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
