Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 4076 in lilypond: allow bn for B-natural in English

[lilypond]

Comment #12 on issue 4076 by address@hidden: allow bn for B-natural in English
https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4076

"as" and "aes" are both accepted mostly to accommodate non-Dutch users of  
the Dutch notename language who are working by analogy or who are  
generating note names by program.  The intent is to avoid people getting  
surprised/stuck by writing a note name that does not get accepted.  There  
is not really much of a cause for confusion when seeing the "incorrect but  
regularly formed" note name, just for surprise or eye sores.

In contrast, this issue here was *created* in the first place because the  
issue submitter as well as some supporters considered the standard names an  
ongoing cause for confusion.  But it's not like the standard names are  
going to go away or fall into disuse.  And I doubt we'll see even the patch  
proponents write things like \key an\minor or \chordmode { an gn:dim }.

So even in a personal notewriting style, the question "when should I use g  
and when gn" will not likely have an altogether satisfactory answer once  
you consider gn a valid form at all.

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