Re: small print

[Han-Wen]

address@hidden writes:
> On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 14:11, Han-Wen wrote:
> > In Dutch, these notes are called with the German word "Stichnoten".
> > (Don't know why, though.)
> 
> "Stichwort" is the german word for a spoken cue. that is probably where
> the dutch name comes from.

ok, I get it. The thing confusing me is that Stich (verb: stechen) is
also the German word for engraving (i.e. the traditional process of
music printing.)  In that sense every note is a Stich-note.

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