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Re: GDP: NR 1.1 Pitches
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Kurt Kroon |
Subject: |
Re: GDP: NR 1.1 Pitches |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:00:04 -0800 |
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On 1/14/08 10:19 AM, "Rune Zedeler" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Citat Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>:
>
>> - In Accidentals, I wouldn't refer to "Nordic and Germanic languages",
>> since both Swedish,
>> Danish, Norwegian and German use "-iss" and "-ess" (admittedly the
>> same concept, but
>> a different spelling).
>
> This is not correct.
> In Danish we do not use "-ss" at all. That would be a spelling mistake. We
> only
> use the "-is" and "-es" endings (except for es and as, ofcourse).
> I am pretty convinced that the same is true for German.
My reputable reference manual[1] agrees with Rune vis-à-vis note names in
German.
It doesn't mention Danish or Swedish, so I will defer to Rune and Mats,
respectively, and make the necessary changes -- one 's' or two respectively
-- in the list of pitch names at the back of the glossary.
I'll also see what other messes I have to clean up, passim.
KK
[1] The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, ed. Don Randell, 1986.