Re: What is the problem with "\relative"? (Was: Do we really offer the future?)

[Calixte Faure]

I learned music in French (native French) and was at the beginning a little bit confused with 2 4 8 16 etc. because we say white, black, "hooked", double-"hooked", triple-,  etc. but after all it is logical with the numbers.
I understood the choice of 2 4 8 16 during an exchange semester in Germany where, as in American, you say half, quarter eighth, sixteenth… I proud being able to understand thanks Lilypond ! :)

Apropos, why isn’t there an American language in Lilypond (do re mi fa sol la ti -e -a) ?

Cheers,

Calixte.

2015-04-23 20:57 GMT+02:00 Noeck <address@hidden>:

>>      c5 d5 e5 f5 g5 f5 e5 d5 c5
>
> All other things being equal, that *would* have been great.

That would save typing in some cases and would follow American and other
conventions. But c' etc. is just the natural way of calling the notes in
Dutch, German and many northern and eastern European languages, pointing
back to the Dutch origins of LilyPond.
(Usually c, is written C though). So here in Germany it is an advantage
when teaching LilyPond to newcomes: You write the notes just by their
name: d' fis' a' d'' – as easy as that.

Joram

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