Re: Pitch inflection

[Hans Åberg]

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> On 31 Jan 2018, at 16:00, Michael Taylor <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your message. I am hoping to reproduce the arrow notation used 
> by the composer,
> rather than substituting a different notational convention (which this 
> composer has employed in other pieces).
> The fact that he implies a difference between a slightly lowered F & a 
> slightly raised E makes me think that he
> is seeking to inflect the note rather than achieving an identifiable 
> quartertone. Thank you also for alerting me to the
> resources you mentioned which I had not found.

You might supply an example if you want others to see what it is. Some links:

Helmholtz-Ellis notation:
  http://www.marcsabat.com/pdfs/legend.pdf
  http://www.marcsabat.com/pdfs/notation.pdf

SMuFL glyphs:
  http://www.smufl.org/version/latest/


> MT
> 
> On 30 January 2018 at 09:16, Hans Åberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On 29 Jan 2018, at 22:39, Michael Taylor <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > I am transcribing sketches in which small pitch adjustments are notated 
> > using up & down arrows. As my aim is to reproduce the composer's notation 
> > as closely as possible I don't want to substitute quarter-tone symbols. Is 
> > there a simple way to insert arrows in place of accidentals? Playback is 
> > not an issue.
> 
> One can use Helmholtz-Ellis notation in E53 using OpenLilyLib, SMuFL, and 
> Graham Breed's regular.ly.