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Re: Writing notes in Pythagorean tuning in microlily
From: |
Hans Åberg |
Subject: |
Re: Writing notes in Pythagorean tuning in microlily |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:28:17 +0100 |
> On 24 Nov 2019, at 11:57, Graham Breed <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 24/11/2019, Hans Åberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> [amended]
>> An extended meantone temperament has two generators, which traditionally is
>> the octave and the the fifth, but one can change basis and take any two,
>> such as the minor and major second. LilyPond uses the sharp and the major
>> second. Two generators is necessary for correct typesetting of the staff
>> system. In Turkish, Arabic, and Persian music, one would need three
>> generators each, but LilyPond cannot handle that.
>
> LilyPond can easily handle multiple generators with alternative pitch
> names. I've had "tripod notation" support with 3 generators for
> several years. It does mean alternative pitch names, though, rather
> than regular transformations of (any of) the standard names. Or
> Scheme code to retune pitches, like I did for Sagital JI and Extended
> Helmholtz-Ellis.
Whatever rational numbers assigned to the accidentals and how many, one only
gets one generator, unless there has been an extension lately. Perhaps you
expect not transposing too far?
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