Hello Andrew and David,
Thanks a lot, I had mistaken Humdrum for Helmholtz!
JM
Jacques Menu < imj-muzhic@bluewin.ch> writes: I seem to have read somewhere that the notation such as c’4.. has been inspired by another well-known syntax, maybe refering to Humdrum.
Does anyone know more about this?
I don't know the history of Lilypond's development. But the notation is very similar to that devised by Helmholtz in the 1860's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_pitch_notation-David
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