Re: Roman numeral for 4 should be iv not iiii

[Rick Hansen (aka RickH)]

Laura Conrad wrote:
> 
>>>>>> "Geoff" == Geoff Horton <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>     >> Nobody in the USA uses Old Roman or even learns it in grade
>     >> school.
>     Geoff> "Nobody" is a little strong. I knew about it :)
> 
> I didn't know there was an extreme version where there was no
> subtraction at all, but the Elizabethan music printers didn't subtract
> from V, although they did from X.  So the fourth piece was IIII, but
> the ninth one was IX.  Maybe we need Elizabethan Roman as well as Old
> and New. :)
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In any case, I think the program should default to something that is
non-academic.  In the REAL world outside the ivory towers, new roman is
used.  And 99.9 percent of the people using these fret markups are doing it
for guitar, and not for some ancient string instrument where old roman was
still in use.


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