Re: wrong note name conversion in musicxml2ly

[David Kastrup]

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> when converting a mxl file with "musicxml2ly --language=deutsch" the
> note "beses" is converted to "bes". Lilypond gives an error at this
> notename with \language "deutsch", because the correct german notename
> for "double flat b" is "heses". This happens with all musicxml2ly
> versions at least from 2.18.2 to 2.21.0.

Just trying to fix it, but I find the following in
scm/define-note-names.ly in the German section:

                (heses . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 6 DOUBLE-FLAT))
                (heseh . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 6 THREE-Q-FLAT))
                (b . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 6 FLAT))
                (beh . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 6 SEMI-FLAT))
                (h . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 6 NATURAL))
                (hih . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 6 SEMI-SHARP))
                (his . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 6 SHARP))
                (hisih . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 6 THREE-Q-SHARP))
                (hisis . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 6 DOUBLE-SHARP))

That looks almost like something I could work with, except for beh .
For all other note names, the suffix -eh indicates _lowering_ by a
quarter note, whereas beh _raises_ b by a quarternote.  Shouldn't it
rather be heh , making b the _only_ exception?

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