Re: why is Dutch the default language for note-entry?

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 12/16/08 8:58 AM, "Jan Nieuwenhuizen" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Op dinsdag 16-12-2008 om 15:58 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Hans Aberg:
>> On 16 Dec 2008, at 14:48, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
>> 
>>>> You might call for using Unicode:
>>>>  r16 g♯( a g♯ f♯♯ g♯ c♯ e d♯ c♯ d♯ c♯ b♯ c♯ e
>>>> g♯)
>>>> 
>>>> You need a font, though, and perhaps a special key map, too.
>>> 
>>> Now that's a fun idea.  It even works!
>> 
>> Thank you. I think it increases readability, too.
> 
> If you want readabilty, why not have
> 
>    ♯g( a ♯g ♯♯f
> 
> etc? For typeability, ymmv though.

I think that, even though accidentals come before the note in musical
output, in the text stream g# is much more readable than #g.

Carl