Re: [PATCH] Extended documentation on Turkish classical music and makam

[Joseph Wakeling]

Joseph Wakeling wrote:
> I searched around for some info on this and think I've found the correct way 
> to set up Thunderbird.

... if the previous patch doesn't work, I hope the one attached to this
mail will.  Let me know how it goes. :-)

Best wishes,

    -- Joe

>From 9535dad80a5e1506f1ce775e1e653f6fd5503046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Wakeling <address@hidden>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:30:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Turkish classical music documentation tweaks.

---
 Documentation/notation/pitches.itely |   11 ++++++-----
 Documentation/notation/world.itely   |   21 +++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely 
b/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely
index ac79d18..7104785 100644
--- a/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely
@@ -592,11 +592,12 @@ intervals are based on 1/9 divisions of the whole tone.
 From a modern notational point of view, it is convenient
 to use the standard Western staff notes (c, d, e, ...)
 with special accidentals unique to Turkish music.  These
-accidentals are defined in @file{makam.ly} (see
address@hidden sources of information} for the location
-of this file).  The following table gives their names,
-the accidental suffix that must be added to notes, and
-their pitch alteration as a fraction of one whole tone.
+accidentals are defined in @file{makam.ly} (to locate this
+file on your system, see
address@hidden sources of information}).  The following
+table gives their names, the accidental suffix that must
+be added to notes, and their pitch alteration as a
+fraction of one whole tone.
 
 @c TODO: can we include the actual accidentals in this table?
 @quotation
diff --git a/Documentation/notation/world.itely 
b/Documentation/notation/world.itely
index 44531df..55d7ea0 100644
--- a/Documentation/notation/world.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/world.itely
@@ -393,10 +393,6 @@ classical music.
 @menu
 * References for Turkish classical music::
 * Turkish note names::
address@hidden TODO * Turkish key signatures::
address@hidden TODO * Turkish time signatures::
address@hidden TODO * Turkish music example::
address@hidden TODO * Further reading::
 @end menu
 
 
@@ -414,10 +410,19 @@ period roughly contemporaneous with classical music in 
Europe,
 and has continued on into the 20th and 21st centuries as a
 vibrant and distinct tradition with its own compositional
 forms, theory and performance styles.  Among its striking
-features is the use of microtonal intervals based on `commas'
+features is the use of microtonal intervals based on @q{commas}
 of 1/9 of a tone, from which are constructed the melodic
 forms known as @notation{makam} (plural @notation{makamlar}).
 
+Some issues relevant to Turkish classical music are covered
+elsewhere:
+
address@hidden
address@hidden Note names and accidentals are provided in
address@hidden note names and accidentals}.
+
address@hidden itemize
+
 
 @node Turkish note names
 @unnumberedsubsubsec Turkish note names
@@ -439,7 +444,7 @@ From a modern notational point of view it is convenient to
 use the standard Western staff notes (c, d, e, ...) with
 special accidentals that raise or lower notes by intervals
 of 1/9, 4/9, 5/9 and 8/9 of a tone.  These accidentals are
-defined in the file @file{makam.ly} (see
address@hidden sources of information} for the location
-of this file) and are described in more detail in
+defined in the file @file{makam.ly} (to locate this file on
+your system, see @rlearning{Other sources of information}).
+A more detailed description is provided in
 @ref{Non-Western note names and accidentals}.
-- 
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