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Re: Microtonal accidentals


From: Joseph Rushton Wakeling
Subject: Re: Microtonal accidentals
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:42:06 +0100
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On 07/11/13 07:26, Keith OHara wrote:
The arrow notation also gives two options for the half-flat: natural-down-
arrow and flat-up-arrow.  If someone uses both options for the half-flat in
the same piece, LilyPond can keep track of the choice by using a tuning
system that has them at slightly different pitches.

I've discussed at length why that is problematic. It also rapidly becomes unworkable once you start dealing with intervals finer than quarter-tones, simply because of the number of cases you have to deal with.



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