Re: Doc: Some miscellaneous suggestions from Peter Toye (issue 579280043 by address@hidden)

[michael . kaeppler]

On 2020/02/09 14:16:51, Carl wrote:
> I'm a native US speaker.  The following is my opinion.
> 
> Alteration is a change in pitch from the base pitch.  Base pitch is C,
> alteration is sharp, actual pitch is C#.
> 
> Accidental is a change in pitch from the standard scale pitch.  As
mentioned by
> Peter, C# in a D major scale is not an accidental, although it is an
alteration.

>From my point of view a note can never _be_ an accidental, it can
only _have_ an accidental attached to it. But maybe this is a
misunderstanding of the English terms...

> 
> I would totally support cleaning up this in NR 1.1.1 Accidentals (Note
-- we
> don't have 1.1.1.4 in the NR; the lowest level of headings is not
numbered).

It seems to me that this section does mix up "Entering pitches" and
"Displaying pitches".
The question whether a note is altered is decided within input.
The question whether this note will show up with an accidental is
decided during 
typesetting and depends on the key signature, the accidental-style and
so on.

It is difficult to split up this topics clearly, however, because
any example of pitch entry will include displaying the pitches, too.




> 
> Carl



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