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

[lilypond]

Monday, February 10, 2020, 9:40:53 PM, you wrote:

> 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...

No- you're right and I'd already replied to Carl Sorenson's correction here. It 
doesn't affect the argument one jot, though.

>> 
>> 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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