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

[Trevor Daniels]

Francisco Vila wrote Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:54 AM

> 2008/12/17 Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) <address@hidden>:
>
> > Very strange for me. Isn't it disturbing to use the same syllable for
> > different words? Actually for me it is especially strange because of
> > Hungary's strong use of Kodály's solmization method, where this melody 
> > would
> > be sung as "la la si la so fi so" (independently of the absolute pitch), 
> > so
> > actually the "la la sol la sol fa sol" would really mean "a a g a g f g".
>
> You have movable do, we have unaltered names for solfege. A matter of
> tradition and language.
>
> Do English-speaking people read music saying "g sharp f sharp" all the 
> time?

Depends on the context.  References to individual notes would
use "g sharp", as in "Make sure the g sharp in bar 23 is given
its full value".  When sight-singing a new piece we would usually
use 'la' throughout but some singers still use the tonic sol fa
system, with a moveable doh.  Not so many now though.

Trevor