Re: The LilyPond syntax for notes

[Andrew Bernard]

I don't think so. Considering you need a pitch name, a duration, and an 
octave indication (depending), this syntax is entirely natural and it is 
no surprise it may occur in many programs. It's a natural idea, 
spontaneously arising many times.

Well, Humdrum predates Lilypond, so your hypothesis is possible, by 
quite some time. Let's hear from the original authors!


Andrew


Jacques Menu wrote on 17/04/2021 6:51 AM
> I seem to have read somewhere that the notation such as c’4.. has been inspired 
> by another well-known syntax, maybe refering to Humdrum.
>
> Does anyone know more about this?