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Subject:    would 'gn' for G-natural be useful in \language "english" ?
From:       "Keith OHara" <k-ohara5a5a () oco ! net>
Date:       2014-08-29 6:41:24
Message-ID: op.xlccvauhkr5sjt () ohara ! hsd1 ! ca ! comcast ! net
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Dear user list,
   The suggestion quoted below from the bug-lilypond list
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2014-08/msg00037.html>
makes sense to me, as an addition to the \language "english"  note-names.

It would not fit in German-style pitch-names, where 'cis' and 'ces' get completely \
distinct names from 'c'. I am not sure if something similar makes sense in fixed-do \
naming as used in French and Spanish.

Would anyone else like to see 'fn' as a second way to express F-natural in English \
(in addition to the existing 'f') ?


David Winfrey <> writes:

> A new accidental for entering natural notes would be useful.
> In English, this would be 'n', as in 'bn4' or 'gn2'.
> These would have exactly the same effect as 'b4' or 'g2',
> but would be easier to debug.
> If the user is entering or editing music in the key of F,
> or some other key where B is normally flat, it is often
> not clear if 'b4' was intended to be B-natural, or if
> someone just forgot to flat it.
> If the note is written as 'bn4', the note was clearly
> meant to be B-natural.


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