Re: proposal: second style for quartertone accidentals

[Orm Finnendahl]

Hi,

we use additional simple up/down arrows placed left to normal
accidentals, giving a concise way to specify the complete eighth tone
scale. The glyphs are actually included in the font. This would make
even more changing of alteration syntax necessary, though.

I don't mind to be able to combine both ways of specifying microtones
within one score, but I wouldn't know, where to stop. Apart from
Victor's proposed signs there also exist blackened accidentals... The
last thing I had in mind was starting another "bikeshed", how Han-Wen
put it.

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Orm

Am 28. Januar 2007, 14:20 Uhr (-0500) schrieb v!ctor address@hidden:
> I agree %100 with the addition of accidentals with arrows. However, I also
> think that both, the standard 1/4 and 3/4 tone signs Lilypond already has
> and the new ones should both be accessible, and, ideally, within the same
> "notehead-style". Otherwise combining them in a single score would require
> one to be changing styles inside the score, which would not be ideal in that
> case.
> Since we are into adding new accidental signs, I would also actually like
> the inclusion of arrows (up and down) not only the stadard accidentals Orm
> suggests, but also on the 1/4 and 3/4 sharp and flat signs lilypond already
> has. This would allow for a finer pitch resolution.
> Here's a png of what i'm thinking. Pay no attention to the style though;
> this is secondary.