Re: Lilypond

[Carl D. Sorensen]

Johannes,

I can't answer this question.  It's beyond my understanding of musical
theory.

As a practical matter, I'd recommend implementing the simplest version
first.  Then the bells and whistles can be added later. If your code gets
90% of the needed uses, it's helpful even if it can't do the last 10%.

It's good to keep this kind of discussion on the list, rather than shifting
it to private email, so I've copied it back to the list.

Thanks,

Carl


On 3/12/09 5:23 AM, "Johannes Asal" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello Carl,
> 
> I will try to contribute that functionality to the distribution, but it might
> take some time to get accustomed to Scheme. But I already have a (somewhat
> theoretical) question about the "reference mode/scale". Do you think that one
> should be able to specify such a reference mode so that the numerals change
> accordingly (e.g. the ionian III becomes a #III when aeolian is used as
> reference)? I've rarely seen this in theory books (they're almost always
> numbering it in terms of ionian) so maybe it's not necessary but I'm not
> really sure, maybe you can give a second opinion.
> 
> Thanks,
> Johannes