Re: how to get notes without tails?

[Blöchl Bernhard]

Am 30.08.2015 19:53, schrieb Simon Albrecht:
> Am 30.08.2015 um 18:39 schrieb BB:
> > On 30.08.2015 16:47, Malte Meyn wrote:
> > > Am 30.08.2015 um 16:20 schrieb BB:
> > > > I actually do some work with arabic scales (maqamat) and would like
> > > > notes without tails. Is there any switch in lilypond?
> > > >
> > > > (As example see http://maqamworld.com/maqamat/bayati.html)
> > >
> > > The ‘tails’ you probably mean are called stems. You can remove them:
> > >
> > > \omit Stem
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > lilypond-user mailing list
> > > address@hidden
> > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
> >
> > Thank you for helping!
> >
> > Indeed I meant "stem". Concerning to dict.cc (almost always correct) 
> > "tail" is also in use.
>
> Maybe in some very specific (paleographic?) context? In general
> they’re definitely always called Stems. We also have a LilyPond
> Glossary (found on the manuals page), which might be more reliable
> when it comes to specific notational terminology.
>
> Yours, Simon

Well, the glossary is a nice hint. But have you considered that the 
glossary is only available in English? So that a not anglophone could 
not find an expression she/he does not know! (Just the case for me.)

It could help, if there is a parallel glossary in another mothertongue. 
This is not the case, as there is only an English version - AFAIK. Do 
you really think, a non English speaker will find a word in an English 
glossary one does not know?

Beside all that, language is a malleable like Plasticine, that is true 
especially for English, as everybody must speak English, even if one 
does not know it (just my case). That is the price of the English for 
the "lingua franca" of our days! But obviously there are musical sectors 
that use "tail" instead of "stem" - would you say it is absolutely wrong 
or really incomprehensible? Realize that measure and bar mean the same 
in different (english speaking) areas of our world.

I do not have any problems with this, just a feed to think about.

And to add a remark: Would be nice to have a gerrman lilipond glossary.

Kind regards