Re: arrow notation for quarter-tones, issue 1278 (was: improving contributing tools)

[Hans Aberg]

On 27 Sep 2013, at 00:05, Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 2013/9/26 Hans Aberg <address@hidden>:
>> On 26 Sep 2013, at 17:16, Phil Holmes <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Joseph Wakeling wrote:
>>> I was also rather discouraged by the fact that the quarter-tone arrow 
>>> notation issue didn't find a solution -- see:
>>>> https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1278
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think it's waiting for someone to propose how it could be represented in 
>>> LilyPond.
>> 
>> For one microtonal accidental, one needs, in addition to the minor/major 
>> seconds m and M,
>> a neutral second n. For a pitch x = r*m + s*M + t*n, compute its degree 
>> deg(x) := r + s + t,
>> which is its staff position, and subtract the staff pitch. [...]
> 
> Thanks for your input, Hans :)  However, please create a new thread
> when starting a new topic; having microtonal emails mixed with
> maintenance discussion is inconvenient.

You might do that yourself, even though David already has done that. I just 
jotted down some obvious silly little things from the top of my head, so if 
there is anything unclear, just shoot. :-)

Hans