Re: Concert Pitch (a second try)

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Carl D. Sorensen 
<address@hidden> writes
> I'm going to step in here, perhaps where wise men fear to tread.
>
> The LilyPond  music glossary isn't intended to be a definitive music
> dictionary, is it?
>
> So do we care what reference concert pitch uses?  Does it matter if it's
> A=440, or A=445, or A=450?

It does matter that the reference is accurate.
> Aren't the key issues that:
>
> 1) Concert pitch is established relative to some frequency standard.
> 2) Transposing instruments use notation relative to some other frequency
> standard, such that a C in the transposing instrument notation is the same
> frequency as the transposing instrument's note in concert pitch.
>
> Thus, when a player playing a Bb clarinet plays what's notated in the Bb
> clarinet part as a C, it sounds as a Bb in concert pitch.

I think you're right ...
> It seems to me that all the rest of the information is more than is needed
> for the LilyPond glossary; it's available in some other music dictionary.

But a little extra information always helps. I find understanding WHY is 
always a good idea. The trouble is there are far too many corner cases, 
and in trying to be simple and short, people keep on coming up with 
exceptions.

And, while I don't want to plug my instrument as an example, I've come 
across too many cases here with lilypond and elsewhere where people 
don't understand how to correctly notate transposing instruments, that I 
think a bit of extra information is important.
> Of course, I barely qualify as a musician, so don't feel any obligation to
> follow my suggestions.

:-)
> Carl
Cheers,
Wol
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