Re: How do I use English note names with lilypond-book?

[Graham Percival]

On 26-Sep-04, at 1:58 PM, Jack O'Quin wrote:
> I'd like to use English note names (like `gs' and `af' for G-sharp and
> A-flat) in a book I'm starting work on.
>
> It works to add this...
>
>   \begin{lilypond}
>     \include "english.ly"
>     ...
>   \end{lilypond}
>
> But, the \include needs to be repeated for each \begin, \end pair.  Is
> there a cleaner way to do it?

If you use \lilypondfile{} (with separate files), you could have a
"global-settings.ly" file that you included in each separate lily file.
This _might_ qualify as cleaner, although it would involve more
typing.  So unless you had a bunch of other global settings you
wanted to use, I wouldn't recommend this.

> Should I just learn the Dutch names?  :-)

That's what I did.  Although I'm not using the "real" Dutch names -- I
use "ees" and "aes" instead of "es" and "as".  :)

(just substitute "-is" for "-s" and "-es" for "-f" -- you'll get used to
them pretty quickly)

Cheers
- Graham