Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

[David Bobroff]

As a follow-up, have the people with "unwanted accidentals" seen this:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Accidentals-and-key-signatures#Key-signatures

...and is it not clear?  The last example on that page shouldn't be any 
less clear than the example I gave.

-David

David Bobroff wrote:
> Correct.  *ALL* pitches in the input *must* be explicitly given.  The 
> key signature assignment tells LilyPond how to display the pitches.  For 
> exmaple; 'e' *always* means e-natural no matter what the key signature is.
>
> -David
>
> Simon Mackenzie wrote:
> > Hi guys correct me if I am wrong.
> >
> > The g minor chord has two flats Eb & Bb which need to be marked as es 
> > and bes in Lilypond other wise the Accidental_engraver sees them as 
> > naturals in the g minor chord, hence the natural symbol for any 
> > unmarked E or B note in your music.
> >
> > Just trying to see if I understand this all correctly?
> > How did I do?
> > Simon
> >
> > On 25/08/2009, at 01:39, Sona wrote:
> >
> > > I'm new to Lilypond and the list. So far the code is pretty 
> > > intuitive, but I am stumped by the way accidentals work. Several 
> > > posts deal with this subject, but probably are beyond a novice's 
> > > ability to undertand.
> > >
> > > I'm transcribing a modern piece with 2 flats in the key signature 
> > > (I've set \key g \minor). It's rather atonal, though, so it seems 
> > > Lilypond tries to correct pitch by turning every e-flat and b-flat 
> > > into a natural.
> > >
> > > What code do I use to override this? The printed result should have 
> > > only 4 accidentals. Right now there are 37, and of course the pitches 
> > > are all off.
> > >
> > > What do I put where in what part of the code? I can send my page 
> > > code, if it would be helpful.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > > cleo
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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