Re: Doc: Some miscellaneous suggestions from Peter Toye (issue 579280043 by address@hidden)

[Michael Käppler]

Am 06.02.2020 um 22:55 schrieb address@hidden:
> https://codereview.appspot.com/579280043/diff/563480043/Documentation/learning/common-notation.itely
> File Documentation/learning/common-notation.itely (right):
>
> https://codereview.appspot.com/579280043/diff/563480043/Documentation/learning/common-notation.itely#newcode162
> Documentation/learning/common-notation.itely:162: @notation{note names}
> and @notation{accidentals},
> Here I disagree.
> >From wikpedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alteration
> "In music, alteration is the use of a neighboring pitch in the chromatic
> scale in place of its diatonic neighbor."
> An _accidental_ is the printed ♯-sign or ♭-sign, etc, indicating the
> alteration.
> Thus "accidentals" is plain wrong here. Please keep "alterations"
That were my thoughts, too.
But I ascribe more importance to Peter's opinion (as a native speaker)
than to mine, so
it is difficult for me to decide now...
> Probably:
> @notation{note names} and their @notation{alterations},
>
> https://codereview.appspot.com/579280043/