Re: Suggestion to make sharps and flats persistent

[Hans Åberg]

> On 14 May 2020, at 03:38, David Wright <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I can't say that I've met
> English speakers in either the UK or US who use b and h for Bflat and B.
> Under what circumstances do you hear it: amateur choirs and orchestral
> players, professionals, or in academic duscussions of German music?

In general, there is a divide in musical notation in Europe, one is Germany, 
and to the north and south and east, and the other, the countries to the west, 
France, England, etc.

One difference is the note names, H and B in the Germanic tradition [1], and 
J.S. Bach used it [2].

Another is how to name meters, duple and triple.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_(musical_note)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BACH_motif