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There are predefined sets of note names for various other
languages. To use them, include the language-specific init file.
For example, to use English notes names, add
\include "english.ly"
to the top of the input file.
The available language files and the note names they define are:
Language | Note names | sharp | flat | double sharp | double flat
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nederlands.ly | c d e f g a bes b | -is | -es | -isis | -eses
|
arabic.ly | do re mi fa sol la sib si | -d | -b | -dd | -bb
|
catalan.ly | do re mi fa sol la sib si | -d/-s | -b | -dd/-ss | -bb
|
deutsch.ly | c d e f g a b h | -is | -es | -isis | -eses
|
english.ly | c d e f g a bf b | -s/-sharp | -f/-flat | -ss/-x/-sharpsharp | -ff/-flatflat
|
espanol.ly | do re mi fa sol la sib si | -s | -b | -ss | -bb
|
italiano.ly | do re mi fa sol la sib si | -d | -b | -dd | -bb
|
norsk.ly | c d e f g a b h | -iss/-is | -ess/-es | -ississ/-isis | -essess/-eses
|
portugues.ly | do re mi fa sol la sib si | -s | -b | -ss | -bb
|
suomi.ly | c d e f g a b h | -is | -es | -isis | -eses
|
svenska.ly | c d e f g a b h | -iss | -ess | -ississ | -essess
|
vlaams.ly | do re mi fa sol la sib si | -k | -b | -kk | -bb
|
In Dutch, aes
is contracted to as
, but both forms
are accepted in LilyPond. Similarly, both es
and
ees
are accepted. This also applies to
aeses
/ ases
and
eeses
/ eses
. Sometimes only these
contracted names are defined in the corresponding language files.
a2 as e es a ases e eses
Some music uses microtones whose alterations are fractions of a ‘normal’ sharp or flat. The note names for quarter-tones defined in the various language files are listed in the following table. Here the prefixes semi- and sesqui- mean ‘half’ and ‘one and a half’, respectively. For the other languages, no special names have been defined yet.
Language | Note names | semi-sharp | semi-flat | sesqui-sharp | sesqui-flat
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nederlands.ly | c d e f g a bes b | -ih | -eh | -isih | -eseh
|
arabic.ly | do re mi fa sol la sib si | -sd | -sb | -dsd | -bsb
|
deutsch.ly | c d e f g a b h | -ih | -eh | -isih | -eseh
|
english.ly | c d e f g a bf b | -qs | -qf | -tqs | -tqf
|
italiano.ly | do re mi fa sol la sib si | -sd | -sb | -dsd | -bsb
|
portugues.ly | do re mi fa sol la sib si | -sqt | -bqt | -stqt | -btqt
|
Music Glossary: Pitch names.
Snippets: Pitches.
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