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There are predefined sets of note and accidental names for various
other languages. To use them, include the language-specific init
file listed below. 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 File Note Names nederlands.ly c d e f g a bes b arabic.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si catalan.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si deutsch.ly c d e f g a b h english.ly c d e f g a bf b espanol.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si italiano.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si norsk.ly c d e f g a b h portugues.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si suomi.ly c d e f g a b h svenska.ly c d e f g a b h vlaams.ly do re mi fa sol la sib si
and the accidental suffixes they define are:
Language File sharp flat double sharp double flat nederlands.ly -is -es -isis -eses arabic.ly -d -b -dd -bb catalan.ly -d/-s -b -dd/-ss -bb deutsch.ly -is -es -isis -eses english.ly -s/-sharp -f/-flat -ss/-x/-sharpsharp -ff/-flatflat espanol.ly -s -b -ss -bb italiano.ly -d -b -dd -bb norsk.ly -iss/-is -ess/-es -ississ/-isis -essess/-eses portugues.ly -s -b -ss -bb suomi.ly -is -es -isis -eses svenska.ly -iss -ess -ississ -essess vlaams.ly -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 File semi-sharp semi-flat sesqui-sharp sesqui-flat
nederlands.ly -ih -eh -isih -eseh arabic.ly -sd -sb -dsd -bsb deutsch.ly -ih -eh -isih -eseh english.ly -qs -qf -tqs -tqf italiano.ly -sd -sb -dsd -bsb portugues.ly -sqt -bqt -stqt -btqt
Music Glossary: Pitch names.
Snippets: Pitches.