Re: Re: SoundNote does not accept "H"
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- Subject: [mg83354] Re: [mg83322] Re: SoundNote does not accept "H"
- From: George Woodrow III <georgevw3 at mac.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:46:34 -0500 (EST)
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In German, B = b flat and H = B natural. That's why JS Bach could make a fugue subject with his name. See the last fugue in BWV 1080. I did not know that this practice was still current. george -- with a degree in music composition. On Nov 17, 2007, at 5:28 AM, Jean-Marc Gulliet wrote: > Szabolcs Horv=C3=A1t wrote: > >> I was playing with Sound and SoundNote. For some reason, SoundNote >> does >> not seem to accept the H note. Sound[SoundNote["H"]] returns >> unevaluated but Sound[SoundNote["A"]] works correctly. I can use >> Sound[SoundNote[11]] as a workaround, but why doesn't the letter >> specification work? > > I am not a music specialist and I might have misunderstood your > request, > but I do not think that the "H" note exists. See > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solfege > > HTH, > -- > Jean-Marc > >
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- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet@gmail.com>
- Re: SoundNote does not accept "H"