Re: preliminary proposal: New Unicode characters for Arabic music half-flat and half-sharp

Johnny Farraj <johnnyfarraj at yahoo dot com> wrote:

> The Arabic half-flat and half-sharp symbols do not mean exact
> quartertones, but that's understood by Arabic music performers as the
> exact intonation is then learned by ear. That fact does not make them
> impractical to use, as they are used extensively in Arabic music
> notation.

This is true for Western (European) music notation as well. Nothing
about the classical written notation indicates which tuning system is to
be used -- equal, just, Pythagorean, etc. -- and for many pieces the
choice is left to the performer, but the notation is equally valid for
all.

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Doug Ewell | http://ewellic.org | Thornton, CO 🇺🇸
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