Re: lilypond-devel Digest, Vol 26, Issue 21

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, 
Bryan Stanbridge <address@hidden> writes
> What we see is that this engraving standard has become bastardized by
> both bands and orchestras increasingly since the 60s.  If you look at
> the old band scores of Holst, for instance, especially those by B&H,
> you'll notice they're also missing the "I."  The Hammersmith comes
> to mind immediately as one that skips from H to J (though I can't
> remember if that's a Boosey score or another publisher).  Modern
> orchestras are using I more and more, but from a performer standpoint
> I'd much prefer none of the media have adopted I.  Does it make sense
> alphabetically?  Yes.  But in the middle of a rehearsal that's being
> run very swiftly it's very easy to confuse I and J if it's not typeset
> well.

I take your point ...
> Now, having said all that I think it's a good idea to have as much
> flexibility as we can have if it doesn't create too much confusion in
> implementation.  This seems straight-forward enough and as long as I
> don't have to use it -- fine by me. :)

But if I'm using lilypond to either replace a lost part, or typeset a 
crap written/photocopied-$DEITY-knows-how-often copy, I have to use the 
same conventions as the original ...

:-)

Cheers,
Wol
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