Re: dynamics: integrated or separate variable?

[Kieren Richard MacMillan]

Hello, Rick:

> I try to keep as much as possible OUT of the notes list

Me, too! I've been thinking of using the new \parallelMusic feature  
as a replacement mechanism, e.g.,

%% CODE BEGINS
\parallelMusic #'(notes dynamics)
{
        g'4 g' g' g' |
        s1\f |
        
        g'4 g' g' g' |
        s2\> s2\p
}

\new Staff << \notes \dynamics >>
%% CODE ENDS

This keeps the dynamics close to the notes, but not truly  
"embedded" (which I often find visually confusing), and allows for  
such things as reusing notes with different dynamics, e.g., the code  
above can be written as

%% CODE BEGINS
\parallelMusic #'(notes dynamics)
{
        \repeat "unfold" 2 { g'4 g' g' g' } |
        s1\f s2\> s2\p
}

\new Staff << \notes \dynamics >>
%% CODE ENDS

And the 'dynamics' voice could then be reused on different staves  
(e.g., in a choral piece), if desired.

However, I'm still not 100% sure of what I will eventually settle on  
as my "coding style"...

Best,
Kieren.