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 -- Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk HEX wondered how much he should tell the Wizards. He felt it would not be a good idea to burden them with too much input. Hex always thought of his reports as Lies-to-People. The Science of Discworld : (c) Terry Pratchett 1999
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