Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Marc Hohl <m...@hohlart.de> wrote: >> >> Am 08.11.2012 09:22, schrieb janek.lilyp...@gmail.com: >>> I suppose that a parenthesized clef octavation doesn't mean that the >>> octavation is optional (that is, it doesn't mean "you may choose to play >>> it in this octave or another, whatever pleases you most"). I suppose >>> that a parenthesized clef octavation means that it's just a reminder, or >>> that the octavation number is editorial. >> >> I used them in my pieces before in exactly the way you describe above. >> For a flute, I used \clef "G^(8)" to indicate that the player may play it >> one >> octave above (preferred in combination with concert flute) or as written >> (when played with recorder). > > Interesting. Of course the notation you describe makes sense, but i > would definitely avoid it because it seems to ambiguous to me. > By the way, is it just me or are brackets (as opposed to parentheses) > commonly used for indicating editorial elements? If so, i think that > a bracketed octavation would mean a "reminder". That would make it > easy to confuse the two meanings. > > Anyway, i recommend rewording the description to make it > interpretation-independent, i.e. something like "to put brackets or > parentheses around octavation, just use brackets/parentheses in the > code" without explaining what that could mean musically.
I don't see that we can get around defining what it should mean musically when we allow for absolute pitch entry and generate Midi. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
