Phil Holmes wrote Monday, January 21, 2013 4:16 PM > From: "Trevor Daniels" <t.dani...@treda.co.uk> >> >> Phil Holmes wrote Monday, January 21, 2013 3:23 PM >> >>> In the middle of the section of the NR concerning ancient music, there is >>> this: >>> >>> Figured bass support >>> There is limited support for figured bass notation from the Baroque >>> period; >>> see Section 2.7.3 >>> [Figured bass], page 393. >>> >>> I would have thought the current level of support is fair to good, so >>> can't >>> see why it's described as limited. I'm also somewhat unsure why Figured >>> bass is referred to in the section on Ancient music, when it's got a >>> section >>> all to itself. Should I delete it? >> >> I'd prefer to see just the word "limited" deleted so the cross-reference >> from >> Ancient to Chord notation is retained, but I don't feel strongly about it. > > I considered that, but figured bass is really a baroque notation, from > 1600-odd to 1750 ish; ancient is medieval and renaissance: a different > period.
OK, I agree then. Trevor _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
