Sharon Rosner <cico...@gmail.com> writes: > But seriously, I see no reason to change a system which works so well > for so many different kinds of music. All these alternative systems, I > don't see what advantage they offer. On the contrary, there are many > downsides - they're unsuitable for keyboards,
Piano keyboards. Chromatic button accordions would likely benefit, as would Janko keyboards. > unsuitable for tonal music, Not "unsuitable" as much as intransparent. It's harder to see the tonality. > unsuitable for music in unequal temperament, unsuitable for microtonal > music, require relearning how to read music, make transposition > harder. "make transposition harder"? Of all the disadvantages to attribute to equally-spaced notation systems, this one seems like an unlikely candidate. It's one of their redeeming features. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
