> Isn't there a contradiction between the claim that Jazz is not a > classical form of art, and some assertive statement about "the only > appropriate way things should be done"
No contradiction. I wasn't suggesting that there's only ONE way to do it, I was saying that since there ISN'T only one way to typeset chords, Lilypond should not set the chord system up so rigidly. I was asserting a negative. Lilypond treats chord symbols like a classical notation system, which I was saying is incorrect. It should be treated the way they do figured bass, more flexibly and not tied to any notes. > And by the way, I think I remember reading that Gary Burton studied at > Berkeley... and he is decent :-) Berkeley is anything but a conservatory. And pretty much all modern jazz artists of any worth learned through playing with older musicians, not by studying at a school. Pat Metheny, for instance, was TEACHING at Berkeley even before he started recording professionally. He was only like 19 then, and he had aready been playing for years. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
