Hey Graham, hey everyone, The GDP discussion has been extremely interesting and I think I've caught up on most of the threads. But I'm not certain so feel free to tell me if this topic has already come up.
Question: has anyone suggested replacing the three-layer chapter / section / section structure with a two-layer chapter / section structure? The major sections are extremely useful and have, importantly, self-evident titles; but I've never felt that grouping the major sections into "basic", "decorating", "instrument-specific" etc really buys anything ... it's always going to be quite arbitrary as to what counts as "basic" versus "decorating" versus "text", IMO, so maybe best to just kill the false disctinctions. That would leave us with a 20 or 30 chapter manual, which makes perfect sense for something like a notation reference for an engraving system (again IMO). So like this: > o 6 Pitches > + 6.1 Normal pitches > + 6.2 Accidentals > + 6.3 Cautionary accidentals > + 6.4 Micro tones > + 6.5 Note names in other languages > + 6.6 Relative octaves > + 6.7 Octave check > + 6.8 Rests > + 6..9 Skips > o 7 Affecting multiple pitches > + 7.1 Clef > + 7.2 Key signature > + 7.3 Transpose > + 7.4 Instrument transpositions > + 7.5 Ottava brackets > o 8 Rhythms > + 8.1 Durations > + 8.2 Augmentation dots > + 8.3 Tuplets > + 8.4 Scaling durations > + 8.5 Automatic note splitting > + 8.6 Aligning to cadenzas > o 9 Meter > + 9.1 Time signature > + 9.2 Partial measures > + 9.3 Unmetered music > + 9.4 Polymetric notation (alternating) > + 9.5 Polymetric notation (simultaneous) > + 9.6 Time administration > + 9.7 Proportional notation (introduction) > + 9.8 Automatic beams > + 9.9 Manual beams > + 9.10 Feathered beams > o 10 Bars > + 10.1 Bar check > + 10.2 Barnumber check > + 10.3 Multi measure rests > + 10.4 Bar lines > + 10.5 Bar numbers > + 10.6 Rehearsal marks etc ... -- Trevor Bača [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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