Hi again,
Am I the only one that thinks
upper = { BLAH }
\new Staff = "upper" \upper
is potentially confusing? I think it's too easy for a newbie to infer
that the variable name and the context name need to match, which of
course is not true. If I were re-coding the A.2.1 template (at least,
with an eye to fix that particular problem), I would write
upperNotes = \relative c'' {
\clef treble
\key c \major
\time 4/4
a4 b c d
}
lowerNotes = \relative c {
\clef bass
\key c \major
\time 4/4
a2 c
}
\score {
\new PianoStaff = "PianoStaff_piano"
<<
\set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Piano "
\new Staff = "Staff_piano_upper" \upperNotes
\new Staff = "Staff_piano_lower" \lowerNotes
>>
\layout { }
}
Maybe it's too verbose for the examples... but it would be nice (IMO)
to have something — even a note in the text — to make it clear that
the names don't need to match.
Also, I'm not sure that it's good practice to have spaces in the
instrumentName: this is just lazy programming, and may lead to
problems later (e.g., when they decide to center-align the names).
Finally:
1. Modern practice for vocal music engraving is to ALWAYS beam
eighth notes; and,
2. Including \autoBeamOff in these "simple" templates might be
confusing.
Therefore, I think we should leave \autoBeamOff out of the mix, and
either put a note to the effect of "for typesetting older vocal
music, use \autoBeamOff" or (better yet, IMO) leave it for the vocal
music section proper.
Cheers,
Kieren.
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