* Marc Weber <marco-owe...@gmx.de> [2011-03-14 04:01]:
-- O -- (O is the body of a note here) -- O -- the interval between both pitches depends on the location. Why? Why should e-g be different from g - h ? Wouldn't it be easier to assign notes (c,d,e,..) natural numbers? then define could be: ---O- nr 16 ---O- nr 12 ---O- nr 8 ---O- nr 4 ---O- nr 0 to be always 4 semitones? Then many tasks such as transposing music to a different key would become a simple math operation: simply add a number. Many musicians who play occasionally only would benefit a lot. Has anyone else thought about this before?
Sure, various people have come up with several interesting and useful (at least potentially useful) systems. I think in the end the trick is not so much coming up with a good system as getting people to adopt it. The "installed base" (to mis-use a term) of traditional notation is very large, and people who already know any system at all are reluctant to learn another unless it will bring them large and immediate benefits. In other words, your system is good but everybody will ignore you anyway. Sad, and not ideal, but I think it's true. -- David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
