2011/3/14 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: > Francisco Vila <paconet....@gmail.com> writes: >> Frets in a guitar are absolutely chromatic. I did not mention >> fretless instruments. > > So please explain how you are would sort frets into a diatonic scale > arrangement corresponding to white keys on a piano, with the frets > corresponding to black keys put someplace else.
I a sense, frets behave like buttons. > The frets in a guitar are not _deliberately_ designed around a chromatic > scale, but because their positioning is dictated by physics. Still, frets behave somewhat like buttons. > Contrast that with a flute or a saxophone or anything else with a > _deliberate_ design of controls. That's why I mentioned Stanley Jordan who percutes strings against the fretboard only, thus allowing complex two-hand polyphony and making frets look as if they were buttons :-)) -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) www.paconet.org , www.csmbadajoz.com _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
