Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-08-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
David Rogers wrote: On Jul 28, 2004, at 9:09 AM, Ralph Little wrote: Cut-common is often found in band parts and effectively doubles the pace, at least that is my interpretation. It all depends on the tempo markings, of course. It's quite possible to have a slow 2/2. The real difference is in th

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-31 Thread Paul Scott
David Raleigh Arnold wrote: On Wednesday 28 July 2004 12:09 pm, Ralph Little wrote: Hi, Unless I'm mistaken, cut-common and common-time are actually different things. Cut-common is the same as 2/2 not 4/4, whereas common-time and 4/4 are the same thing. Cut-common is usually represented with a C

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-29 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Wednesday 28 July 2004 12:09 pm, Ralph Little wrote: > Hi, > Unless I'm mistaken, cut-common and common-time are actually > different things. > Cut-common is the same as 2/2 not 4/4, whereas common-time and 4/4 > are the same thing. > Cut-common is usually represented with a C with a slash throu

RE: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-29 Thread Ralph Little
:05 > To: 'David Rogers' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Band parts - a newbie's view > > > Hi, > Yup, I agree with all of that. > > My statement regarding increase in tempo is from experience > of it's use rather than any implie

RE: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-29 Thread Ralph Little
d.org -- "Man who shoot off mouth... expect to lose face." > -Original Message- > From: David Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 July 2004 18:31 > To: Ralph Little > Subject: Re: Band parts - a newbie's view > > > >

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-29 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Two other annoyances (and in my mind they're UI blunders ...). Practically every piece of music I've played that has letter rehearsal marks DOES use the letter I. It's fine to have a default that doesn't, you have a point there. The first part I checked this in (old B&H) does have the letter I

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-28 Thread David Rogers
On Jul 28, 2004, at 9:09 AM, Ralph Little wrote: Cut-common is often found in band parts and effectively doubles the pace, at least that is my interpretation. It all depends on the tempo markings, of course. It's quite possible to have a slow 2/2. The real difference is in the accents and the "fee

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-28 Thread Christoph Ludwig
Hi, On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 05:09:49PM +0100, Ralph Little wrote: > Unless I'm mistaken, cut-common and common-time are actually different > things. > Cut-common is the same as 2/2 not 4/4, whereas common-time and 4/4 are > the same thing. I have also seen examples where common-time meant 4/2. I

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-28 Thread Ralph Little
Hi, Unless I'm mistaken, cut-common and common-time are actually different things. Cut-common is the same as 2/2 not 4/4, whereas common-time and 4/4 are the same thing. Cut-common is usually represented with a C with a slash through. Cut-common is often found in band parts and effectively doubles

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-28 Thread lilypond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Two other annoyances (and in my mind they're UI blunders ...). > > Practically every piece of music I've played that has letter rehearsal > > marks DOES use the letter I. It's fine to have a default that doesn't, > > you have a point ther

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-28 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > The other is, if I ask for a time signature of 3/4, that's what I > > get. Or 9/8. Or 6/8. Or 5/4 or almost anything. But if I ask for > > 2/2 or 4/4, then that's what I DON'T get. Bad bad bad! If I want > > common or cut-common, then I should be able to ask for that > > directly. And in my ex

Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-28 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Two other annoyances (and in my mind they're UI blunders ...). > Practically every piece of music I've played that has letter rehearsal > marks DOES use the letter I. It's fine to have a default that doesn't, you have a point there. The first part I checked this in

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-27 Thread Graham Percival
On 27-Jul-04, at 4:18 PM, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: I've put all the header info - title, composer etc into a "header.ly" file. I include this in a part file, followed by a "header { instrument = }" section. This second header section appears to wipe the first :-( at any rate, all I get is the ins

Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-27 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
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