"Phil Holmes" <m...@philholmes.net> writes:

> That's three voices, not four.
>
> Also - I was specifying vocal settings because a lot of the early
> discussion centred about how it's difficult to use the << \\ >> syntax
> with vocal scores, which generally are spoken about as being SATB and
> therefore there was an expectation that << S \\ A \\ T \\ B >> would
> be the natural order, which it isn't.  I've never seen any score ever
> with the four vocal lines on one staff, so whether that ordering works
> or not seems irrelevant.

It's not uncommon for me to put four-part harmony as S/A/T in the treble
staff and B in the bass staff when "arranging" for accordion.  Not
saying that this is a typical application.  For doing piano extracts, it
might be.

-- 
David Kastrup

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