I. Oppenheim wrote:
>Dear Phil,
>
>> %%staves {1 2 3 4}
>
>Will typeset 4 voices on one keyboard staff.
>A keyboard staff consists of two coupled staves
>that are connected with a { symbol in front of them.
>
>> %%staves (1 2)(3 4)
>
>Will print two separate staves, with two voices on each of them.
>No { symbol will appear in front of the staves.
OK, I forgot the bracket.
So how does
%%staves {1 2 3 4}
differ from
%%staves [(1 2)(3 4)]
or should that be
%%staves ([1 2)(3 4])
because that's not obvious from the standard either.
>%%staves {1 2 3} a keyboard staff with two voices in the right hand
> and one voice in the left hand.
Why two on the right and one on the left, rather than the other
way round?
>%%staves {1 2 3 4} a keyboard staff with two voices in both hands.
Or three on the right/one on the left or vice versa.
Bach wrote keyboard pieces where one or even both hands are playing
three voices.
>> It seems to me that the use of {} here is both redundant and
>> ambiguous.
>I hope it is now clear.
No, it's still both redundant and ambiguous as far as I can see.
Phil Taylor
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