In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Chambers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I. Oppenheim writes:
>| On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Joerg Anders wrote:
>|
>| > Is there a possibility to place braces inside brackes
>| > in staff layout. I tried:
>| >
>| > %%staves [ S1 { S2 S3 } S4 | ]
>|
>| That is not possible. What would be the meaning of
>| such a notation?
>|
>| You can of course typeset:
>| %%staves [S1 S2] {S3 S4} [S5 S6]
>
>Of course, the main answer is that braces and brackets are used
>idiosyncratically, and mean whatever they meant to whoever wrote out
>the music. If the above is what you see on the page, you'd like the
>abc to mimic it.
>
>But there is a common convention: Braces are used to group multiple
>staves for one player (e.g., keyboards). Brackets indicate groups of
>voices. With this understanding, it's easy to think up examples where
>you might want such nesting.
>
>Suppose, for example, you were writing a work for chorus,
>harpsichord, organ, and orchestra. Perhaps it's for some festive
>occasion at your church. A reasonable way of grouping the staves in
>the score might be something like:
>
>%%staves [Fl1 Fl2] ... [V1 V2 Va Vc] [S A T B] [{HR HL} {OR OL OP}]
>
>Here, the two keyboards make an instrumental group, so they are
>bracketed. Each keyboard instrument needs 2 or 3 staves, so they are
>marked by braces. If you can't do the nexting, you either end up with
>5 "keyboard" staves within the brackets, or you drop the brackets and
>just use the braces. Personally, I'd forget about the brackets. Who
>needs them? But if you believe in the above convention for brackets
>and braces, you might want them nested like this.
>
>Sounds reasonable to me.
String parts in an orchestral work are usually bracketed together (5
staves) and the top two then braced (1st/2nd violins) outside the
bracket.
[{Vln1 Vln2} Vla Vc DB]
Bernard Hill
Braeburn Software
Author of Music Publisher system
Music Software written by musicians for musicians
http://www.braeburn.co.uk
Selkirk, Scotland
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