On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Valentin Villenave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, guitar/harp/piano/percussions are a same group in > orchestras, whereas strings are another group. Besides, harp notation > is (on a semantic/symbolic level) much closer to keyboards or guitar > stuff than to violins, and strictly speaking the harp is as much > (less) of an unfretted string instrument as the piano.
I thought of this while writing the keyboards part but didn't say anything because I didn't want to upset the established dichotomy of fretted vs. unfretted strings. Since it is now upset, we should consider simply moving all the harp material to keyboards. As far as the typesetting is concerned, harp music is piano music with unique tuning issues and a higher number of glissandi. Conversely, Hindemith called the piano "a harp with hammers". This would leave us with the guitar/banjo/frets section and the orchestral strings section. Any thoughts or objections? Andrew _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
