Aaron Hill <lilyp...@hillvisions.com> writes: > On 2023-01-23 3:35 pm, David Kastrup wrote: >> p would require that there actually is a next pitch (or drum type, >> assuming that p gets specialcased like r and R). > > I feel like I am missing context from the original query. '0' seems > to only be necessary if there is another event following as well. > > >> Also it begs the question what to do about c2 <e p> ... > > Yeah, does the 'p' pick up the most recently input 'e' or is it > shorthand for the 'c' that occurred before? Perhaps it just is > forbidden in chords, like 'q' is. > > Granted, I have wondered if 'q' could be accepted like a chord > extension syntax: > > "<a c> <a c e> <a c e g>" becomes "<a c> <q e> <q g>" > > If that could be made to be consistent, perhaps 'p' would then need a > good meaning. > > With '0' as a pseudo duration, there is less to mess about with > regarding pitches and special-casing naming. > > ---- > > Out of curiosity, would this work in your proposed syntax? > > "tamb4 r0 0 8 8" for "tamb4 r4 r4 tamb8 tamb8"
No, it would be tamb4 r4 tamb4 tamb8 tamb8 . Rests have never had any form of implicit notation. Saving a single letter is just not worth it. -- David Kastrup
