On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 9:32 AM Leo Correia de Verdier <leo.correia.de.verd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I differ on that. For me, (and with the perspective of only this measure) > both the option of respelling the a flat in only that chord (looks like the > repeated a flat moves) and respelling the a flats in the whole measure (and > having to read the second between a flat and b flat as a diminished third) > are more awkward than reading the augmented unison. I slightly prefer the > notation with both heads on the same stem, but find them both quite readable. > > 3 feb. 2022 kl. 18:13 skrev David M. Boothe, CAS <david.booth...@gmail.com>: > > > I also would prefer to see a G#. However between the two examples, I think > the first is slightly more readable. > > That said, what are the subsequent A's supposed to be - flat or natural? As > written, I would play them as naturals in the first example, but flats in the > second example. Were I engraving this, I would put an explicit accidental, > whether flat or natural on the fourth A, as well. > > > dB > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 11:51 AM Kieren MacMillan > <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> > Speaking as a keyboard player (and lilypond novice) I would recommend >> > re-spelling the a flat as a g sharp! Sometimes, theory has to take a >> > backseat to readability. >> >> If theoretical correctness (or, say, accuracy to a previous source) isn't a >> requirement, then I agree with Charlie: this is a moment in which, as a >> keyboard player, I'd much rather see two different notes [by pitch name]. >> >> Otherwise, I'd say the split-stem convention is [perhaps >> counterintuitively?!] more readable for me. If you want to do this in >> Lilypond, I'm pretty sure Harm has solved this particular issue (see e.g., >> https://archiv.lilypondforum.de/index.php/topic,1176.msg6932.html#msg6932).
Ok, the first attachment is using Harm's splayed stem chord function. Better? Worse? Respelling the chord using a "gs" for the "af" is a possibility, but what about respelling the "a" as a "bff"? The second attachment shows how that would look. -- Knute Snortum
