On 04/01/19 18:41, Aaron Hill wrote: > >> Yeesh, that is terrible.This is why it's important to follow good >> notation >> practice: I was so confused by this bad typesetting that I thought the >> bar >> was 6/4 time, and now my day is ruined. > > Unless someone is doing academic work where it is critical for the > typesetting to precisely match that of a reference work, all new > typesetting ideally should follow the current wisdom of notation. There > is little reason to continue to propagate archaic and non-standard > practices, especially if they are more likely to cause confusion.
This is exactly what I *H*A*T*E* about people who proclaim "This is correct". Take my case - which would you choose between "follow the current wisdom" and "music that is readable (and hence playable)". Note that this *IS* an either/or choice! How often have I moaned on this list because I need to over-ride lily's defaults because the result is otherwise pretty much unplayable ... I make no comment about the current piece being discussed - it sounds like it's incomprehensible to orchestral musicians, but why should everybody be forced to speak "orchestra"? We don't all speak English, or write in the Latin script! Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
