On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Jan Warchoł < lemniskata.bernoulli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/11/25 Steve Yegge <steve.ye...@gmail.com> > >> I bit the bullet and went through all 100-odd guitar music publications >> I've >> collected over the years, from publishers around the world on every >> continent, >> across multiple genres (although admittedly mostly classical and South >> American). The set includes many volumes whose purpose is purely >> didactic. And yet I was only able to find three books that use this >> notation. >> >> So I suspect that "standard" isn't exactly the right word to use here. :-) >> It's probably better to say that it's the "correct" way of guitar notation >> -- one >> that is satisfying from a theoretician's standpoint, but rarely used in >> practice. >> > > I have two guitar publications using this notation (treble clef with > explicit 8 at the bottom). > > Frankly, the absence of this mark in many of the scores annoys me very > much. Nobody gets hurt by this tiny 8, and its presence clarifies things. In > my opinion we should support it, there's no point in sticking to a wrong > habit :) > > cheers, > Janek > OK, you've all convinced me. I would be ashamed to publish a professional-quality LilyPond-typeset score without the tiny 8 now. I will be sure to include it. :) -steve
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