>>>>> "David" == David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> writes:
David> A fixed ratio seems a mistake to me: like optical scaling of David> fonts, the ratio should depend on the length of the note as David> well as the speed of the piece. And one does not want to have David> chords end early in one voice merely because the voice had a David> longer note starting the chord. I agree, but that's really hard to implement. Maybe if Grahame's virtual violinist can turn into a virtual orchestra, and interpret music properly (instead of just playing whatever Lilypond produces like a robotic MIDI player).... but I think that's a long way off. As it is, you can adjust the shortening of the notes for non-legato playing as you wish. In practice playing in a small group, the only time when we really care about different voices ending at different times is on the final chord of a cadence: and cadences usually fall at the end of a phrase marked with a phrasing slur or are explicitly marked tenuto so it isn't an issue. I can see there could be problems in some music though. -- Dr Peter Chubb peter DOT chubb AT nicta.com.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia All things shall perish from under the sky/Music alone shall live, never to die _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
