On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 07:18:37PM -0400, James Lowe wrote: > As an instrument player (as opposed to a singer or 'vocalist') > who has neither conducted or composed anything more than a few > 'dittys' I can see how this would be the case where I have never > come across the term system.
For the record, I'm pretty certain that I played the Dvorak cello concerto with an orchestra before encountering the term "system". I know that I first encountered it in lilypond, after I'd been playing professionally in orchestras [1] and teaching. I took conducting lessons after that (where I'm certain I encountered the term), and got a B.Mus after that (where I'm certain I encountered it again)... but instrumentalists can definitely be quite skilled without knowing the term. [1] I must admit that I interpret "playing professional in orchestras" to include "getting paid for playing with a community orchestra", not merely "playing in a professional orchestra". They were relatively minor orchestras, and I had to drive up to 220 miles (sorry, that's 350 km. The Brits are getting to me!) to reach them. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
