Re: Issue 1735 in lilypond: modifying default behaviour of tremolo slashes

[lilypond]

Comment #5 on issue 1735 by address@hidden: modifying default  
behaviour of tremolo slashes
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1735

Please keep current settings (i.e. rectangular, parallel-to-the-beam
tremolos) as default behaviour.

Joe said he took this as default because "that's what most of his scores
have" and according to my personal experience, the current lily settings
looks far more familiar to scores I have played than the new proposed
default.
The last score I played is Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 and as you
can see on IMSLP in the Violin I part (first page)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.5,_Op.73_%28Beethoven,_Ludwig_van%29
http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/f/f2/IMSLP19342-PMLP03875-Beethoven_Piano_Concerto_5_V1.pdf

this edition by Breitkopf & Härtel uses rectangular, parallel-to-the-beam
tremolos (just as current lily settings).

IMHO we should not blindly follow Elaine Gould.
Eventually it would be great if someone took the time to study what are
the practices of renowned publisher's editions.
Or maybe try a little survey on lilypond-user.

Maybe the new proposed constant, non-rectangular could be the default
for RhythmicStaff (but we should ask some percussionists about it)

Thanks in advance and thanks for your work Janek, it is nice to have
such a feature.