Re: music expression explanation

[Trevor Daniels]

Graham Percival wrote Friday, April 24, 2009 4:42 PM


> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 04:10:37PM +0200, Simon Bailey wrote:
> > Graham Percival wrote:
> > > If you have an idea for a general clarification that the syntax 
> > > is
> > > "pitch duration other", then I'm all for it.  If it's a simple
> > > "you need to put the ' before the duration", then I'd probably
> > > reject it as being insufficiently general.
> >
> > my first idea was something along the lines of your refusal. :) i 
> > do
> > have some other ideas about how to explain the syntax, but they 
> > depend
> > on where you want to put it in the docs.
> ...
> > where would you put it in 3.1.?
>
> Hmm.  I was initially thinking of 3.1.2, but that subsection
> (actually, the entire section) is really talking about
> *macroscopic* style.  I mean, it refers back to the definition of
> a (compound) "music expression".
>
> With that in mind, perhaps 2.3.1 is the best place: add 2-3
> sentences and an articulation (or dynamic, or something) to the
> first paragraph+example.
>
>
> That said, this is really Trevor's area now.  Let's see what he
> says.

Thanks for the prompt!  I think the best place is in
2.1.2 Simple notation, in the Durations (rhythms) section.
This is where the entry of a duration is first mentioned,
and it's immediately after introducing the ' and , marks.
Perhaps immediately after the example there and before
dotted notes are mentioned would be ideal.  I'd be happy to
receive a patch, Simon.

Trevor

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