I differ on that. For me, (and with the perspective of only this measure) both the option of respelling the a flat in only that chord (looks like the repeated a flat moves) and respelling the a flats in the whole measure (and having to read the second between a flat and b flat as a diminished third) are more awkward than reading the augmented unison. I slightly prefer the notation with both heads on the same stem, but find them both quite readable.
3 feb. 2022 kl. 18:13 skrev David M. Boothe, CAS <david.boothe50@gmail.com>:
I also would prefer to see a G#. However between the two examples, I think the first is slightly more readable.
That said, what are the subsequent A's supposed to be - flat or natural? As written, I would play them as naturals in the first example, but flats in the second example. Were I engraving this, I would put an explicit accidental, whether flat or natural on the fourth A, as well.
dB Hi all,
> Speaking as a keyboard player (and lilypond novice) I would recommend re-spelling the a flat as a g sharp! Sometimes, theory has to take a backseat to readability.
If theoretical correctness (or, say, accuracy to a previous source) isn't a requirement, then I agree with Charlie: this is a moment in which, as a keyboard player, I'd much rather see two different notes [by pitch name].
Otherwise, I'd say the split-stem convention is [perhaps counterintuitively?!] more readable for me. If you want to do this in Lilypond, I'm pretty sure Harm has solved this particular issue (see e.g., https://archiv.lilypondforum.de/index.php/topic,1176.msg6932.html#msg6932).
Cheers,
Kieren.
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