Re: polychords: what's the current state-of-the-art?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> Hm, well the problem with meshing note mode and chord mode is that
> tremolo notation interferes.  But durations are not inside of chords.
> 
> So <a:m c:>1 should be usable as poly-chord entry.

Oh! That's kind of a wonderful UI, in my opinion.

> c/g could be entered as <g, c:> alternatively: basically anything with :
> in it would continue stacking at a pitch not lower than the previous one.

Nice!

> I _think_ that syntax should be workable.  No warranties, though.

Certainly worth a try — all the other UIs I thought of were much less elegant.

Thanks!
Kieren.