In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Anyway, I think that dance musicians usually really like having the >phrases aligned this way, but most other musicians don't see the >benefit (and some vehemently dislike it).
I transcribe quite a few tunes for Scottish Pipes and I find they generally want equal-spaced barlines and 4 to a line. My books on notation say this should never be done. If the barlines are in line on 2 consecutive staves then they should be artificially displaced to make reading easier. But once you realise that pipers *memorise* music then it becomes obvious why they prefer it: and the same I guess goes for many other musicians who do not sight-read the music in normal performance. Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
