Ian Kelly wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Proto: Canon >> >> Add the following text to some rule or another: >> >> � � �Canon is a player switch tracked by the Conductor. �The possible >> � � �values of Canon are the set of all finite-length sequences of >> � � �pitches. �The default value is the empty sequence. �A player CAN >> � � �flip eir Canon by announcement. >> >> � � �At the beginning of each month, the Key of each player with a >> � � �non-empty Canon is flipped to the first pitch of eir Canon, and >> � � �eir Canon is then flipped to the sequence obtained by rotating >> � � �the first pitch of eir Canon to the end. > > By the way, I don't intend to actually propose this; I just thought it > was a cute idea. If anybody wants to claim it in order to tweak / > propose it, feel free.
It's a neat idea, but it needs a compelling reason for people to actually use it. A Voice is a finite-length sequence of pitches. If there are at least as many players as Voices, then the Conductor CAN and SHALL create a Voice by announcement. The Conductor CAN create or destroy a Voice without 3 objections. The Conductor's monthly report includes a list of all Voices. Canon is a player switch tracked by the Conductor with possible values of Null (default) and all Voices. A player CAN flip eir Canon to any Voice, provided that e has not done so already this month and that no other player's Canon is set to that Voice. At the beginning of each week, the Key of each player with a non-empty Canon is flipped to the first pitch of eir Canon, and eir Canon is then altered by rotating the first pitch to the end. [While writing this, I realized that 'score' and 'instrument' are defined. Can we play with that somehow?]
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