2009/5/12 Benjamin Caplan <celestialcognit...@gmail.com>: > 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?] > > I'm all for extending the musical metaphor (or whatever it is), but I think forcing people to choose a voice and then stick to it rather than just choosing their key is much recordkeeping for little gain. But perhaps there is something else we could implement into music? As it is now, we have notes and rests, but maybe something else could be turnied into instruments or something?
-- -Tiger
