On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:28 AM, Trevor Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Hawryluk wrote Monday, September 29, 2008 1:44 AM >> >> I thought of this while writing the keyboards part but didn't say >> anything because I didn't want to upset the established dichotomy of >> fretted vs. unfretted strings. Since it is now upset, we should >> consider simply moving all the harp material to keyboards. As far as >> the typesetting is concerned, harp music is piano music with unique >> tuning issues and a higher number of glissandi. Conversely, Hindemith >> called the piano "a harp with hammers". >> >> This would leave us with the guitar/banjo/frets section and the >> orchestral strings section. > > I came to the same conclusion. It is also far easier > to do this - no new files are needed, as the common > notation for keyboards is pretty well right for the > harp, and Harp slots in after Piano and Accordion. > > Perhaps we should change the heading slightly from > "Keyboard instruments" to "Keyboards and other many-stringed instruments". > It's a bit long, but > I'll go with this unless there are better suggestions. > > Andrew - I'll make the heading changes right away. > Do you want to flesh out the Harp section? Valentin > has done most of the pedal bits towards the bottom of App B.8.5, so not a > lot is required. >> >> Andrew > > Trevor >
I can do that as soon as I am done my review of NR 1.5 and 1.6 (80% finished). How about "Keyboards and other multi-staff instruments" or "Keyboards and related instruments"? The existing keyboard material also applies directly to celestas and vibraphones, to name a few. Andrew _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel