Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> writes: > Hi musicus, > > This may just be the result of forty years of performing and composing > in the Western notation system (it’s always hard to overcome that kind > of inertia)… but I find it easier to read the standard notation than > your suggested alternative.
For "Western" music, I definitely have to agree. For dodecaphonic/serial music, I can imagine a more chromatic notation making sense. You'd still have to get the performers trained, though. I remember some composition competition in Bochum where a winning or placed entry (from the previous year?) was to be performed by a good choir, and it had a ridiculous number of voice splits and rather audacious tonality, and the choir ended up with most of the choir members using tuning forks while performing. With this kind of not-too-longish preparation from semi-professionals, a different notation is not going to be helpful. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
