Hi David, all,
>1. How many Lilyponders think that "N.C." is elegant? It's the standard, and that's good enough for me. >2. How many guitar teachers instruct their students to keep strumming when >they see a rest? It depends what's on the staff. If the vocal/melody line is notated, it makes good sense to keep strumming in the rests between vocal phrases. Not every rest is a break! It makes sense to suppress N.C. only when the strumming pattern is expressly notated on the staff. >3. In what genres is it normative for guitars to continue strumming through >every rest? As noted above, not through any, but through many. >4. If genres exist where it is normative for guitar players to strum >throughout a rest, in these genres is it also normative for the other >musicians to sustain or fiddle throughout a rest? You're obviously confusing a rest within a voice with a general pause. The two are not the same. 5-6 are too silly to answer. >7. The decision with every LilyPond iteration not to allow a third option, >namely, normative blank over the rest, i.e. suppress the "N.C." gimmick -- >what are the reasons which LilyPond insiders have found so persuasive over the >years? Blank should be an option among many. And to my knowledge, it exists. >8. How many people feel that LilyPond is being clueless when it comes to >making "N.C." the default setting? If we take our clues from standard notation conventions, then questioning "N.C." is either clueless or willful ignorance of standard practice. >How can it be otherwise? Why should it be? Just my 2 cents, Amy -- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Gerät mit K-9 Mail gesendet.
