2011/3/14 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: > Francisco Vila <paconet....@gmail.com> writes: > >> 2011/3/14 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: >>> The _only_ non-fringe (and you >>> might debate that) instrument I know that has controls _deliberately_ >>> designed around a chromatic scale (note that string instruments have >>> their controls dictated by physics) is the chromatic button accordion. >>> >>> Every _other_ instrument, even woodwinds and percussion, has its >>> controls designed around a diatonic scale, and where that scale is not C >>> major, the instrument is often written down in transposed notation. >> >> Let me add Stanley Jordan's guitar tuned by fifths which looks fairly >> chromatic to me. > > What about "_deliberately_ designed around a chromatic scale (note that > string instruments have their controls dictated by physics)" did you not > understand?
Frets in a guitar are absolutely chromatic. I did not mention fretless instruments. -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) www.paconet.org , www.csmbadajoz.com _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
