Francisco Vila <paconet....@gmail.com> writes: > 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.
So please explain how you are would sort frets into a diatonic scale arrangement corresponding to white keys on a piano, with the frets corresponding to black keys put someplace else. The frets in a guitar are not _deliberately_ designed around a chromatic scale, but because their positioning is dictated by physics. Contrast that with a flute or a saxophone or anything else with a _deliberate_ design of controls. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
