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Re: Describing instruments
From: |
Graham Percival |
Subject: |
Re: Describing instruments |
Date: |
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:03:36 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 09:06:32PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
> If you transpose music, Lilypond could warn if notes become unplayable
> on a baroque soprano recorder. Because the range is left, or because a
> particular semitone is not on the instrument. Similar for other
> instruments.
...
> It would also be helpful for arrangers and composers to have a databank
> of instruments available, so that they don't go to the orchestra with
> their finished scores and get told "Dude, that's not playable on a
> standard bassoon."
I don't think that lilypond should serve as a crutch to composer
who know so little about their craft that they write unplayable
notes. But if you want to persue this, feel free to write a music
function which checks the ranges (or anything else) and add it to
LSR.
Cheers,
- Graham