Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

[David Rogers]

On Jul 28, 2004, at 9:09 AM, Ralph Little wrote:

> Cut-common is often found in band parts and effectively doubles the
> pace, at least that is my interpretation.

It all depends on the tempo markings, of course. It's quite possible to 
have a slow 2/2. The real difference is in the accents and the "feel" 
of the music. 2/2 flows differently from 4/4 because there are fewer 
beats (and therefore fewer accents) per bar.

As far as whether one uses numbers or c-shaped symbols, I think that 
the c-shaped symbols are traditional in certain types of music, but 
that the numbers seem to have become standard practice in modern music. 
It would make sense to me for Lilypond to have choices like use-numbers 
or use-symbols. (And what about the circle-with-a-line that Bach uses 
for 16/8 in the gigue of the E major keyboard partita? Is that in 
Lilypond somewhere, or is it too obscure to include such things?)

David