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Re: What is a system?
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Robert Memering |
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Re: What is a system? |
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Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:37:14 +0100 |
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Am Mittwoch, 14. März 2007 12:05 schrieb David Bobroff:
> You almost had your answer with "one line of music." In the case of a
> single staff instrument it is one line of music. For something like
> piano music it is one line of the grand staff. Likewise, for a
> conductor's score it is one line for everything in the score, often a
> single system per page.
By the way:
Traditional German (and Dutch?) terminology is different:
A staff is a "System", and a system is an "Akkolade".
However, it seems that "System" is increasingly used
for a line of music (i.e. set of staves), like the English term.
Regards,
Robert
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