RE: file structure (hierarchy)

[Trevor Daniels]

Mats

You're right, of course.  I guess my comment arises from my
background, which is piano and vocal rather than orchestral,
where multiple voices are the norm.  Perhaps we need to made
any suggestions for 'best practice' dependent on the nature
of the music being considered.

Trevor D

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 13 February 2008 13:31
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> Subject: Re: file structure (hierarchy)
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> Trevor Daniels wrote:
> > Maybe this would be a good place to introduce
> the idea of
> > conventions or, better, best practice in laying
> out a score.
> > I would also recommend using a simultaneous
> contruct after
> > \new Staff as another useful habit to cultivate.
> >
> Why specifically for Staff? For
> StaffGroup/GrandStaff/PianoStaff,
> certainly,
> but at least for most orchestral instruments it's
> not very common to
> have more
> than a single voice per stave. On the other hand,
> it might be a good habit
> for the top-level music expression of the \score
> block, i.e.
> \score{
> << { ... } >>
> }
>
>     /Mats
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