Re: Template: String Quartet (score-only), first draft

[Patrick Horgan]

Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> > Unfortunate that the midi is by default commented out or else you 
> > could also do:
> >  \new Staff \with { instrumentName= "Violin I" midiInstrument="violin" }
> >  and get the midi to sound right.
>
> Why can't this be done with the MIDI commented out?
> Works fine for me (i.e., doesn't throw any errors when compiling)…
You're completely right.  It was just strange to me conceptually to put 
in a specification of a midiIntrument when midi wasn't on.  I really 
like the idea and hope you use it. 
> > Theres no point of showing them how to do \midi without showing them 
> > how to set the instruments.
>
> I disagree with this statement — the templates are NOT tutorials!
No, you're right, but they will often be used for that!  It's a pet 
peeve of mine that when you turn on midi for strings, if you don't 
specify the instrument the midi output sounds terrible--it's not 
legato.  For the same reason, when using the midi output to learn a 
voice part, I set the instrument to some string so it will sound more 
like a voice.  It seems most midi output programs, when no instrument is 
specified defaults to piano.
> Kieren.