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Re: why chords with notes of different duration is not supported?


From: David Raleigh Arnold
Subject: Re: why chords with notes of different duration is not supported?
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:28:30 -0500

Am Mittwoch, 12. Januar 2011, um 09:02:19 schrieb Graham Percival:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:04:50AM -0500, Marc Mouries wrote:
> > i'd like to know about the rationale behind not supporting chords 
with
> > notes of different duration.
> 
> Because there's no such thing as a chord with notes of different
> duration.

But there is a notation for multiple stops that looks like a chord with 
notes 
of different duration. See e.g. Gardner Read, Example 23-12 (p.389):
http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/~reinhold/temp/Read_MultiStoppedChords.png

> > In the case typesetting violin music it would be much simpler if the
> > notation for chord allowed for notes of different duration. It also
> > applies to other instruments where chords are arpegiated and the top
> > notes continue.
> 
> That's not a chord.  That's multiple voices, and they're simple to
> write in lilypond.  Please read the learning manual.

To quote Gardner Read: "Chord notation for string instruments often 
appears 
incorrect to the non-string player."

* But Gardner Read is not an authority on music notation. There is no 
such
person.

As a violin can only play one note, the other notes of the chord needs 
to be 
arpeggiated, and the chord notation shows which note will last and which 
will 
only sound for a short time.

* The note to "last" can easily be in a melody part and have its
own stem. That makes it easier to visually separate the melody
from the self-accompaniment. Regards, daveA

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