Re: Is lilypond really suitable for composing?

[David Kastrup]

Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi David,
>
>> I think it's likely rather hard to compose dissonant pieces without
>> access to the actual timbre (and thus overtone composition) used for
>> playing it.
>
> Apparently you haven’t been to any new classical music concerts in the
> last half-century. It’s *quite* clear that many composers — especially
> inexperienced ones — have no problem composing dissonant pieces
> without access to the the actual timbre and overtone composition of
> the music they’re writing.

Well, not everybody is a Stravinski.

-- 
David Kastrup