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

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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."

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.

Cheers,
Reinhold

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