Re: Measure-free scores

On 4/3/2017 4:42 AM, mogens@lundholm.org wrote:
> Since bars/measures are really graphic elements, I think there should be
> no measures. Instead there should be a pure graphic symbol for a
> bar/measure.

Indeed.

> With no measures, I think that also ties should fall. /Tie/
> is also just a graphic element and should be a pure graphic symbol.

Not sure what you mean here, but ties are necessary (in CWMN) to achieve 
certain durations that are not achievable without them (e.g. half+16th)


> /Repeat/, /Segno/, /Coda/ and /Fine/ etc. seem to be related to
> <measure>. For example /Segno /is always first in a measure, /Fine/ is
> always last in measure. Will it just simplify
> things being able to put them anywhere?


Segno is not always first in a measure, sometimes it is mid-measure.

Fine may well be last in a measure, but it is not always a complete measure.


>
> /Mogens
>

Received on Monday, 3 April 2017 19:48:54 UTC