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13:37:09
jackdaniel
beach: another question: you have specified, that there may be only a single instrument of a specific name and key, but it is fine to have many instruments with the same name but with different keys -- why is that? if you want unique names, wouldn't it make more sense to require all names to be unique?
14:11:16
beach
I guess I don't know how to answer that question, because I don't know enough about instruments.
14:14:37
jackdaniel
I think that my point is that you may have c and b-flat trumpet in the orchestra and they should have distinct name anyway (like two b-flat trumpets would have)
14:15:33
beach
The point of the instrument is just to label the staff and to determine what key signature to use for it.
14:17:18
beach
Often, several people play in unison, like first-violin, and you don't name each one in the score.