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On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 12:30 +0200, Jens M Andreasen wrote:
> Surprisingly, all classical polyphonic keyboards like piano and organ

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> works according to 'a'. If you - while playing four-handed piano -

> accidentally strikes a note already held by the other player, nothing

> will happen (in musical terms, that is ...)

>

> Polyphony is what is supposed to happen when you strike /different/

> notes and doubling notes will normally be done by pressing the

> hold-pedal and then striking the note twice.

There is no compulsory need to enforce the keyboard model unto the

interpretation of MIDI. I don't think it should be part of a definition

of polyphony, which to me simply is the simultaneous use of more than

one voice, be that from a single or multiple instruments.
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Thorsten Wilms
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