Re: "Instrument" as first-class citizen

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Carl,

> I never use the word "music object" for LilyPond entities.

That’s wise. As I said, I think we shouldn’t let new and potentially confusing 
nomenclature creep in.

> If we are missing structures needed to capture music the way musicians and
> composers think about it, it may be desirable to add them.  I'd like to
> see if there are any others beyond "instrument”.

An obvious one is “Measure”.
To link to another [part of this?] thread, if we had a Measure object available 
to manipulate, we would [more] easily be able to say “delete Measures 104-118”, 
right?

Thanks,
Kieren.
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