Re: Adds incipit section to NR (issue 108270043 address@hidden)

[Phil Holmes]

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> > > Minor typo, otherwise LGTM
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> > > Trevor
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> https://codereview.appspot.com/108270043/diff/40001/Documentation/notation/ancient.itely
> > > File Documentation/notation/ancient.itely (right):
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> https://codereview.appspot.com/108270043/diff/40001/Documentation/notation/ancient.itely#newcode2651
> > > Documentation/notation/ancient.itely:2651: an indication of how the
> > > initial rests and note of the original version
> > > notes
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> > > https://codereview.appspot.com/108270043/
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> > No - it should be "note".  A standard incipit has all the rests
> leading to
> > the first note, but just the first note alone.
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> Beg to differ.  See for example
> <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensural_notation#mediaviewer/File:Josquin_Domine_ne_in_furore.svg>.
>  It's usually the first bar or half bar, but enough that every voice has
> at least one actual note.
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> https://codereview.appspot.com/108270043/

TBH I've sung from a lot of music with incipits and have never seen more 
than one note: finding a sole example on Wikipedia from an author who does 
not appear to have a username isn't categorical!

However, Grove says "A 'melodic incipit' or 'musical incipit' is the opening 
fragment of music" and Oxford Music Online has "The preliminary staff in 
modern editions of early music, giving the original clefs and time and key 
signatures, the opening note or notes in their original notation, and 
occasionally the range of the part", so probably a sound update would be to 
replace "note" with "note or notes".  I'll do this before pushing: it's not 
worth an updated patch.

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Phil Holmes