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

[Benkő Pál]

>>> > Documentation/notation/ancient.itely:2651: an indication of how the
>>> > initial rests and note of the original version
>>> > notes
>>> >
>>> > 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> https://codereview.appspot.com/108270043/
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>
> 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!

FWIW I've also sung a lot of music with incipits and I didn't gather that
one single note would be standard; I've even seen full movements as incipit.
if the sung music starts with a ligature, it's even impossible to have
just one note as incipit.  to me "note or notes" is just pleonasm for "notes".

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