Re: caesura

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> > I added a caesura symbol to 1.7 cvs (see
> > input/regression/breathing-sign.ly).  I made it slightly curved and
> > tapered (like the comma, but more elongated), since straight lines
> > don't fit in the font, IMO.  However, some scans of real railroad
> > tracks would be appreciated.
> 
> Here's a scan of a caesura captured in the wild.
> 
>   http://daniel.ashtonfam.org/caesura.gif
> 
> This is from some Canadian Brass music published by Hal Leonard.  The
> scan contains two examples of the notation in question.

:-/

This is a scan of computer generated (oh no), American typesetting (oh
no).  I prefer to see a hand-engraved European edition.

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