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Re: [Józsa Márton] RE: Beams == Melismata?


From: Arvid Grøtting
Subject: Re: [Józsa Márton] RE: Beams == Melismata?
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:22:42 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) Emacs/21.2 (berkeley-unix)

Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:

> Actually, the lyric alignment code was contributed by Glen Prideaux,
> who since disappeared off the face of the earth.

This probably means that someone else should step forward and maintain
and/or replace the lyric alignment code, right?

Anyway, it's a lot better than in 1.2 or whatever.  ;)

> putting the vowel under the note head is the standard
> convention, [...]

I didn't even know this, so I really shouldn't volunteer here.
Besides, I can't even get 1.8 to compile.

I *do* know that there are two different conventions for beaming of
vocal pieces.  The traditional (and, IMHO, most easily read) way is to
beam in accordance with the lyrics, with or without additional slurs;
the modern approach uses standard (instrument) beaming regardless of
the lyrics, and indicates melismatas using slurs.

I prefer the traditional method myself, but of course it only works
perfectly when the melisma consists of notes shorter than a quarter.
Workaround: "[c4( d8 e )d] c" (that would be "c4-[-( d8 e d-)-] c" or
something in the new syntax, but I'm stuck with 1.6 here) works for me
;)

-- 

Arvid





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