Re: 17th century English kbd ornaments

[David Griffel]

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 8:29 PM, David Rogers <address@hidden> wrote:

"Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:

> It would certainly be possible and fairly simple to create glyphs like
> this. We would need to be careful about naming, since a shake is
> generally something else.

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I guess both names "trill" and "shake" are already used for
signs in lilypond, so the keyboard ornament shake (if permanently added)
will need a special name. Hopefully something clear in meaning and not
too hard to type can be found... "keyboardshake" seems a bit long.

Yes, this is rather a minefield.  The // sign has different meanings at different periods.  It's a trill for Purcell, and also Buxtehude (I think) but in early 17th cent. English kbd music there is // and /, often written across the stem, and their meanings are not 100% clear. A + over a note can mean a trill in 17th century Germany, but in lilypond it's called \stopped.

Anyway, I can't think of a good clear name for the // ornament.  I'll just concentrate on learning the graphic markup commands that Phill point to.

David G