Re: Typesetting a Bach Ornament; Sarabande, French Suite 5

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Sam,

<http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/music/bachnotation.htm#passinga>
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Hope that helps!
Kieren.

On May 22, 2016, at 3:43 PM, Sam Bivens <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'm having trouble typesetting an ornament in the fifth measure of the 
> Sarabande from the E-flat French Suite. An image can be found at 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhgmne640fs1twb/ornament.jpg?dl=0 The ornament in 
> question is the two in-staff markings on the dotted-quarter A.
> Unfortunately, I don't know the edition (I only have a photocopy of this 
> movement, and it's not on IMSLP). Nor have I even been able to track down 
> exactly what this ornament is. The closest I've found is the Nachschlag at 
> http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/music/bachnotation.htm#passinga 
> (The double-slur-like figure from Invention 3 at the bottom of that section 
> is similar to what appears in the Henle version of the Sarabande.)
> I want to mimic the given edition as closely as possible; could anyone help 
> me out with typesetting this? I hate to ask, because it will look like I've 
> put forth zero effort; but it's just because I legitimately have no clue 
> where to begin.
> 
> http://lilypondblog.org/2013/08/adding-ornamentations-to-note-heads-part-1/ 
> at Scores of Beauty looked promising, but I can't even manage to get that to 
> compile; I'm guessing something in LilyPond has happened since that was 
> published that prevents it from working in my 2.19.40.
> 
> I've attached a laughably barren MWE; it'll save about 4 seconds.
> 
> Sam
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