Re: Example for melismaBusyProperties in NR extremely misleading

[Trevor Daniels]

Reinhold Kainhofer wrote Thursday, January 20, 2011 7:31 PM


> In NR 2.1.1 ("Multiple notes to a syllable") we have an example 
> for
> melismaBusyProperties, which is extremely misleading, as it gives 
> the
> expression that this property can be used to skip notes without 
> assigning a
> lyrics syllable:
> http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-
> vocal-music.html#multiple-notes-to-one-syllable
>
> Actually, I don't see the point for this snippet: If one wants to 
> assign one
> syllable to multiple notes (i.e. a melisma), it is really 
> counter-productive
> to disable melismata in the notes.

I agree; the example is bad.  Its purpose is to explain
melismaBusyProperties and it fails to do this clearly.

> If anything, melismas should be explained in the next section 
> "Skipping
> notes",

?? But this whole subsection is about melismata.

Skipping notes has a different purpose, eg skipping
a note needed in one language but not in another.
Again, a better example could be devised.

> and the example should be changed to show that it is possible to
> really assign a syllable to the second note of a tie/slur or so.

I agree.  I'll have a look at improving this section.

Trevor