Re: notation for the Celtic bow movement called a cut

[Hans Aberg]

On 21 Mar 2012, at 01:41, Tom Tobin wrote:

> I'd like to request a feature for Lilypond, if it hasn't been requested 
> already.
> There is a musical expression in Irish, Scottish, and Cape Breton fiddling,
> called a cut.  It is a quick flick of the fiddler's bow wrist, to cause the 
> bow
> to change direction three times.

A quick net-search on Irish fiddling gives several meaning for the word "cut". 
The book by Miles Krassen, "O'Neill's music of Ireland New & Revisited" has a 
section "Ornamentation in Irish music", which does not use the term, but just 
describes the ornaments in traditional terms. For example, a bowed triplet is 
written with traditional bowing signs, and it can often be interchangeable with 
a roll. The bowed triplet can also be performed with the third note different 
from the two first.

Hans