Re: use of 1/2 staff divisio maior in gregorian chant.

[Keith N. McKenna]

David Kastrup wrote:
> "Keith N. McKenna" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Keith N. McKenna wrote:
> > > Greetings All;
> > >
> > > In many some of the Gregorian Chant's I have access to they show the
> > > divisio Maior as starting slightly above the third line of the staff and
> > > continuing to just below the second line of the staff instead of a full
> > > "bar line" like the Divisio Maxima only less bold. Is it possible to get
> > > this configuration using lilypond 2.16?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Keith
> >
> > After beating my head against the walls on this for a few  few days
> > with some very helpful suggestion off list from Jeffrey Trevino, thank
> > you very much Jeff, I stumbled on a very simple way to do it. While
> > searching through the documentation I discovered a link to the version
> > 2.17.1 docs that Showed the divisio maior to be the half staff mark
> > that I prefer. Installed version 2.17.1 and ran a quick test and in
> > works like a charm.
>
> It won't persist as it has been "fixed" in 2.17.7, and since the code is
> "clever", all bets are off just what will be entailed to reliably change
> it to the way you prefer.
>
> Cf. <URL:https://codereview.appspot.com/6778050#msg11>.
This is really to bad. Changing it back to the former makes it very 
difficult to differentiate it from the divisioMaxima. The intended 
audience I have is one that is unfamiliar with chant to begin with so 
even such an seemingly insignificant thing can make its introduction 
much more difficult.

There is a difference between how a line is performed when it includes a 
divisioMaior or a divisioMaxima, The 2 signs should be clearly different 
to convey that to the performer.

Given that the fix is in for 2.17.7 and up, is there any over rides that 
could be applied to make it closer to what it is in 2.17.1.

Regards
Keith