Re: [Denemo-devel] Melisma Start / End directives

[Andreas Schneider]

Am 17.01.2017 um 13:01 schrieb Richard Shann:
> On Mon, 2017-01-16 at 21:32 +0100, Andreas Schneider wrote:
>> Something else: Begin Melisma and End Melisma could be added to the
>> Notes/Rests menu, since they are something used generally for many kinds
>> of music.
> 
> What do they do? I just tried them but didn't see anything in the
> typeset.

They insert a mellisma. That way, you can set up melismata in the notes
without using slurs, and do not need to do that in the text. See
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music#multiple-notes-to-one-syllable

Andreas