Re: Problems with gregorian neumes ligatures

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Amélie Aubut wrote:
> Nobody can help?  Am I facing bugs that I should report on the bug 
> reports list?

Hi Amelie,

Unfortunately, the Gregorian chant notation has fallen into disuse. It 
was contributed by Juergen who unfortunately is rather busy. However, I 
can look at this as part of a sponsored-bugfix program (see 
http://lilypond-design.com/sponsor/ )


> I am a beginner at Lilypond (this is my second transcription) and I am 
> encountering some (3 majors) difficulties with gregorian chant notation 
> (neumes ligatures).  Let's try to be clear:
>
> 1-   PORRECTUS:  The last note of every porrectus that end with an 
> ascending second (for exemple: g f g) is too close from the "line" of 
> the porrectus, making the last note head unclear.  Maybe I could make 
> the staves bigger without changing the size of the neumes? Would that be 
> a solution? (and how do I do that?)
>
> 2-   DOTS:   Dots inside a ligature are too close to the next note 
> heads.  I tried to add skips after the dotted notes, but it had no effect.
>
> 3-   ICTUS:   At two places (over the words "(manum) tuam" and 
> "(scientia tua) alleluia", the ictus does not appear under the note it 
> is assigned to.
>
> Besides that, I am quite happy with the results.  I hope someone can 
> help me to make it perfect!  Thank you and happy new year to everyone!



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