Re: not-so-ancient flags

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2008 schrieb madhg:
> Reinhold Kainhofer wrote:
> > There are currently three things that are bothering me:
> >
> > 1) What are the optimal values for the flag angle, the flag length (for
> > up/downstems), the flag thickness and the space between two adjacent
> > flags?
> >
> > 2) The flags do not start at the very top/bottom of the stem, but
> > actually a
> > little bit below/above. This looks awkward.
> >
> > 3) The slash through the stem/flag with the acciaccatura looks really
> > bad.
>
> 1) personally I like the flags in the first row of my June 17 message in
> this thread.  As you say it's a matter of taste.
>
> 3) In the period of these flags (later 18th Cent.)

Well, apparently, there are two periods for straight flags: 
1) The later 18th century, which you are talking about. Their straight flags 
are quite slanted (about 45°)
2) Modern music (e.g. Stockhause, Boulez), as Jure is pointing out, where the 
slant is much less and acciaccaturas (with slash) are common.

I don't think we can cater for both eras at the same time, since they look 
different as far as the slant is regarded.... 


> Having looked through the facsimiles which I possess,
> I'd say that grace-notes were tiny, did not have a slash through the stem,
> and were not normally slurred to the following note.

Okay, this can always be done by not using \acciaccatura, but rather \grace.

Cheers,
Reinhold



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