Re: Notating recitative

[Mats Bengtsson]

Eyolf Østrem wrote:
> On 10.10.2008 (16:32), Ari Torhamo wrote:
>   
> > I don't know how to get the two vertical lines before and after the
> > note/chord that defines the pitches on the recitative section. Is there
> > some command/marking I can attach to a note in the chord so that all
> > lines would be automatically drawn from the lowest note to the highest.
> > Or do I need to draw four vertical lines (bar lines perhaps?) and define
> > their length and horizontal position on the staff?
> >     
>
> If you have to get it EXACTLY as in the pictures, I guess some kind of
> line-drawing/markup command is what you're facing (and I don't know how to
> draw them). However, the customary thing in this kind of notation is to use
> breve notes  (the modern kind, which has single vertical lines, close to
> what you have in your example).
>   
Exactly! Here's an example:
\version "2.10.0"
\relative c'  \new Voice {
\cadenzaOn
<e g>4 <e g>\breve <e g>4 <f a>2 <e g>4 <e g>\breve <e g>4
}

\relative c'  \new Voice {
\cadenzaOn
<f f'>4 <f f'>\breve
}


We don't have the note head version with double vertical lines, but you 
can use some tricks to obtain them.
To get make the lines extend between the note heads, some more tricks 
are needed.

   /Mats
> Eyolf
>
>   

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