Re: Tip/Trick: Double-Breve or Single-Breve-with-Double-Sidebars

[Henning Plumeyer]

Am 09.04.2009, 21:43 Uhr, schrieb Kieren MacMillan  
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> \version "2.12.2"
> dbreve =
>         #(define-music-function (parser location note) (ly:music?)
>                 #{
>                         \once \override ParenthesesItem #'stencil = 
> #ly:text-interface::print
>                         \once \override ParenthesesItem #'text =
> 				\markup \translate #'(-0.4 . -0.46) \override #'(thickness . 2) {  
> \draw-line #'(0 . 0.92) \hspace #2.26 \draw-line #'(0 . 0.92)  }
>                         \parenthesize $note
>                 #})
> \score { { \dbreve b'\breve*2 } }
>
> This function should be good at least as far back as v2.10.
> The *2 doubles the duration of the breve, to make a double-breve (so if  
> you just want double sidebars on a single breve, leave off the *2).

> Cheers,
> Kieren.

Hi all,
isnt't this double-breve the same thing as a longa? At least concerning the
duration (as long as 4 whole notes).

I think I've seen music where the breve (2 whole notes) was printed with
two bars on each side.

> What?! I can haz breve with duble side-barz neouw? Veeeery nice :-) I
> asked about this a longish time ago, but it wasn't possible then.

...and Ari Torhamo probably was looking for this kind of breve instead
of a longa.

IMHO it is too difficult to distinguish a longa with two side-bars from
a breve (with one side-bar).

By the way: I prefer the baroque note head style.
(http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Note-head-styles.html)

Regards,
Henning