Re: Notation for Russian Orthodox Chant

[Xavier Scheuer]

On 19 October 2010 09:58, Richard Downing <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to replicate a specific notation used at London Russian
> Orthodox Cathedral.  It's very simple, and consists of two forward-diagonal
> lines across the middle line of the stave extending to the line above and
> the line below.  It's used to indicate that the note preceding it is to
> be repeated for each syllable of the lyrics that follow.  I know there are
> other musical ways of indicating this, but I need to exactly duplicate the
> symbol concerned.

It is not specific to Russian Orthodox Chant, IMO.
Are you sure what you describe is not just "simply" a repeat percent?
NR 1.4.2 Short repeats > Percent repeats
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/short-repeats.html#percent-repeats

{
   \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
   \cadenzaOn \key f \major
   % XS: use the \repeat percent command
   \repeat percent 3 { f\breve^\markup { \italic flexe } }
   f4 f4 g2 f4 \bar "|."
}

\addlyrics {
  \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
  "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Trinity, one in essence and" un --
div -- id -- ed
}

Cheers,
Xavier

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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>