Re: Baroque Articulation mark

[Shane Brandes]

According to the book "Ornamentation in baroque and post-baroque
music" it is an English sign (apparently many traveling musicians from
the continent picked up its use) that can variously be interpreted as
a mordent or trill so you will have to work out from context which
sounds better for each instance you see it. Although it might be Herr
Finger (He was a German in the employ of James II) was consistent in
his usage. So as with all such ornament go by what sounds best.

Shane

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Laura Conrad <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I'm transcribing a flute sonata from an eighteenth centuray facsimile,
> and there's a decoration that I don't know either what it means (so that
> I could translate it into an equivalent modern articulation mark), or
> how to produce something that looks like that in lilypond.  I'm
> attaching a scan.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
> The source is the Performers' Facsimiles edition of Dix Sonates by
> Godfrey Finger.
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