Re: Lyircs melsima line ending in interpunctation

[Jan-Peter Voigt]

Am 24.01.2012 um 10:04 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:

>>> Remember that if we sing, say,
>>> 
>>>  a - stray:_________
>>> 
>>> 
>>> we actually do
>>> 
>>>  a - stra_________y:
>>> 
>>> so putting just the punctuation after the melisma is illogical.
>> 
>> I've been asking myself why, if that's the rule (which I don't deny)
>> eg. Frank Sinatra sings:
>> 
>> Newwwwwwww York
>> and
>> Myyyyyyyy way
>> 
>> instead of Neeeeew or M[aa...]....y
> 
> Well, non-operatic singing follows different rules, obviously :-)
> 
> But try that without a microphone in a 1000 seats audience, and you
> will kill your voice within a few minutes.

well, I wouldn't call it illegal - but not appropriate to typeset music 
following "classical" rules like Bach or Händel (or Reger or Mahler or ...).
But for the Sinatra example: How would you notate it for an actor, 
impersonating him in a movie. Or you might think of some "modernistic" musical 
performance.
So I'd say, there are cases, where punctuation after the extender might be 
appropriate. So its good, Lily also can take care of that.

Cheers, Jan-Peter