Re: 17th century English kbd ornaments

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "DavidGriffel" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:40 AM
Subject: 17th century English kbd ornaments


> I've looked in the lilypond documentation for ornaments like these
> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n148407/shake.jpg>
> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n148407/backfall.jpg>
>
> The images are from the explanations of ornaments in Purcell's "A Choice
> Collection of Lessons", 1696 (on imslp.org).  There are a few others that
> are common in Purcell et al, and the shake // (and a similar ornament with
> only one line) is very common in Byrd and the other virginalist composers.
>
> If they're not in lilypond, would be good to have them.  I can't offer any
> lilypond expertise, but could sponsor them if the sponsorship system is
> still in place.
>
> David


It would certainly be possible and fairly simple to create glyphs like this. 
We would need to be careful about naming, since a shake is generally 
something else.  However, you may be able to create what you want yourself. 
Have you looked at 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/graphic ?

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Phil Holmes