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Re: 17th century English kbd ornaments


From: DavidGriffel
Subject: Re: 17th century English kbd ornaments
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 09:37:51 -0700 (PDT)

Thank you very much Phil.  I hadn't noticed this bit of the markup documentation, and it should do the trick.
David Griffel


On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Phil Holmes-2 [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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From: "DavidGriffel" <[hidden email]>
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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


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