Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

[Simon Bailey]

gilberto,

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Gilberto Agostinho
<address@hidden> wrote:
> When dealing with older music, the grace notes are normally referred as
<...SNIP...>
> When it comes to contemporary music, both types of grace notes tend to be
> interpreted as "play as fast as possible". That said, the slashed graces are
> the most common type of grace notes I see on scores from the 1950s to today
> (at least in the kind of music I listen to).
>
> I hope it helps somehow.

thanks for this explanation. that helps.

another question, in german these notes are often also called
"vorschlagnoten" [literally "before beat notes"] and are required to
be played before the beat they are associated with. are these notated
any differently? simply asking because i'm currently typesetting some
works by a young composer and he has performance notes stating these
grace notes should explicitly be performed before the beat.

so to summarize lilypond's 3 options:
\apoggiatura: take written value away from note
\acciaccatura: as fast as possible, _on the beat_
\grace: ??

regards,
sb
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