Re: Mensural ligature

[Jean-Charles Malahieude]

Le 09/05/2014 01:04, address@hidden disait :
> Jean-Charles Malahieude:
> > On my way to typeset a mass by Monteverdi, I'm blocked with some
> > ligatures (see
> > http://musicofyesterday.com/historical-music-theory/expanded-history-musical-notation-part-4/
> > for examples)
>
> You seem to equate ligatures with legato, I'd be interested to hear
> if you have any references to that.

There are plenty of them in
http://imslp.org/wiki/Sanctissimae_Virgini_Missa_senis_vocibus_ac_Vesperae_pluribus_decantandae_%28Monteverdi,_Claudio%29#IMSLP37009

You'll find one example herewith (page 6 of the full pdf, stamped 4 of 
the Cantus part).

> > I can code the first one in its 8th image like this:
> >
> >     << \tag #'Urtext { \[ d1 e1*3/4 \] }
> >        \tag #'Modern { d1 e2. } >> f4 g1
> >
> > but don't find any way to get the E in black.
>
> This is what I did one in a time (\version "2.6.5"):
>
>      g1 \[ d \melisma
>            % this is a fake minor calor, together with the moved b4
>            \once \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'( 0.9 . -1.8)
>            a'1*3/4^\markup{ \beam #0.9 #0 #0.5 }
>            \]
>
> (found near the end of [1]).
> The result was on page 7 (between 64 and 65) in [2].

This "Dominus" in the bass part is exactly what I'm looking for.

I'll try that tomorrow and let you know.

Cheers,
Jean-Charles

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