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From: | Alexander Kobel |
Subject: | Re: exchange LyricHyphen with a "proper" hyphen |
Date: | Sun, 11 Dec 2016 11:04:07 +0100 |
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Hi Joram. On 2016-12-11 09:28, Noeck wrote:
Hi Alexander, Am 11.12.2016 um 01:17 schrieb Alexander Kobel:Ah, no, here's the problem, as can be readily seen in the "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht", first full measureI don't think so. Because for notes like the second one in the soprano voice ("an,"), the added extender line is very short and therefore killed. It does not even require a sufficient minimum-length. [...]
Well, with my default settings, it isn't. For me, this measure would look like the attached picture. In general, I dislike setting the minimum-length too short; my default is 1.5 staff-line distances. Just the other day, I was affirmed by a measure of "In the bleak mid-winter" by Holst (attached excerpt from Oxford's engraving): The question arose (among non-native speakers) whether "Thronged" is supposed to be sung as one syllable or as "Throng -- ed". Here, the extender made clear that it should is meant as one syllable. In a slightly tighter setting, without the fifth verse, this extender might have been /really/ short, but still important.
It might not be robust enough, there may be problematic situations but I could not find such a problem.
That's the main issue. Imagine a passage of semi-quavers in the other voices, and suddenly the extenders get large. Or think of BWV 140 "Wachet auf" with the prolonged cantus firmus in soprano over the fast-moving rest of the choir...
Anyway, I'll try to have a look and see whether I can find an easy way to detect melismata...
Cheers, Alexander
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