Re: Problem with Codas

[Thomas Morley]

2017-09-25 19:22 GMT+02:00 Phil Holmes <address@hidden>:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shamus Hammons" <address@hidden>
> To: "Carl Sorensen" <address@hidden>; "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>
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> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 5:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Problem with Codas
>>
>>
>> Basically, the coda should have some whitespace between it and the prior
>> section of music and should start looking like what you would expect
>> from the beginning of a new staff line, complete with clefs, key
>> signatures and time signatures and whatever other miscellaneous
>> decorations that come with multi-staff layouts. In all, fairly similar
>> to the image that Robert Murdock posted in "I Too Have Problems with
>> Codas". Also, it would be nice to have the coda/segno markings laid out
>> at the appropriate places too (including the top of the coda section),
>> but first things, first. :-)
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> There's no requirement for that blank space.  Gould says that it may be
> used, but does not state it should or must be.  Personally, I've never seen
> music set like that.
>
> --
> Phil Holmes

In printed editions I've seen all here mentioned "styles" to print a coda.
Here some results of a very quick online research:


Coda in same line, with space
http://www.finaleblog.de/blog/2015/media/20150811a.png

Coda in same line, without space
http://www.music-mind.com/Music/Srm0077.GIF

Coda next line, here indented
http://blogs.online.berklee.edu/tomrudolph/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2014/05/Wayfaringall1.png


Lilypond is already able to produce the printed output for second and
third example, but for the first we currently need to do some ugly
hacking. Lilyponds midis can't reproduce any of them, though.

I hope the discussion how codas _should_ be printed is settled now: we
should aim at getting the functionality to reproduce them all,
probably as options, imho. And midi should work, ofcourse.

What else?
Now someone should start coding. Any takers? ;)


Cheers,
  Harm