Status: Accepted
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Labels: Type-Enhancement Priority-Postponed Syntax
New issue 1308 by v.villenave: Enhancement: shortcut syntax for melismas
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1308
This proposal was made by Russ Ross on bug-lilypond a while back:
http://old.nabble.com/feature-request%3A-syntax-for-vocal-music-to-simplify-autobeaming-and-melisma-settings-ts27446985.html
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When setting vocal music, auto beaming is normally off, except during
melisma.
I find myself constantly writing:
\autoBeamOn <A>\melisma ... <B>\melismaEnd\autoBeamOff
This is quite cumbersome, so much so that I normally write it like this
instead:
<A>[[ ... <B>]]
and run a perl script to pre-process it with these regexps:
s/([^ ]+)\[\[/\\autoBeamOn $1\\melisma/g;
s/\]\]([^ ]*)/$1\\melismaEnd \\autoBeamOff/g;
I would like to request that this be added to the basic syntax rules.
The \autoBeamOn command comes before the first note of the melisma, but in
my notation it trails it to be more consistent with the "[" manual beaming
notation, and with other grouping rules likes slurs.
I realize that syntax changes must be approach with caution to avoid
clutter, but this is a pretty fundamental part of vocal score preparation,
and it is a pretty standard rule for typesetting vocal music. It does not
conflict with existing syntax rules (to my knowledge anyway). It would
also be (less) useful for instrumental parts as a way to control auto
beaming, in which case turning melisma settings on and off would be
harmless.
A double bracket is simple and suggests beaming control, just as the single
bracket notation controls manual beaming.
"
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