Ah, thanks! That makes perfect sense. If I understand correctly, it would, however, mean inputting everything in halved note values? That might get messy, once ligatures are involved...
On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de> wrote: > Am 16.05.2015 um 16:38 schrieb Frauke Jurgensen: > >> Yes, some decades ago (i.e. when Apel was writing), it was common to >> transcribe mensural music at a value reduction of 4:1 (i.e. 3/4 for >> Circle); now, 3/2 is a more common transcription level, and most specialist >> performers prefer to read either from original note values (if >> transcribed), or from original notation, if the manuscript isn't filled >> with errors like the examples I'm currently dealing with. I'm working on a >> bigger project that may involve generating multiple versions in different >> types of notation from the same source file; from that point of view, it >> would be more convenient if the mensural sign was more closely attached to >> the meaning. >> > In case you are interested in barlines – which after all is authentic for > ‘partitur’ scores – you might want to use \scaleDurations to get the right > combination of mensural time signature and printed note values. > > HTH, Simon >
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