Sorry to jump in here as someone who just (re-)signed up for the list, but
I actually find
+Note that @code{[} and @code{]} do not enclose the notes to be
+slurred.
potentially confusing. I would say something like either "Note that the
first note of the slur appears before the opening @code{(}" or "Note that
the @code{(} marking the beginning of a slur appears after the first note
of the slur", and ditto for beams. (I might say "note pitch" instead of
note too, but that's a more minor point.)
+Ties and slurs are indicated by adding special codes after the
+notes to which they apply.
Could maybe be worded as "Slurs are indicated by adding special codes after
the first and last note of the slur", under the theory that you don't add
that markup to all notes in the slur (assuming there are at least three).
Though then you have to drop ties from that sentence. This one I think is
less important as well.
Evan
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:39 PM, Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote:
> Here's a proposed patch for the documentation. I haven't posted it on
> Rietveld because I'm having some problems with make doc (that are unrelated
> to this change).
>
> -- a/Documentation/learning/common-notation.itely
> +++ b/Documentation/learning/common-notation.itely
> @@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ Notation Reference:
> @funindex ( ... )
> @funindex \( ... \)
>
> +Ties and slurs are indicated by adding special codes after the
> +notes to which they apply.
> +
> @menu
> * Ties::
> * Slurs::
> @@ -318,7 +321,8 @@ Music Glossary: @rglos{slur}.
>
> A @notation{slur} is a curve drawn across many notes. The
> starting note and ending note are marked with @code{(} and
> -@code{)} respectively.
> +@code{)} respectively. Note that @code{(} and @code{)} do
> +not enclose the notes to be slurred.
>
> @lilypond[verbatim,quote]
> \relative { d''4( c16) cis( d e c cis d) e( d4) }
> @@ -369,6 +373,9 @@ Notation Reference:
> @node Articulation and dynamics
> @subsection Articulation and dynamics
>
> +Articulations and dynamics are indicated by adding special codes
> +after the notes to which they apply,
> +
> @menu
> * Articulations::
> * Fingerings::
> @@ -526,6 +533,8 @@ All @notation{beams} are drawn automatically:
> If you do not like the automatic beams, they may be overridden
> manually. To correct just an occasional beam mark the first note
> to be beamed with @code{[} and the last one with @code{]}.
> +Note that @code{[} and @code{]} do not enclose the notes to be
> +beamed.
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
>
>
>
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