On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 03:50:46PM +0100, Eyolf ?strem wrote: > On 26.12.2008 (15:06), Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > > > If so then I'd just use d!4. instead. > > > > No, it was common practice to put accidentals above notes in older times. > > Sometimes these were meant to be optional, sometimes they were cautinary > > accidentals. In any case, if you try to be close to the source, you should > > write it above the note and not as d!4. > > Slight correction: it is customary in modern editions to put editorial > accidentals above the note. They are not optional, but frequently left to > the performer to apply, according to more or less strict rules (see "Musica > ficta" in the docs).
Thanks, Eyolf. I was going to post something very sarcastic. :) No, wait -- I'm going to do that anyway. *ahem* To everybody apart from Eyolf who posted in this thread: musica ficta can be found through a "see also" link under NR 1.1 Accidentals, directly in NR 2.8.3 Annotational accidentals (musica ficta), or in NR appendix F index. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
