Rutger Hofman <rhn...@vu.nl> writes: > (sorry for not including the conversation, but this from my Android phone.) > OK, a slur it must be. > > But, although the notation a8( a8) may be uncommon nowadays, it is > quite common in baroque music. Most recently, I met it in BWV 146 mvt > 2, all over the place. It also occurs elsewhere with 3 or 4 notes. My > baroque violin player friend says: "oh yes, that is bow vibrato." Not > vibrato in the modern sense, but 2 (3, 4) notes under one bowing.
In modern notation, you'd do this as c8--( c-- c-- c--) That the baroque manuscripts are less explicit is not much of a surprise. They tend to be less cluttered, being intended for mature readership rather than "music for dummies and sightreaders". -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
