Hi Kieren, Thanks for looking up the engraving rules.
According to Gould — which is, nowadays, the musical analogue of “according to Hoyle” — the *tie* should be adjusted and not the *dot*. So Boosey & Hawkes’s style is not the convention, but rather an editorial quirk.
I tweaked Lilypond's ties and they look ok now with the dots 'up'. But I must admit that I like the dotsDown when there is a fermata.
Greetings, Ed
\version "2.18.0"
\markup{Boosey & Hawkes}
{ \time 3/4
\relative f'' {
\dotsDown
| f2.~
| f2 f4->~
| f2 f4->~
| f2.~
| f4 d'2
| c2.\fermata
}
}
\markup{Default Lilypond}
{ \time 3/4
\relative f'' {
| f2.~
| f2 f4->~
| f2 f4->~
| f2.~
| f4 d'2
| c2.\fermata
}
}
\markup{Tweaked Lilypond}
{ \time 3/4
\relative f'' {
\override Dots.Y-extent = #'(-0.1 . 0.1)
| f2.~
| f2 f4->~
| f2 f4->~
| f2.~
| f4 d'2
\once \override Script.padding = #0.5
| c2.\fermata
}
}
\paper
{
indent = #0
ragged-right=##t
}
dotsDown.pdf
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