Re: Trying to replicate an obscure pedal marking from a ~1919 score...

2014-12-22 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Ted, On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Ted Lemon wrote: > On Dec 22, 2014, at 10:04 AM, David Nalesnik > wrote: > > I always thought the traditional "Ped." looked a bit like an elephant... > > Heh! Yes, I can see that. Or perhaps like a Snuffleupagus, if that > reference makes any sense to

Re: Trying to replicate an obscure pedal marking from a ~1919 score...

2014-12-22 Thread PMA
Kieren MacMillan wrote: > You can have the pedal line be a line drawing of Grumpy Cat if you want. ;) As a 6-year-old budding pianist I thought, seriously, that the "Ped." must be a cocker spaniel. (Our best friends had one.) If I had to read this as a pedalling direction, well, fair enough.

Re: Trying to replicate an obscure pedal marking from a ~1919 score...

2014-12-22 Thread Ted Lemon
On Dec 22, 2014, at 10:04 AM, David Nalesnik wrote: > I always thought the traditional "Ped." looked a bit like an elephant... Heh! Yes, I can see that. Or perhaps like a Snuffleupagus, if that reference makes any sense to you. > Anyway, yes, Kieren's right. You can replace the drawing with

Re: Trying to replicate an obscure pedal marking from a ~1919 score...

2014-12-22 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi, On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Kieren MacMillan < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Ted, > > > I'm curious if this is a style that lilypond can support. > > You can have the pedal line be a line drawing of Grumpy Cat if you want. > ;) > In other words: yes, this is a style [of peda

Re: Trying to replicate an obscure pedal marking from a ~1919 score...

2014-12-22 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ted, > I'm curious if this is a style that lilypond can support. You can have the pedal line be a line drawing of Grumpy Cat if you want. ;) In other words: yes, this is a style [of pedal bracket] that Lilypond can support. Cheers, Kieren. ___ Kieren MacMillan, composer

Trying to replicate an obscure pedal marking from a ~1919 score...

2014-12-22 Thread Ted Lemon
As one might have seen from my previous question, I'm trying to re-typset a manuscript that was published in 1919, and it has a way of marking pedals that I hadn't seen before. You can see an example of this marking here: http://www.dolmetsch.com/musicalsymbols.htm search for "The Raindrop".