@node Music Fonts
@unnumberedsubsec Music Fonts
-The images below illustrate the difference between traditional engraving
-and typical computer output. The left picture shows a scan of a flat
-symbol from a hand-engraved Bärenreiter edition, while the right picture
-depicts a symbol from an edition of the same music published in 2000.
-Although both images are printed in the shame shade of ink, the earlier
-version looks darker: the staff lines are heavier, and the Bärenreiter
-flat has a bold, almost voluptuous rounded look. The right scan, on the
-other hand, has thinner lines and a straight layout with sharp corners.
+The images below illustrate some differences between traditional
+engraving and typical computer output. The left picture shows a scan of
+a flat symbol from a hand-engraved Bärenreiter edition, while the right
+picture depicts a symbol from an edition of the same music published in
+2000. Although both images are printed in the shame shade of ink, the
+earlier version looks darker: the staff lines are heavier, and the
+Bärenreiter flat has a bold, almost voluptuous rounded look. The right
+scan, on the other hand, has thinner lines and a straight layout with
+sharp corners.
@multitable @columnfractions .25 .25 .25 .25
@item @tab
@node Ledger Lines
@unnumberedsubsec Ledger Lines
-@ifnotinfo
+@cindex ledger lines
+@cindex collisions
+
+Ledger lines present a typographical challenge: they make it more
+difficult to space musical symbols close together and they must be clear
+enough to identify the pitch at a glance. In the example below, we see
+that ledger lines should be thicker than normal staff lines and that an
+expert engraver will shorten a ledger line to allow closer spacing with
+accidentals. We have included this feature in LilyPond's engraving.
+
+@multitable @columnfractions .25 .25 .25 .25
+@item @tab
+
@iftex
-@image{pictures/baer-ledger,4cm}
+@image{pictures/baer-ledger,3cm}
@end iftex
@ifnottex
-@image{pictures/baer-ledger,,,png}
+@sourceimage{baer-ledger,,,png}
@end ifnottex
-@end ifnotinfo
-@ifinfo
-@image{lilypond/pictures/baer-ledger,,,,png}
-@end ifinfo
+
+@tab
+
+@iftex
+@image{pictures/lily-ledger,3cm}
+@end iftex
+@ifnottex
+@sourceimage{lily-ledger,,,png}
+@end ifnottex
+
+@end multitable
@node Slurs
@unnumberedsubsec Slurs
+slur-tilt example
+
@node Why work so hard?
@unnumberedsubsec Why work so hard?
Musicians are usually more absorbed with performing than with
studying the looks of a piece of music, so nitpicking
-typographical details may seem academic. But it is not. In
+typographical details may seem academic. But it is not.
+
+Sheet music is performance material: everything is done to aid the
+musician in letting him perform better. Music often is far away from its
+reader--it might be on a music stand. To make it clearly readable,
+traditionally printed sheet music always uses bold symbols, on heavy
+staff lines, and is printed on large sheets of paper. This "strong" look
+is also present in the horizontal spacing. To minimize the number of
+page breaks, (hand-engraved) sheet music is spaced very tightly. Yet, by
+a careful distribution of white space, the feeling of balance is
+retained, and a clutter of symbols is avoided. (1.8)
+
+In
larger pieces with monotonous rhythms, spacing corrections lead to
subtle variations in the layout of every line, giving each one a
distinct visual signature. Without this signature all lines would
Bärenreiter:
-@ifnotinfo
@iftex
-@image{pictures/baer-sarabande,16cm}
+@image{pictures/baer-sarabande-hires,16cm}
@end iftex
@ifnottex
-@image{pictures/baer-sarabande,,,png}
+@sourceimage{baer-sarabande,,,png}
@end ifnottex
-@end ifnotinfo
-@ifinfo
-@image{lilypond/pictures/baer-sarabande,,,,png}
-@end ifinfo
LilyPond 1.4:
-@ifnotinfo
@iftex
@image{pictures/lily14-sarabande,16cm}
@end iftex
@ifnottex
-@image{pictures/lily14-sarabande,,,png}
+@sourceimage{lily14-sarabande,,,png}
@end ifnottex
-@end ifnotinfo
-@ifinfo
-@image{lilypond/pictures/lily14-sarabande,,,,png}
-@end ifinfo
LilyPond @version{}:
projects / lilypond.git / blobdiff