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@end ignore
-@c \version "2.17.20"
+@c \version "2.17.30"
@node Ancient notation
\score {
<<
\new MensuralVoice = "discantus" \relative c'' {
- \override Score.BarNumber.transparent = ##t {
+ \hide Score.BarNumber {
c1\melisma bes a g\melismaEnd
f\breve
\[ f1\melisma a c\breve d\melismaEnd \]
@unnumberedsubsubsec Mensural time signatures
@cindex mensuration sign
-@cindex time signatures
+@cindex time signature, mensural
+@cindex time signature style
There is limited support for mensuration signs (which are similar to,
but not exactly the same as time signatures). The glyphs are hard-wired
select ancient flags. Besides the @code{default} flag style,
only the @code{mensural} style is supported.
-@lilypond[quote,fragment,ragged-right,verbatim]
+@lilypond[quote,fragment,ragged-right,verbatim,relative=1]
\override Flag.style = #'mensural
\override Stem.thickness = #1.0
\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
\autoBeamOff
-c'8 d'8 e'8 f'8 c'16 d'16 e'16 f'16 c'32 d'32 e'32 f'32 s8
-c''8 d''8 e''8 f''8 c''16 d''16 e''16 f''16 c''32 d''32 e''32 f''32
+c8 d e f c16 d e f c32 d e f s8
+c'8 d e f c16 d e f c32 d e f
@end lilypond
-Note that the innermost flare of each mensural flag always is
+Note that the innermost flare of each mensural flag is
vertically aligned with a staff line.
There is no particular flag style for neo-mensural or Petrucci notation.
-@c Hence,
-@c when typesetting the incipit of a transcribed piece of mensural
-@c music, the default flag style should be used.
There are no flags in Gregorian chant notation.
@seealso
@rglos{flag}.
@knownissues
-The attachment of ancient flags to stems is slightly off.
-@c due to a change in early 2.3.x.
-
Vertically aligning each flag with a staff line assumes that stems
-always end either exactly on or exactly in the middle between two
+always end either exactly on or exactly in the middle of two
staff lines. This may not always be true when using advanced layout
features of classical notation (which however are typically out of
scope for mensural notation).
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
- \override Voice.Stem.transparent = ##t
+ \hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum
\clef "vaticana-do2"
c
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
- \override Voice.Stem.transparent = ##t
+ \hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum
\clef "vaticana-fa2"
c
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
- \override Voice.Stem.transparent = ##t
+ \hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'medicaea.punctum
\clef "medicaea-do2"
c
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
- \override Voice.Stem.transparent = ##t
+ \hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'medicaea.punctum
\clef "medicaea-fa2"
c
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
- \override Voice.Stem.transparent = ##t
+ \hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'hufnagel.punctum
\clef "hufnagel-do2"
c
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
- \override Voice.Stem.transparent = ##t
+ \hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'hufnagel.punctum
\clef "hufnagel-fa2"
c
@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
- \override Voice.Stem.transparent = ##t
+ \hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'hufnagel.punctum
\clef "hufnagel-do-fa"
c
@node Incipits
@unnumberedsubsubsec Incipits
-@c TODO Add text
-@c clefs, mensuration signs etc from lsr and -user
-@c use snippet Transcription-of-ancient-music-with-incipit
-TBC
+It is customary when transcribing mensural music into modern notation to place
+an indication of how the initial rests and note or notes of the original version
+appeared - including the original clefs. This is called an @emph{incipit}. The
+@code{\incipit} command uses the @code{indent} of the main staff to set the
+width occupied by the incipit, and @code{incipit-width} to set the width of the
+incipit staff.
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right]
+\score {
+ \new Staff <<
+ \new Voice = Tenor {
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Tenor"
+ \override Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT
+ \incipit { \clef "mensural-c4" \key f \major r\breve r1 c'1 }
+ \clef "treble_8"
+ \key f \major
+ R1 r2 c'2 |
+ a4. c'8
+ }
+ \new Lyrics \lyricsto Tenor { Cyn -- thia your }
+ >>
+ \layout
+ {
+ indent = 5\cm
+ incipit-width = 3\cm
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@knownissues
+Note that instrumentName must be set in the music for the incipit to be
+produced. If no instrument name is required then use
+@code{\set Staff.instrumentName = #""}.
@c @seealso
@c ... and reference to other sections ...
@}
@end example
-However, in some transcription styles, stems are used
-occasionally, for example to indicate the transition from a
-single-tone recitative to a fixed melodic gesture. In these cases,
-one can use either @code{\override Stem.transparent = ##t} or
-@code{\override Stem.length = #0} instead, and restore the stem
-when needed with the corresponding @code{\once \override Stem.transparent = ##f} (see example below). When using stems that
-carry flags, make sure to set @code{\override Flag.transparent
-= ##t} as well.
-
@b{Timing.} For unmetered chant, there are several alternatives.
The Time_signature_engraver can be removed from the Staff context
invisible signature will still take up space.
In many cases, @code{\set Score.timing = ##f} will give good
-results. Another alternative is to use @code{\CadenzaOn} and
-@code{\CadenzaOff}.
+results. Another alternative is to use @code{\cadenzaOn} and
+@code{\cadenzaOff}.
To remove the bar lines, the radical approach is to @code{\remove}
the Bar_engraver from the Staff context. Again, one may want to
-use @code{\override BarLine.transparent = ##t} instead, if an
+use @code{\hide BarLine} instead, if an
occasional barline is wanted.
A common type of transcription is recitativic chant where the
\Staff
\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
\remove "Bar_engraver"
- \override Stem.transparent = ##t
+ }
+ \context {
+ \Voice
+ \remove "Stem_engraver"
}
}
}
This works fine, as long as the text doesn't span a line break. If
that is the case, an alternative is to add hidden notes to the
-score, here in combination with changing stem visibility:
+score, as below.
+In some transcription styles, stems are used
+occasionally, for example to indicate the transition from a
+single-tone recitative to a fixed melodic gesture. In these cases,
+one can use either @code{\hide Stem} or
+@code{\override Stem.length = #0} instead of @code{\remove}-ing
+the @code{Stem_engraver} and restore the stem
+when needed with the corresponding @code{\undo \hide Stem}.
@lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right]
\include "gregorian.ly"
chant = \relative c' {
\clef "G_8"
\set Score.timing = ##f
- c\breve \override NoteHead.transparent = ##t c c c c c
- \revert NoteHead.transparent
- \override Stem.transparent = ##f \stemUp c4 b4 a
- \override Stem.transparent = ##t c2 c4 \divisioMaior
- c\breve \override NoteHead.transparent = ##t c c c c c c c
- \revert NoteHead.transparent c4 c f, f \finalis
+ \hide Stem
+ c\breve \hide NoteHead c c c c c
+ \undo \hide NoteHead
+ \undo \hide Stem \stemUp c4 b4 a
+ \hide Stem c2 c4 \divisioMaior
+ c\breve \hide NoteHead c c c c c c c
+ \undo \hide NoteHead c4 c f, f \finalis
}
verba = \lyricmode {
\context {
\Staff
\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
- \override BarLine.transparent = ##t
- \override Stem.transparent = ##t
+ \hide BarLine
}
}
}
\Staff
\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
\override BarLine.X-extent = #'(-1 . 1)
- \override Stem.transparent = ##t
- \override Beam.transparent = ##t
- \override BarLine.transparent = ##t
- \override TupletNumber.transparent = ##t
+ \hide Stem
+ \hide Beam
+ \hide BarLine
+ \hide TupletNumber
}
}
}
@c try Till Rettig
@c Add example of white note heads:
@c In the french baroque some composers used white note heads in slow pieces,
-@c mainly in 3/2-time. A quarter looks there like a eighth with a white
+@c mainly in 3/2-time. A quarter looks there like an eighth with a white
@c note head. (Franz-Rudolf Kuhnen)
@c TODO Add example of this:
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