@node Mensural contexts
@unnumberedsubsubsec Mensural contexts
-@cindex MensuralVoiceContext
-@cindex MensuralStaffContext
+@cindex MensuralVoice
+@cindex MensuralStaff
The predefined @code{MensuralVoice} and @code{MensuralStaff}
contexts can be used to engrave a piece in mensural style. These
@code{mensural-c3}, @code{mensural-c4},@*
@code{mensural-c5}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\clef "mensural-c2"
\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
- c1
+ c'1
@end lilypond
@item
@tab
@code{mensural-f}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\clef "mensural-f"
\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
- c1
+ c'1
@end lilypond
@item
@tab
@code{mensural-g}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\clef "mensural-g"
\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
- c1
+ c'1
@end lilypond
@item
@code{blackmensural-c3}, @code{blackmensural-c4},@*
@code{blackmensural-c5}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\clef "blackmensural-c2"
\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
- c1
+ c'1
@end lilypond
@item
@code{neomensural-c1}, @code{neomensural-c2},@*
@code{neomensural-c3}, @code{neomensural-c4}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
- \clef "neomensural-c2" c1
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
+ \clef "neomensural-c2" c'1
@end lilypond
@item
@code{petrucci-c3}, @code{petrucci-c4},@*
@code{petrucci-c5}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\clef "petrucci-c2"
\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
- c1
+ c'1
@end lilypond
@item
@code{petrucci-f3}, @code{petrucci-f4},@*
@code{petrucci-f5}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\clef "petrucci-f3"
\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
- c1
+ c'1
@end lilypond
@item
@tab
@code{petrucci-g}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\clef "petrucci-g"
\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
- c1
+ c'1
@end lilypond
@end multitable
@code{neomensural} style. The following examples show the
differences in style:
-@lilypond[ragged-right,relative=1,quote]
-{
+@lilypond[ragged-right,quote]
+\relative c' {
\textLengthOn
\time 2/2
Because note head style does not influence flag count, in
this style a semiminima should be notated as @code{a8*2}, not
@code{a4}, otherwise it will look like a minima.
-The multiplier can be different if coloratio is used e.g. to notate
+The multiplier can be different if coloratio is used, e.g., to notate
triplets.
Use @code{semipetrucci} style to draw half-colored
select ancient flags. Besides the @code{default} flag style,
only the @code{mensural} style is supported.
-@lilypond[quote,fragment,ragged-right,verbatim,relative=1]
-\override Flag.style = #'mensural
-\override Stem.thickness = #1.0
-\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
-\autoBeamOff
-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
+@lilypond[quote,fragment,ragged-right,verbatim]
+\relative c' {
+ \override Flag.style = #'mensural
+ \override Stem.thickness = #1.0
+ \override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
+ \autoBeamOff
+ 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 is
@funindex suggestAccidentals
-@lilypond[verbatim,relative=1]
-fis gis
-\set suggestAccidentals = ##t
-ais bis
+@lilypond[verbatim]
+\relative {
+ fis' gis
+ \set suggestAccidentals = ##t
+ ais bis
+}
@end lilypond
This will treat @emph{every} subsequent accidental as
@node Gregorian chant contexts
@unnumberedsubsubsec Gregorian chant contexts
-@cindex VaticanaVoiceContext
-@cindex VaticanaStaffContext
+@cindex VaticanaVoice
+@cindex VaticanaStaff
-The predefined @code{VaticanaVoiceContext} and
-@code{VaticanaStaffContext} can be used to engrave a piece of
+The predefined @code{VaticanaVoice} and
+@code{VaticanaStaff} can be used to engrave a piece of
Gregorian chant in the style of the Editio Vaticana. These contexts
initialize all relevant context properties and grob properties to
proper values, so you can immediately go ahead entering the chant, as
@code{vaticana-do1}, @code{vaticana-do2},@*
@code{vaticana-do3}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
\hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum
\clef "vaticana-do2"
- c
+ c'
@end lilypond
@item
@tab
@code{vaticana-fa1}, @code{vaticana-fa2}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
\hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum
\clef "vaticana-fa2"
- c
+ c'
@end lilypond
@item
@code{medicaea-do1}, @code{medicaea-do2},@*
@code{medicaea-do3}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
\hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'medicaea.punctum
\clef "medicaea-do2"
- c
+ c'
@end lilypond
@item
@tab
@code{medicaea-fa1}, @code{medicaea-fa2}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
\hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'medicaea.punctum
\clef "medicaea-fa2"
- c
+ c'
@end lilypond
@item
@code{hufnagel-do1}, @code{hufnagel-do2},@*
@code{hufnagel-do3}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
\hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'hufnagel.punctum
\clef "hufnagel-do2"
- c
+ c'
@end lilypond
@item
@tab
@code{hufnagel-fa1}, @code{hufnagel-fa2}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
\hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'hufnagel.punctum
\clef "hufnagel-fa2"
- c
+ c'
@end lilypond
@item
@tab
@code{hufnagel-do-fa}
@tab
-@lilypond[relative=1,notime]
+@lilypond[fragment,notime]
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #red
\override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #red
\hide Voice.Stem
\override NoteHead.style = #'hufnagel.punctum
\clef "hufnagel-do-fa"
- c
+ c'
@end lilypond
@end multitable
@funindex \linea
@code{\linea}.
-@item Ligatures, properly speaking (i.e. notes joined together), are
+@item Ligatures, properly speaking (i.e., notes joined together), are
produced by placing one of the joining commands @code{\pes} or
@code{\flexa}, for upwards and downwards movement, respectively,
@emph{between} the notes to be joined.
Another main category of notes in Gregorian chant is the so-called
liquescent neumes. They are used under certain circumstances at
-the end of a syllable which ends in a @q{liquescent} letter, i.e.
+the end of a syllable which ends in a @q{liquescent} letter, i.e.,
the sounding consonants that can hold a tone (the nasals, l, r, v,
j, and their diphthong equivalents). Thus, the liquescent neumes
are never used alone (although some of them can be produced), and
Virtually, within the ligature delimiters @code{\[} and @code{\]},
any number of heads may be accumulated to form a single ligature,
and head prefixes like @code{\pes}, @code{\flexa}, @code{\virga},
-@code{\inclinatum}, etc. may be mixed in as desired. The use of
+@code{\inclinatum}, etc., may be mixed in as desired. The use of
the set of rules that underlies the construction of the ligatures
in the above table is accordingly extrapolated. This way,
infinitely many different ligatures can be created.
@node Kievan contexts
@unnumberedsubsubsec Kievan contexts
-@cindex KievanVoiceContext
-@cindex KievanStaffContext
+@cindex KievanVoice
+@cindex KievanStaff
As with Mensural and Gregorian notation, the predefined
@code{KievanVoice} and @code{KievanStaff} contexts can be used
values, so you can immediately go ahead entering the chant:
@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
+% Font settings for Cyrillic
+\paper {
+ #(define fonts
+ (set-global-fonts
+ #:roman "Linux Libertine O,serif"
+ ))
+}
+
\score {
<<
\new KievanVoice = "melody" \relative c' {
There is only one clef used in Kievan notation (the Tse-fa-ut Clef).
It is used to indicate the position of @code{c}:
-@lilypond[quote,relative=1,notime,verbatim]
+@lilypond[quote,fragment,notime,verbatim]
\clef "kievan-do"
\kievanOn
- c
+ c'
@end lilypond
@seealso
but may occur in earlier manuscripts. It has been included
primarily for the sake of compatibility.
-@lilypond[quote,relative=1,notime,verbatim]
+@lilypond[quote,fragment,notime,verbatim]
\clef "kievan-do"
\override Accidental.glyph-name-alist =
#alteration-kievan-glyph-name-alist
-bes' dis,
+bes' dis'
@end lilypond
@seealso
Notation Reference:
@ref{Accidentals},
@ref{Automatic accidentals},
-@ref{The Feta font}
+@ref{The Emmentaler font}
@node Kievan bar line
@unnumberedsubsubsec Kievan bar line
Kievan notation, which may be called the Kievan final bar line.
It can be invoked as @code{\bar "k"}.
-@lilypond[quote,relative=1,notime,verbatim]
+@lilypond[quote,fragment,notime,verbatim]
\kievanOn
\clef "kievan-do"
- c \bar "k"
+ c' \bar "k"
@end lilypond
@seealso
+Notation Reference:
@ref{Bars},
-@ref{The Feta font}
+@ref{The Emmentaler font}
+
@node Kievan melismata
@unnumberedsubsubsec Kievan melismata
The following example demonstrates the use of Kievan ligatures:
@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
+% Font settings for Cyrillic
+\paper {
+ #(define fonts
+ (set-global-fonts
+ #:roman "Linux Libertine O,serif"
+ ))
+}
+
\score {
<<
\new KievanVoice = "melody" \relative c' {
These involve:
@itemize
-@item how to make incipits (i.e. prefatory material to indicate
+@item how to make incipits (i.e., prefatory material to indicate
what the original has looked like) to modern transcriptions of
mensural music;
@item how to achieve the @emph{Mensurstriche} layout frequently
@node Incipits
@unnumberedsubsubsec Incipits
@funindex \incipit
-@funindex incipit
@cindex incipits, adding
It is customary when transcribing mensural music into modern notation to place
@emph{Mensurstriche} (@q{mensuration lines}) is the accepted term
for bar lines that are drawn between the staves of a system but
not through the staves themselves. It is a common way to preserve
-the rhythmic appearance of the original, i.e. not having to break
+the rhythmic appearance of the original, i.e., not having to break
syncopated notes at bar lines, while still providing the
orientation aids that bar lines give.
@end lilypond
Another common situation is transcription of neumatic or
-melismatic chants, i.e. chants with a varying number of notes
+melismatic chants, i.e., chants with a varying number of notes
to each syllable. In this case, one would want to set the
syllable groups clearly apart, usually also the subdivisions of a
longer melisma. One way to achieve this is to use a fixed
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