Re: `Academy of E ngraved Music´

[Graham Percival]

On 1-Nov-04, at 12:25 PM, Heikki Johannes Junes wrote:
> I would like to see some notations in the manual `expanded´. 
> Especially,
> it would be very useful to include in Section `5.7.8 Articulations´ 
> with all
> accents, pralls, mordents, etc. explanations how these marks have been 
> used in
> the past. For example, give briefly an etymologic overview on how J.S. 
> Bach used
> `turn´, `mordent´, `prall´.

Absolutely not.  We could include that in the music glossary, or as
a separate document, but that info definitely doesn't belong in the
reference manual.

Actually, isn't such info somewhere on the 'net already?  We could
link to some existing pages that explain the etymology behind
articulations.

- Graham