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Re: confusion: melismata and beams (bug?)
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Peter Chubb |
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Re: confusion: melismata and beams (bug?) |
Date: |
Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:42:15 +1100 |
>>>>> "Bertalan" == Bertalan Fodor <address@hidden> writes:
Bertalan> With default settings beamed notes don't mean
Bertalan> melismata. However, with autobeaming set to false, beamed
Bertalan> notes do mean melismata. Is this intentional?
There are two common conventions for vocal music:
One common convention is that a beam indicates a group of notes
to be sung to the same syllable.
Another is that the music is beamed normally, and slur marks are
used to indicate notes to be sung to the same syllable.
I don't know what the intent of the Lilypond authors was, but this
bevaviour therefore works quite well for common cases.
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