On 21 January 2013 15:50, Phil Holmes
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Subject: Re: Wording concerning figured bass in NR
Phil,
On 21 January 2013 15:23, Phil Holmes <address@hidden> wrote:
In the middle of the section of the NR concerning ancient music, there is this:
Figured bass support
There is limited support for figured bass notation from the Baroque period; see Section 2.7.3
[Figured bass], page 393.
I would have thought the current level of support is fair to good, so can't see why it's described as limited. I'm also somewhat unsure why Figured bass is referred to in the section on Ancient music, when it's got a section all to itself. Should I delete it?
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1287
That section needs an overhaul.
I didn't (still don't know) Ancient notation well enough to do much more than layout/section changes. But that would be a start.
I'd go for a patch and assign it to this tracker.
Maybe 2013 is the year of the Ancient Music Chapter!
james
I've been reading the ancient section, and TBH think it's pretty good. It's amongst the best introductions to ancient notation I've read. I didn't want to put a patch up about figured bass unless it was likely to be accepted....
OK I'll take your word for it, there is also this
James