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Re: triple-stop


From: David Raleigh Arnold
Subject: Re: triple-stop
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 01:40:13 +0000

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 03:35:20 Graham Percival wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 22:32:19 -0400
> Jule Slootbeek <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > I'm came across a triple stop in a piece i'm typesetting (original)
> > and i wasn't sure if there is any 'etiquette' for them? or should i
> > just use < e fis, b>?
> 
> That's what I do, unless the triple stop is clearly a combination of
> voices (which is common in Bach -- it'd probably have a top line with
> an accompanying double-stop, which you'd notate as
> <b {\voiceTwo <e fis,>}>
> (I _think_ that's how you'd tell Lilypond to do it; look at the
> tutorial/refman to check if you're interested).
> 
I assume that since you say "triple stop" that you are
discussing a bowed stringed instrument.  If the strings
are played in rapid succession, an arpeggio mark would
be appropriate.  Otherwise, the two strings actually
played at the same time should be on their own stem.
DaveA



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