Re: exchange LyricHyphen with a "proper" hyphen

[Alexander Kobel]

Hi Joram.

On 2016-12-11 09:28, Noeck wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
>
> Am 11.12.2016 um 01:17 schrieb Alexander Kobel:
> > Ah, no, here's the problem, as can be readily seen in the "Brich an, o
> > schönes Morgenlicht", first full measure
>
> I don't think so. Because for notes like the second one in the soprano
> voice ("an,"), the added extender line is very short and therefore
> killed. It does not even require a sufficient minimum-length. [...]

Well, with my default settings, it isn't. For me, this measure would 
look like the attached picture.
In general, I dislike setting the minimum-length too short; my default 
is 1.5 staff-line distances. Just the other day, I was affirmed by a 
measure of "In the bleak mid-winter" by Holst (attached excerpt from 
Oxford's engraving): The question arose (among non-native speakers) 
whether "Thronged" is supposed to be sung as one syllable or as "Throng 
-- ed". Here, the extender made clear that it should is meant as one 
syllable. In a slightly tighter setting, without the fifth verse, this 
extender might have been /really/ short, but still important.

> It might not be robust enough, there may be problematic situations but I
> could not find such a problem.

That's the main issue. Imagine a passage of semi-quavers in the other 
voices, and suddenly the extenders get large. Or think of BWV 140 
"Wachet auf" with the prolonged cantus firmus in soprano over the 
fast-moving rest of the choir...

Anyway, I'll try to have a look and see whether I can find an easy way 
to detect melismata...


Cheers,
Alexander

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