Re: BreathingSigns and automatic beams

[Brian Barker]

At 13:06 24/06/2014 +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> It's not lilypond's job to imitate hand-written marks!  In other 
> words, I want to see some *printed* editions with such entries [sc. 
> over bar lines] so that we can adjust lilypond accordingly, if necessary.
>
> In some Puccini scores, marks for possible breathing places are 
> indicated by a small comma.

I'm not sure whether this helps, but Elaine Gould writes (at p. 187) 
under Pauses / Break in sound:
"Place the comma and caesura just before a subsequent note or 
barline. [...] In a score, the comma, caesura and pause over a 
barline should appear at the top of each instrumental section only 
(so as not to be intersected by a barline). When not over a barline, 
place the symbol above every stave."

This implies that she countenances such marks over barlines - but 
perhaps this sort of comma is a pause, not just a breathing mark.

Brian Barker