Re: Rousseau's boustrophedon notation [but OT, really]
Hi Aaron, Rather incredibly, I had never heard of the word “boustrophedon” and this is the second reference in just under a week! The first time was when someone asked me (last week) whether there was a perfect rhyme for “anthropomorphic” — the only one I could find was “boustorphic” (which derives from the same root as boustrophedon). I know about the frequency illusion bias (a.k.a. Baader–Meinhof phenomenon), but I honestly don’t think this is that. :) Cheers, Kieren. > On Feb 23, 2024, at 4:55 PM, Aaron Hill wrote: > > Just read a side note on Wikipedia about a supposed "boustrophedon" notation. > The citation does not link to the image in question, which is an unfortunate > oversight. I was curious whether this approach applied only to Rousseau's > numeric notation or if it was intended to work with standard notation. I > suspect his numeric notation is more vulnerable to misreading as it would be > harder to jump from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. > > It seems like LilyPond could theoretically support this by alternately > reflecting every other system, assuming the intention is to mirror image all > symbols in the right-to-left systems. > > Does anyone have more details about this?
RE: Rousseau's boustrophedon notation
Aaron, One in Arabic: https://www.quora.com/Musical-notation-is-written-from-left-to-right-but-Ara bic-is-written-from-right-to-left-How-is-it-possible-to-show-the-words-and-m usic-for-songs-in-Arabic One for mixed quintette: https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/552679/Product.aspx Mark -Original Message- From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org On Behalf Of Aaron Hill Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 1:55 PM To: lilypond-user Subject: Rousseau's boustrophedon notation Just read a side note on Wikipedia about a supposed "boustrophedon" notation. The citation does not link to the image in question, which is an unfortunate oversight. I was curious whether this approach applied only to Rousseau's numeric notation or if it was intended to work with standard notation. I suspect his numeric notation is more vulnerable to misreading as it would be harder to jump from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. It seems like LilyPond could theoretically support this by alternately reflecting every other system, assuming the intention is to mirror image all symbols in the right-to-left systems. Does anyone have more details about this? -- Aaron Hill
Rousseau's boustrophedon notation
Just read a side note on Wikipedia about a supposed "boustrophedon" notation. The citation does not link to the image in question, which is an unfortunate oversight. I was curious whether this approach applied only to Rousseau's numeric notation or if it was intended to work with standard notation. I suspect his numeric notation is more vulnerable to misreading as it would be harder to jump from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. It seems like LilyPond could theoretically support this by alternately reflecting every other system, assuming the intention is to mirror image all symbols in the right-to-left systems. Does anyone have more details about this? -- Aaron Hill
