Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-11-13 Thread Janek WarchoĊ‚
2013/11/13 David Nalesnik david.nales...@gmail.com: I've worked on this a bit more, and come up with the attached file. This version takes the beam angle into consideration, so the wings of the slash are handled better. Looks very nice, thanks a lot! Janek

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-28 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Hi David, I am sorry for the late reply. Your snippet is being so useful to me now, I am already using it to type a score full of slashed graces. Thanks a lot for sharing it here, and in case you make some other modifications to it, please share it with us! Take care, Gilberto -- View this

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-24 Thread Simon Bailey
gilberto, On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Gilberto Agostinho gilbertohasn...@gmail.com wrote: When dealing with older music, the grace notes are normally referred as ...SNIP... When it comes to contemporary music, both types of grace notes tend to be interpreted as play as fast as possible.

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-24 Thread Peter Bjuhr
On 10/24/2013 09:34 AM, Simon Bailey wrote: another question, in german these notes are often also called vorschlagnoten [literally before beat notes] and are required to be played before the beat they are associated with. are these notated any differently? simply asking because i'm currently

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-24 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
I totally agree with Peter that the German name shouldn't be taken literally. The art of interpreting musical ornaments is a complicated one, particularly with old music (since they were used according to the geographical and temporal tradition). In Bach, for instance, it is generally accepted

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-24 Thread David Nalesnik
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:10 PM, David Nalesnik david.nales...@gmail.comwrote: I worked on this a bit more, and I've come up with a snippet which allows for better placement and customization. You call it with \slash [angle] [stem-fraction] [protrusion] (Explanation of these variables is

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-23 Thread Jan Rosseel
EdBeesley edplaysdrums at gmail.com writes: Digging up an old chestnut here... I've gone through the archives and it seems that there was interest from several users for a reliable solution to a slash through the first of a beamed group of grace notes. The oft-quoted solution is the

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-23 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Yeah, this issue with slashed grace notes has been bothering me for some long time. The kind of music I write uses this notation constantly. So far, the best temporary solutions I have found have been to draw a line manually on LilyPond and move it to the correct position (which is a pain if the

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-23 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi, On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Gilberto Agostinho gilbertohasn...@gmail.com wrote: I recently discussed this with some other users on this post here: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Acciaccaturas-and-slashed-stems-td150981.html#a150995 In one of the messages, an example was

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-23 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Hi David, This function is a nice workaround, and it indeed works much better than the previous one. I will certainly explore this snippet, thanks a lot for sharing it! Take care, Gilberto -- View this message in context:

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-23 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Hi David, I slightly modified the constants in your function and the result now is looking even better (in my opinion, the slashes tend to be in a better position now). This is the modified code: % A better slash snippet %%% \version 2.17.29 slash = { #(remove-grace-property 'Voice

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-23 Thread Simon Bailey
hi, On 23 Oct 2013, at 21:25, Gilberto Agostinho gilbertohasn...@gmail.com wrote: As for typing a score without the slashes: as a composer myself, I think that it is inadmissible that a score of mine would be printed without the slashes if I wrote them there. i may have missed this part

Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes...

2013-10-23 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Hi Simon, When dealing with older music, the grace notes are normally referred as appoggiaturas and the slashed grace notes as acciaccaturas. In general lines, an appogiatura is played with its full value of duration, which is then subtracted from the main note. It is easier to see an image of