Bob Tennent wondered
>Why are the accidentals on the 2nd and 4th notes of the following
>"cautionary"?
>
>\input musixtex
>\smallaccid
>\instrumentnumber1
>\startpiece\addspace\afterruleskip%
>\Notes\ibu2i0\cna i\qb2i\fl i\qb2{ii}\tbu2\fl h\qb2h\en
>\endpiece
>\endTo remind you to use \startmuflex...\endmuflex ? :-) Seriously, without any context it is impossible to answer or speculate. For example, if there had been a flat in the key signature, and if the last note in the previous bar had been a b-natural, and if it were a baroque piece, then according to most interpretations of baroque conventions, the first two b's in the example should both be naturals, but not so according to modern convention. Or, if there were no b-flat in the key signature, and if the 99 bars leading up to this one had been in a tonality that did have a b-flat, then a cautionary natural might be warranted. It's hard to think of any circumstances where the a-flat should be cautionary, whether or not there's an a-flat in the key signature. There's also some confusion between the notation of cautionary and editorial accidentals. (A cautionary one has no real effect relative to the convention in place; an editorial accidental proposes a deviation from the convention in effect, to correct an obvious or perceived error in the source). Since they have completely different meanings, there should be consistently different notations for them. In my published editions I ALWAYS put cautionary accidentals in the staff, with parentheses, and editorial ones above it, without parentheses, and usually explain that in a preface. But Gardner Read says "On occasion the accidental-as-reminder [cautionary accidental] is placed not before but over the note in question, with or without parentheses." --Don Simons _______________________________________________ tex-mu...@icking-music-archive.org mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://mailman.nfit.au.dk/mailman/listinfo/icking-music-archive.org-tex-music
