In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bert Van Vreckem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Bernard Hill wrote: >> 2. What's a "roll" (+roll+ in the decorations)? I've checked 6 music >> dictionaries and books on notation and the only rolls mentioned are for >> timpani or other percussion and notated as either "tr" or a tremolo. > >It is used at least in Irish music as a general ornamentation mark. I've >come across the notation a.o. in "Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's >Irish Choice," Dave Mallinson Publications, 1994.
Thanks. But what does it mean? What would say an autoharp make of it, say perhaps to make it a tremolo. Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
