Richard Chonak a écrit :
> "Te lucis ante terminum" would have meter 8.8.8.8, since each stanza has 
> four lines of eight syllables.  "Jesu corona virginum" is also 8.8.8.8 , 
> so any tune suited for one could also be sung with the other.    "Ut 
> queant laxis" would have meter 11.11.11.5 .
>
> This is a common notation in vernacular hymn books, at least in England 
> and America, indicating the number of syllables for each line.   This 
> allows organists to find alternate tunes compatible with one hymn, and 
> hymn books often contain indexes grouping the hymns by their meter 
> numbers, to facilitate this comparison.

Ok, it's clear now, thanks a lot, I really didn't know that!

We can definitly add it to the gabc header.
-- 
Elie

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