Dear All, >>So if we were trying to make the output as close to the source as possible, having the ability to enable/disable staff lines would be useful. It's a minor detail, but it also seems like an easyish thing to implement....
This is useful for me too!! Thinking about what would be the best for us (my sisters and I), I think we could use the single-line Beneventan writing. We'll never use an ancient notation without the square reference above or below it. According to the output, I think about something like the graduale triplex too, but with the possibility to add - sometimes and somewhere - a third notation above (like the beneventan, for example). notation Thank you! Sr. Maria Ruth 2013/6/28 Élie Roux <[email protected]> > Dear Aaron, > > > I think providing one form per neume is pretty reasonable for most >> purposes, though it might be useful to have hooks in the code to somehow >> indicate "alternate form", with the understanding that it would have to >> be added to the font as well >> > > Sure. Can you tell me what you think of the "Ambitus" paragraph of > http://gregoriochant.org/**dokuwiki/doku.php/gregowiki:**language<http://gregoriochant.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/gregowiki:language>? > > > Idem: just one form or 4*4*4 with the ambitus? >>> >> The climacus, in my experience, is a very static shape, the steps are >> always single pitches so there aren't that many variations and no >> interval differences to worry about >> > > Ok. > > > Also, did you count the episemus in your key neumes? >>> >> It would take a scholar more familiar with the work then I, but I think >> nearly every neume has some sort of liquescent form. There are also >> looped forms of some notes, which are weird enough to have meaning, but >> I don't think we always know what. (see >> http://www.wiglaf.org/aaronm/**travel/LondonRome2012/** >> Organized/Manuscripts/tn/**Benevento-Benevento%**20Cathedral-9.jpg.html<http://www.wiglaf.org/aaronm/travel/LondonRome2012/Organized/Manuscripts/tn/Benevento-Benevento%20Cathedral-9.jpg.html> >> looking over "in me") >> > > Ok. > > > On the other hand, I don't know of episemus in Beneventan notation >> > > Ok! > > > One thing that might help is that in my limited experience the truely >> bizarre neumes are NOT in the gregorian repertoire but in the Old >> Beneventan Chant. >> > > Oh, this changes everything! > > > It would take some work with the facsimiles, but the >> actual set of all Beneventan Neumes used for gregorian chants might be >> somewhat smaller then all possible neumes. >> > > That's a highly valuable information. It might be a good idea to > double-check with an expert (do you know any?) if you're not sure, but it's > very good! > > Anyways, having Gregorio able to draw facsimile of Beneventan chant would > be an interesting task, but let's start by simple things! > > > As for font design, I would say pick one manuscript and base on that, >> rather then trying to make an "ideal" font >> > > Absolutely agreed. The question is how to chose the manuscript and thus > the font? Do you have a personal preference? You seem to know many things > on the topic so you certainly have an idea? Reading Paléographie Musicale > XV (p. 154), the middle notation of the second half of XIth and XIIth > century seem the most adapted, but I have absolutely no experience on this > topic. What do you think? Sister Maria, maybe you have an opinion on this? > > Thank you, > -- > Elie >
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