Just posting this as general interest. Next week we (Iceland Symphony) will be playing Kalevi Aho's flute concerto. I noticed an odd notation. In a 5/4 measure there was a whole note immediately followed by a small x (looks more like a multiplication symbol) and no other notes in the measure. I wondered what it was. I thought perhaps it was a 'half-dot'. Then I saw a 5/8 measure with a half-note immediately followed by the same little x. Obviously it's a 'half-dot.' I've never seen nor heard of such a thing. I think this music was prepared with either Sibelius or Finale but I'm not sure which (one clue; when slurs/ties pass through time signatures they 'white out' as they cross them). I used to use Finale but I never encountered this sign before.
Just thought I'd toss this out there. If it is, or is becoming, a standard notation perhaps LilyPond ought to be able to do it, too. -David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
