2012/1/24 Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]>: >> Please consider this example too (see attachment) - it's taken from >> Haendel's "Messiah". I find placing the semicolon before extender >> very awkward here - notice the line break. It seems much more "in >> place" when punctuation is after the extender. > > I disagree. For me, the only right place for punctuation is directly > after the syllable. Remember that if we sing, say, > > a - stray:_________ > > > we actually do > > a - stra_________y: > > so putting just the punctuation after the melisma is illogical.
I've been asking myself why, if that's the rule (which I don't deny) eg. Frank Sinatra sings: Newwwwwwww York and Myyyyyyyy way instead of Neeeeew or M[aa...]....y ?? -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) www.paconet.org , www.csmbadajoz.com _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
