Francisco Vila <[email protected]> writes: > 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
Hm? "ew" is one vowel, not a diphthong. How would "ewwwww" differ from "eeeeew"? > and > Myyyyyyyy way > > instead of Neeeeew or M[aa...]....y > > ?? Frank Sinatra is not generally considered the epitome of cultured vocalization. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
