This is a very gray area, even moreso than the previous post implies. In the Baroque period, accidentals generally applied only to the note where they appeared, and to any immediately following repeated notes even past a bar line, but NOT to repeated notes in the same bar if other pitches intervened. But the scores where this rule applies, either engravings or manuscripts, always look different than modern typesets. I cringe when I see a modern typeset that has been religiously copied from a 17th century facsimile including this outdated convention.
--Don Simons > -----Original Message----- > From: TeX-Music [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean- > Pierre Coulon > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 2:44 AM > To: Werner Icking Music Archive <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Tex-music] Scope of accidentals > > On Tue, 29 Dec 2015, Dirk Laurie wrote: > > > 1. The accidental also applies to notes on the same stave that are an > > octave away. > > This was true in the old days. In more modern music the composers want > more often a note with an accidental at one octave and without accidendal at > another octave. > > Note that some typeset-to-MIDI converters may adhere to the old > convention and provide unwanted accidentals in the MIDI file. > > > 2. The accidental must always be explicitly cancelled if the next note > > of the following bar is at the same height, even if not tied. > > You're raising the problem of "courtesy accidental". If the note after the bar > is not tied and the accidental is not intended the habit is to put the cancelling > accidental. > > Probably a remnant of times where the accidental had a tendency to last for > a couple of bars. > > Bye, > > Jean-Pierre Coulon > ------------------------------- > [email protected] mailing list > If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music ------------------------------- [email protected] mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
