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Re: Gregorian chant documentation


From: Phil Holmes
Subject: Re: Gregorian chant documentation
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:21:45 +0100

"David Kastrup" <address@hidden> wrote in message news:address@hidden
"Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:

In

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/working-with-ancient-music_002d_002dscenarios-and-solutions#transcribing-gregorian-chant

the second illustration shows notes with stems, which I'm 99% certain
is wrong.  It's been like this since 2.12, at the very least.  Can
anyone suggest why the stems are so deliberately there?

Why not read the actual explanation?

   However, in some transcription styles, stems are used occasionally,
   for example to indicate the transition from a single-tone recitative
   to a fixed melodic gesture. In these cases, one can use either \hide
   Stem or \override Stem.length = #0 instead, and restore the stem
   when needed with the corresponding \once \override Stem.transparent
   = ##f (see example below).

I see that now. I actually think this is too remote from the example showing it, so I'll put up a patch later to shift it further down.

And later

   This works fine, as long as the text doesn’t span a line break. If
   that is the case, an alternative is to add hidden notes to the
   score, here in combination with changing stem visibility:

So it is abundantly clear that the stems are intentional.  The notation
quite clearly is _not_ Gregorian chant (which has four staff lines, no
fixed durations and much more complex noteheads) but rather the kind of
chant approximation used in some hymnals.

--
David Kastrup


--
Phil Holmes





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