Re: [PATCH] Fix for bug #218 (center staccato over stem instead of notehead)

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Dienstag, 2. Dezember 2008 21:10:50 schrieb Maximilian Albert:
> Just today I saw an example where a marcato over an up-stem half note
> was _not_ shifted and I liked it better. So I'm wondering if for now
> we should only implement the shifting for staccato marks 

Actually, I looked at several old hand-engraved scores I have at home and also 
at a new edition. Most old scores (mostly Edition Peters, like two old 
editions of the Missa Solemnis and Fidelio) print the dot or an accent almost 
centered with the note, even if the staccato or the accent is at the same side 
as the stem. The staccato dot is mostly not exactly over the notehead center, 
but it is definitely not directly above the stem. The new edition 
(Baerenreiter's Neue Schubert-Ausgabe) places the staccato-dot and an accent 
exactly centered with the notehead and not the stem. I don't have a scanner at 
home, so I can't provide you with image example, though.

So, I would say that the usual engraving style is to really print them 
(almost) centered with the notehead...
Thus, I don't think the default should be centered with the stem, but it would 
probably be useful to have it as an option.

OTOH, Gardner Read gives one example of a marcator in Example 15-6 (p.264), 
which is aligned exactly with the stem (and printed on the same side as the 
stem)

Cheers,
Reinhold
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