Re: half-dot

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

David Bobroff wrote:
> I think this music was prepared with either Sibelius or Finale but I'm
> not sure which (one clue; when slurs/ties pass through time signatures
> they 'white out' as they cross them).  I used to use Finale but I never
> encountered this sign before.
>
> Just thought I'd toss this out there.  If it is, or is becoming, a
> standard notation perhaps LilyPond ought to be able to do it, too.

I once saw something similar in a score of a Dutch composer. He used 
dots in 5/8 to be + 1/4, in stead of + 1/2.  It confused the hell out of me.

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