Re: slurs and bars in vocal music

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Am 2009-09-25 um 16:21 schrieb Kieren MacMillan:

> > my editor tells me, in vocal music eights (everything smaller than  
> > a quarter)
> > have to be normally unbarred and I should use barred eights instead  
> > of slurs.
>
> That is *not* modern practice... I would *strongly* recommend that  
> you try to convince your editor to use modern practice (i.e.,  
> beaming to the beat, slurring for melismas), which is the current  
> standard, not least of all because it's significantly easier for  
> singers to read.
>
> However, if you can't convince your editor to get into the 20th  
> (never mind 21st) Century...  ;)

Sorry, no chance - "this is common practice since Bach, and I as a  
seasoned choir leader" yadda yadda...

He's very much convinced that his "standard" is much easier to read  
for singers (it's becoming a songbook); in my choir and folk singer  
experience it isn't, but anyway...

> > Is there a global setting for that?
> > I know \autoBeamOn/Off (works only within a voice) and \override  
> > Slur #'stencil = ##f
> > But this way there would be a horrendous amount of tweaking - are  
> > there better ways?
>
> The docs at
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/Aligning-lyrics-to-a-melody#Aligning-lyrics-to-a-melody 
> >
> have lots of related tweaks and tips — once you've completely  
> (re-)read it, come back to the list with specific questions.


Thank you, so there's no general setup?

I defined some shortcuts for the slur tweaks, use manual beaming, will  
perhaps use \melisma additionally and continue to dispair.


If I switched off slurs using
\override Slur #'stencil = ##f
how do I enable it again without warnings?

\override Slur #'stencil = ##t
does work, but issues an error (#t is no stencil)


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