Re: Dotted notes

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Ed,

> [Boosey & Hawkes] use \dotsDown when there is something (slur, tie, fermata) 
> above the dotted note.
> Should Lilypond do that too?

According to Gould — which is, nowadays, the musical analogue of “according to 
Hoyle” — the *tie* should be adjusted and not the *dot*.
So Boosey & Hawkes’s style is not the convention, but rather an editorial quirk.
Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean Lilypond shouldn’t also do that by 
default — I was just referencing the current “bible”, for the sake of the 
discussion.

Hope this helps,
Kieren.