Re: Exact stem length?

[Urs Liska]

Am 26.03.2014 13:46, schrieb David Nalesnik:
> Hi Urs,
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Urs Liska <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
>     Am 26.03.2014 12 <tel:26.03.2014%2012>:25, schrieb Urs Liska:
>
>         BTW: Does anybody have a good name for that notation?
>
>
>     pitchedGlissando
>     pitchedStems
>     fastScale
>     fuzzyScale
>
>     ???
>
>     I think the last one matches the intention quite well.
>
>
> Sure, that would work.  Or what about "stemmedGlissando"?

Also a very good suggestion.

> It seems to me that this is a special case of using stems to impose some
> sort of articulation (like bow changes) on a glissando, such as you see
> all over the place in Lutoslawski.

Yes, or playing very fast scales without exact pitches (thus my naming). 
In the piece I got this from the first instance is commented as "quasi 
scales (non gliss.)"

> Mike S. worked on this a while back, but unfortunately the patch is
> marked "abandoned".  The issue is 1727, where he refers to them as
> "glissando stems."

It's a pity, but skimming through the review process doesn't indicate 
there's a good chance to get anything from there. So the Scheme-function 
approach taken by Piaras should be a good start.

Urs

> HTH,
> David
>
>
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