Re: Doc-suggestion re lyrics/melismas

[Colin Hall]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:36:21PM +0200, Urs Liska wrote:
> Am 23.05.2012 00:43, schrieb -Eluze:
> >
> >Urs Liska-3 wrote:
> >>Doc suggestion concerning melisma behaviour.
> >>
> >>in
> >>
> >>2.1.1 Common notation for vocal music
> >>
> >>section
> >>
> >>Multiple notes to one syllable
> >>
> >>
> >>before or after the second example (about slurs) please add something
> >>like:
> >>"Note that phrasing slurs don't affect the creation of melismas."
> >>
> > 
> > personally I don't think anybody would expect that phrasing slurs affect
> > melismata…

I agree.

> Well, through the (Slurs) documentation one is somehow led to
> believe slurs and phrasing slurs are practically the same and only
> separated for nesting purposes.

I agree with this too.

> So it would be nice if at this point of the NR it was clearly
> pointed out that there _are_ differences for the handling of
> melismas.

I've created a documentation tracker here:

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2565

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall