In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Bert Van Vreckem wrote: > >That all said, I don't think I've ever actually *seen* any Irish music with >a roll ornament actually placed (didn't even know there was a symbol for it >until I read this thread...) -- as I said before, Irish players prefer to >ornament as they see fit, so the idea of actually writing an ornament on the >music seems like you're telling them they can't do that... Of course, most >of my written Irish music is tin whistle oriented -- maybe that symbol is >used more in fiddle or pipe music.
Well it's not known in pipe music. They use a particular form of embellishment known generically as a doubling and it takes many forms, which are written out. Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
