>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jan> On Tuesday, 6 July 1999, Peter Chubb writes:
>> Thank you all for implementing grace notes.
>>
>> But how do I specify whether I want an appogiatura or an
>> acciaccatura?
Jan> :-) That's a rhetoric question, no? For notation it makes no
Jan> difference [Willemze]; I guess that it is merely a performance
Jan> issue, and is never specified explicitely. Although its custom
Jan> practice to perform appogiatura (Vorschlag; shorten next note) in
Jan> music before ca 1800, and acciaccatura (Zusammenschlag; shorten
Jan> previous note) for uhm 'modern' music.
It does matter for modern notation.
An appogiatura (unslashed stem) takes half (or 1/3 in dotted rhythms)
of the following note's value (which is then shortened); an
acciaccatura (slashed stem) takes as little time as possible -- it's
`crushed' against the next note.
The only place it doesn't matter which is in the grace note just
before a trill (indicating to start on the upper or lower note of the
trill).
But Mat gave me an answer I can use.
Peter C
