> From: "Yesberg, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 08:20:30 +0930 > I use lilypond for C16 & C17 polyphonic choral music, > which has a lot of melisma (one syllable sung over lots > of notes). I value the _ symbol for its typing speed and > its readability. With other systems melisma(e/ta?) can be dealt with automagically by indicating slurs (or beams). As far as I know in music with lyrics no notes are beamed or slurred except for a melisma. So the slur indicates that one syllable is to be spread over several notes and in the same way syllables can be slurred to indicate that more than one syllable is dedicated to one note. In the same way automatic beaming shouldn't occur for notes associated to lyrics. This way it is done by M-Tx. -- Werner
