Hi Joram.
On 2016-12-11 09:28, Noeck wrote:
Hi Alexander,
Am 11.12.2016 um 01:17 schrieb Alexander Kobel:
Ah, no, here's the problem, as can be readily seen in the "Brich an, o
schönes Morgenlicht", first full measure
I don't think so. Because for notes like the second one in the soprano
voice ("an,"), the added extender line is very short and therefore
killed. It does not even require a sufficient minimum-length. [...]
Well, with my default settings, it isn't. For me, this measure would
look like the attached picture.
In general, I dislike setting the minimum-length too short; my default
is 1.5 staff-line distances. Just the other day, I was affirmed by a
measure of "In the bleak mid-winter" by Holst (attached excerpt from
Oxford's engraving): The question arose (among non-native speakers)
whether "Thronged" is supposed to be sung as one syllable or as "Throng
-- ed". Here, the extender made clear that it should is meant as one
syllable. In a slightly tighter setting, without the fifth verse, this
extender might have been /really/ short, but still important.
It might not be robust enough, there may be problematic situations but I
could not find such a problem.
That's the main issue. Imagine a passage of semi-quavers in the other
voices, and suddenly the extenders get large. Or think of BWV 140
"Wachet auf" with the prolonged cantus firmus in soprano over the
fast-moving rest of the choir...
Anyway, I'll try to have a look and see whether I can find an easy way
to detect melismata...
Cheers,
Alexander
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