Hello Robert, Thanks again, this clarification will be usedful to me!
JM > Le 18 juin 2021 à 16:50, Robert Gaebler <bob.gaeb...@outlook.com> a écrit : > > Jacques, > > Thanks… happy to advise. I would call \ff a dynamic. > “Dynamics” is an interesting word, described as “plural in form, singular or > plural in construction” in Merriam-Webster. The plural construct usually > refers to the entire range of variation of loud to soft within a piece. So > you might say, “The dynamics in this etude are exquisite!” (Plural in > construction.) > But a conductor or music teacher might caution, “Now, watch the dynamics > here!” (Singular in construction, admonishing caution in the _application_ of > dynamic expression in this particularly difficult passage.) > The \ff is a specific mark denoting a dynamic level to be applied at the > point of usage. Note that “dynamic” is both an adjective and a noun. The > mark in the score is referred to as a dynamic (noun). It denotes a dynamic > (adjective) level to be expressed. > I hope this helps. > > BoG > > From: Jacques Menu <mailto:imj-muz...@bluewin.ch> > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 1:00 AM > To: Robert Gaebler <mailto:bob.gaeb...@outlook.com> > Cc: Jacques Menu <mailto:imj-muz...@bluewin.ch>; lilypond-user@gnu.org > <mailto:lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Subject: Re: Terminology question > > Hello Robert, > > 'figured bass signature’ is also a temptating choice, analog to ’time > signature’… > > BTW, another question came to me: in the LP notation manual, ‘dynamic’ is > sometimes a noun as in ‘dynamics’ and sometimes an adjective as in ’dynamic > mark’. > So, is \ff a dynamic or a dynamics? > > These questions of mine are to stick to strict naming in my code, where both > figured bass and dynamics occur in the singular and plural forms. > > JM > > > > Le 17 juin 2021 à 18:26, Robert Gaebler <bob.gaeb...@outlook.com > <mailto:bob.gaeb...@outlook.com>> a écrit : > > Jacques Menu <imj-muz...@bluewin.ch <mailto:imj-muz...@bluewin.ch>> writes: > > > Hello folks, > > > > What would be the plural of ‘figured bass’, if that applies, to denote > > several > > occurrences of the figures in a score, the same way has there can be several > > harmonies? Maybe ‘figured bass figures’? > > > > In the example below, there 5 such occurrences: > > > > > > Thanks for. your help! > > > As many others have pointed out, there is no standard term, for what you have > in mind, in English. I think the phrase "bass figure" works, and would be > reasonably well understood from context. > > Nevertheless, ad hoc neologisms abound in English usage, and you would not be > out of place introducing your own term. Just try to make it intuitive or > recognizable from similar usage. > > Borrowing from the German, as mentioned by Lukas, let me mention that the > word "signature" has fairly common English usage within technology, to refer > to a collection of properties or characteristics that identify a particular > instance of an object or event. So in a discussion of some specific figured > bass examples, you might mention "these five figured bass signatures from > measures 10, 12, 14, 22, and 23...". I think most people would figure it out > from the context. Maybe it would even catch on and become our English term > for an instance of a figured bass symbol. > ----- > Bob Gaebler
