On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 10:35 PM Jacques Menu <imj-muz...@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Hello Werner, > > Thanks for the clarification! > > JM > > > Le 13 juil. 2022 à 16:40, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> a écrit : > > > > > >>> In MusixXML, this sign is <spiccato/> (The <spiccato/> element | > >>> MusicXML 4.0 (w3.org) > >>> < > https://www.w3.org/2021/06/musicxml40/musicxml-reference/elements/spiccato/ > >), > >>> the same sign is named \staccatissimo in Lilypond. > >>> In MusixXML, <staccatissimo/> looks like this: (The <staccatissimo> > >>> element | MusicXML 4.0 (w3.org) > >>> < > https://www.w3.org/2021/06/musicxml40/musicxml-reference/elements/staccatissimo/ > >), > >>> but it seems there is no corresponding articulation in Lilypond and no > >>> glyph in the Emmentaler font. > >>> > >>> So the question is: is there interest among the LilyPond community to > >>> add the latter glyph in some way? > > > > I consider the distinction between these two glyphs completely > > arbitrary. At normal size, the difference between a concave and a > > convex top is not really visible. > > > > If you look at > > > > https://w3c.github.io/smufl/latest/tables/articulation.html > > > > you can see that both glyph shapes in question are defined as variants > > of 'staccatissimo' – for spiccato, there doesn't exist a symbol. And > > rightly so: I've never seen a symbol for spiccato except an ordinary > > staccato point with the word 'spicc.' (if at all). > > > > > > Werner > > > My apologies - I haven't been paying attention, and I don't know where my head was at. I think it's important that spiccato is a bowing technique, and staccato is an articulation (a quality of sound) which can be accomplished through spiccato (and, depending on the circumstances, other bowing techniques). Also, I would imagine that staccato is possible on instruments on which spiccato is impossible : flute, guitar, maybe piano? All the best, Ralph -- Ralph Palmer Seattle USA (he, him, his) palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
