Note that some durations still require a tie despite using barless notation (e.g. semibreve + crochet), so it wouldn't be completely heretical to have a few ties across barlines. The whole problem lies in using scores instead of partbooks. :)
I've seen one engraver use custodes at the end of a line to signal notes being carried over the line break (rather than foreshowing the next note), though I personally still find the empty space starting the following line unsettling. -David On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 at 09:57, Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote: > Le 17/01/2023 à 18:31, Graham King a écrit : > > I'm preparing an edition of de Wert's motet "Ascendente Jesu in > naviculam" which has an extended stretto section with dotted rhythms across > barlines. For this, Harm's Mensurstriche example in the Learning Manual > produces a mostly beautiful result. > > > > However, for the sake of those singers who, faced with this passage, > find themselves <ahem> all at sea, I would like to avoid notes extending > across line-breaks. The idea is to use something like the > Completion_heads_engraver that would take effect only at those barlines > that coincide with a line break. Does such a thing exist? > > > > I am afraid this would be exceedingly difficult technically. > Engravers run way earlier than line breaking, so the only > option would be to let the engraver create both notations > (with notes straddling over bar lines and with tied notes), > and remove one of them later, but there is a lot of code in > between that is not prepared for ignoring the collisions > that will unavoidably ensue, it would have consequences on > horizontal spacing, etc. > > Also, I have to say I would find it confusing as a performer. > In your shoes, I'd go either for modern notation with ties, or > for ancient notation, but not a mixture of both. > > > > As a secondary question: Is there a straightforward way to avoid > collisions of mensurstriche with beams? > > > Do you have an example? > > Regards, > Jean > >
