Am Donnerstag, 21. Dezember 2006 14:05 schrieb Till Rettig: > Another point is the support for ancient notation, especially the > mensural or renaissance engravers. I think there should still be some > work done, and I would be happy if I could also help here -- though I > don't know will I actually be able to write some code; so far I have no > experiences in programming. For instance the spacing of this music > should be done quite differently to modern music, especially the > ligatures leave as much space as the according durations would take by > themselves, and this is not the way this notations was written. Another > point are the symbols themselves, which look quite decently, but have > not the same perfectness as the default notation symbols. Also I think > there should be support for "Black mensural notation", used until the > 15th century in central Europe. I don't have much knowledge about font > design at the moment, but would be glad if someone could point out where > I could find some basics so I could start some drawing if this feature > is welcomed.
Hi Till, I would be very glad to see improved support for mensural notation in lilypond. I won't have the time to actually contribute code or graphics, but as a musicologist with special interest in 14-16th-century notation I could help with advice or comments if needed. Robert -- Robert Memering Arbeitsbereich Linguistik, Universität Münster Hüfferstraße 27, D-48149 Münster, Germany Raum 01.85, Tel. +49-251-83-31958 http://santana.uni-muenster.de _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
