On 9/28/07 12:05 PM, "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Should we add "extender line" to the glossary? Is this a real musical > term, or a made-up lilypond term? Any vocalists want to comment? I've found a couple references: In a set of songs published by A-R Editions in their Music of the United States of America series, volume 7, p. 352: "The original sheet music [from the late 1800s] indicates prolongation of one syllable of text over an extended pitch usually by means of a series of dots. These have been changed to a standard extender line in accordance with modern practice." Second citation from "A Music Representation Requirement Specification for Academia", by Donald Byrd at the Indiana Univerisity School of Music: Item 15.3, Graphic. Prioritized as "Very desireble" An optional ³extender² line of arbitrary extent after the text. (This can be useful for many purposes, such as melismatic lyrics, indications of the string to play, etc.) Since Dr. Byrd is well respected in musical academia, I think his use of the term qualifies it as "authoritative", and therefore deserving of a spot in the glossary. Regards, Kurtis _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
