On 24 January 2012 15:06, Shane Brandes <sh...@grayskies.net> wrote: > My reasoned opinion, which Hayden reiterated, on Gould's pronouncement > about the matter. Anyway, certainly some ammunition to dissuade the > editor. > > Shane >
I’ve just looked at the sample pages of Behind Bars and would say that all the examples seem eminently sensible and reasons (when they are given) seem well-thought-through. I’ll have to order my copy! You could argue that a comma should go after a melisma, as this where the singer will take the comma. An exclamation mark, though, is “performed” (if at all) on or before the syllable it belongs to. I think punctuation looks better with its accompanying word, and if the singer gets confused, it was never going to be a very good performance anyway :-) It may be worth starting word extensions a little to the right if the syllable ends with a full stop or a comma to stop them getting lost. Vaughan _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
