>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Taupin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Daniel> At presernt time, MusiXTeX fonts contain a symbol like
Daniel> |O|
Daniel> for notes of undefined durations (i.e. in plalms). But I
Daniel> get a request of symbols like:
Daniel> ||O||
Daniel> Does one of you all know about this symbol (requested by
Daniel> professionals of church song edition)?
This is an educated guess -- the |0| is a modern version of the Breve,
which can also be written as a square version on a whole note. My
guess is that somebody uses ||0|| as a modern version of a longa,
originally written as a Breve with a tail.
I've never run into that notation personally, but there certainly are
cases where you want to be able to transcribe a longa.
I've never thought of a Breve as an undefined duration -- I think of
it as a double whole note. The Longa could be either a double Breve
or an undefined duration.
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