Re: <<aes,2. \\ {s4 ees2} \\ {s2 bes4}>>

[Thomas Morley]

Am Fr., 4. Jan. 2019 um 13:07 Uhr schrieb Gianmaria Lari
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> On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 at 11:56, Thomas Morley <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> Am Fr., 4. Jan. 2019 um 11:17 Uhr schrieb Gianmaria Lari
>> <address@hidden>:
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>> > My apologies, I didn't specify the fact that it is 3/4 time.
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>> > Thomas solution is graphically perfect....
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>> Well, my suggestion meets the image. Actually, the composers notation
>> is simply wrong, strictly speaking.
>> I've seen it many times, though.
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> Yes it's wrong but I think it is used because it better complies with the 
> need to be easy to write it and to be less "dense" (and then someway easier 
> to read) than traditional/correct way. Maybe the composer could add a small 
> footnote but in my (not expert) opinion it is a very good solution. For 
> example I found ugly and "difficult" to read the bass part of the BWV846 (c 
> major prelude).

Disagreed.

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>> > but I have to manage the midi output "manually ".
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>> I don't care much about midi, why do you do? It's never music.
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> For didactical reason. And for that, it is pretty important.
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>> [...]For the record, one could do:
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>> \layout { \context { \Voice \remove Slur_engraver } }
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>> \new Staff \with { \consists Slur_engraver }
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>>   \key aes \major
>>   \clef bass
>>   \time 3/4
>>   <<
>>       aes,2.\=7( \\ { s4 ees2 } \\ s2. \\ { s2 bes4\=7) }
>>   >>
>> }
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>> This has serious drawbacks, you'll not happy using it...
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> What's the equal sign? never saw before.

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-as-curves#slurs

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> What's about this?
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> \version "2.19.82"
> \score {
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> {
> \time 3/4 \clef bass \key aes \major
>  << {\hideNotes aes,2.} \\ {\hideNotes s4 ees2} \\ {\hideNotes s2 bes4} \\ 
> {aes,2.*1/3( ees2*1/2 bes4) }>> }
> \layout {}
> \midi {}
> }

A dot is missing.
That's because the two dots are of the two aes2. are joined into one
single dot. Which is hidden by \hideNotes.

Cheers,
  Harm