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2.9.5 Typesetting Kievan square notation
Kievan contexts | ||
Kievan clefs | ||
Kievan note heads | ||
Kievan accidentals | ||
Kievan bar line |
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Kievan contexts
As with Mensural and Gregorian notation, the predefined
KievanVoice
and KievanStaff
contexts can be used
to engrave a piece in square notation. These contexts initialize
all relevant context properties and grob properties to proper
values, so you can immediately go ahead entering the chant:
\score { << \new KievanVoice = "melody" \transpose c c' { \cadenzaOn c4 c c c c2 b,\longa \bar "kievan" } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { Го -- спо -- ди по -- ми -- луй. } >> }
See also
Music Glossary: kievan notation.
Known issues and warnings
LilyPond supports Kievan notation of the Synodal style, as used in the corpus of chantbooks printed by the Russian Holy Synod in the 1910’s and recently reprinted by the Moscow Patriarchate Publishing House. LilyPond does not support the older (less common) forms of Kievan notation that were used in Galicia to notate Rusyn plainchant.
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Kievan clefs
There is only one clef used in Kievan notation (the Tse-fa-ut Clef).
It is used to indicate the position of c
:
\clef "kievan-do" \override NoteHead #'style = #'kievan c
See also
Music Glossary: kievan notation, clef.
Notation Reference: Clef.
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Kievan note heads
For Kievan square notation, the appropriate note head style needs
to be chosen. This is accomplished by setting the style
property of the NoteHead
object to kievan
.
The Kievan final note, which usually comes at the end of a piece
of music, may be selected by setting the duration to
\longa
. The Kievan recitative mark, used to indicate
the chanting of several syllables on one note, may be selected by
setting the duration to \breve
. The following example
demonstrates the various Kievan note heads:
\autoBeamOff \cadenzaOn \override NoteHead #'style = #'kievan b'1 b'2 b'4 b'8 b'\breve b'\longa
See also
Music Glossary: kievan notation, note head.
Notation Reference: Note head styles.
Known issues and warnings
LilyPond automatically determines if the stem up or stem down
form of a note is drawn. When setting chant in square notation,
however, it is customary to have the stems point in the same
direction within a single melisma. This can be done manually by
setting the direction
property of the Stem
object.
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Kievan accidentals
The kievan
style for accidentals is selected with the
glyph-name-alist
property of the grob Accidental
.
The kievan
style provides a sharp and a flat sign
different from the default style. There is no natural sign
in Kievan notation. The sharp sign is not used in Synodal music
but may occur in earlier manuscripts. It has been included
primarily for the sake of compatibility.
\clef "kievan-do" \override NoteHead #'style = #'kievan \override Accidental #'glyph-name-alist = #alteration-kievan-glyph-name-alist bes' dis,
See also
Music Glossary: kievan notation, accidental.
Notation Reference: Accidentals, Automatic accidentals, The Feta font
Kievan bar line
A decorative figure is commonly placed at the end of a piece of
Kievan notation, which may be called the Kievan final bar line.
It can be invoked as \bar "kievan"
.
\clef "kievan-do" \override NoteHead #'style = #'kievan c \bar "kievan"
See also
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