Re: Cipher notation for music

From: Andrew West (andrewcwest@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2007 - 09:42:43 CST

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    On 02/04/07, vunzndi@vfemail.net <vunzndi@vfemail.net> wrote:
    >
    > One would think so however, a rough list, defintely not complete, in
    > no particular order would be:-
    >
    > (1) slurs
    >
    > (2) ties
    >

    Slurs,ties, bar lines, repeat lines, etc. would use the characters in
    the Musical Symbols block. However, correct formatting of music using
    these symbols is probably beyond the scope of plain text.

    > (3) (i)the numbers from 1 to 7
    >
    > (3) (ii)with either none, one or two (and I suppose in theory three)
    > lines underneath
    >
    > (3) (iii) with possiblely a dot either above or below ( and if below
    > it needs to be below the lines ).
    >

    Dots above and below with or without up to three underlines works fine
    on my system using the Doulos SIL font (see attached screenshot).

    Andrew


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