\version "2.13.47" \header { texidoc = "Mensural ligatures show different shapes, depending on the rhythmical pattern and direction of the melody line." } \layout { ragged-right = ##t indent = 0.0 \context { \Voice \remove "Ligature_bracket_engraver" \consists "Mensural_ligature_engraver" } \context { \Score \override SpacingSpanner #'packed-spacing = ##t \override PaperColumn #'keep-inside-line = ##f } } \context Voice { \clef "petrucci-c4" \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##f \cadenzaOn % turn off bar lines #(set-accidental-style 'forget) \textLengthOn % ligaturae binaria \[ b\breve^\markup { \column { { \bold "ligaturae binaria" } "BL" } } g\longa \] \[ g\breve^\markup { "BL" } b\longa \] \[ b\longa^\markup { "LL" } g \] \[ g\longa^\markup { "LL" } b \] \[ b\breve^\markup { "BB" } g \] \[ g\breve^\markup { "BB" } b \] \[ b\longa^\markup { "LB" } g\breve \] \[ g\longa^\markup { "LB" } b\breve \] \[ b1^\markup { "SS" } g \] \[ g1^\markup { "SS" } b \] \bar "|" \break % ligaturae ternariae, quaternariae, etc. (sicut in Apel[1]) \[ b\breve^\markup { \column { { \bold "ligaturae ternariae, quaternariae, etc." } "BBL" } } a g\longa \] \[ a\breve^\markup { "BBBB" } g a b \] \[ b1^\markup { "SSBBBLB" } a g\breve a b a\longa b\breve \] \[ a\longa^\markup { "LBMxBL" } g\breve a\maxima b\breve a\longa \] \[ d'\breve^\markup { "BBBBLL" } c' f d' b\longa g \] \[ c'1^\markup { "SSBLLBB" } b g\breve d'\longa a c'\breve b \] \bar "|" \break % examples from "dtv-Atlas zur Musik" [2] \[ d'\breve^\markup { \column { { \bold "dtv-Atlas" } "BBL" } } c' b\longa \] \[ a\breve^\markup { "BBBL" } b c' d'\longa \] \[ b\longa.^\markup { "L.B.BBLBBB" } g\breve. a\breve b c'\longa a\breve b a \] \[ c'1^\markup { "SSBB" } b g\breve a \] \[ b\longa^\markup { "LBL" } a\breve c'\longa \] \[ a1^\markup { "SSBL" } b d'\breve c'\longa \] \bar "|" \break % some ligatures from Ockeghem: Missa De plus en plus \[ c'\maxima^\markup { \column { { \bold "Ockeghem: Missa De plus en plus" } "MxMx" } } g \] \[ d\longa^\markup { "LBBBB" } c\breve f e d \] \[ c'\maxima^\markup { "MxL" } d'\longa \] \[ e'\breve^\markup { "BBB" } d' c' \] \[ \override NoteHead #'style = #'blackpetrucci b\longa^\markup { "LBBBBB." } c'\breve d' g \once \override NoteHead #'ligature-flexa = ##t f \revert NoteHead #'style g\breve. \] \[ g\breve^\markup { "BBBBL" } b c' e' d'\longa \] \[ \override NoteHead #'style = #'blackpetrucci e'1^\markup { "SSB" } a g\breve \revert NoteHead #'style \] \[ g\longa^\markup { "LLLL" } b c' e' \] \[ \override NoteHead #'style = #'blackpetrucci e'\longa^\markup { "LBB" } f'\breve \revert NoteHead #'style e' \] \[ \override NoteHead #'style = #'blackpetrucci b\breve^\markup { "BBBBBBL" } g \override NoteHead #'ligature-flexa = ##t \override NoteHead #'flexa-width = #3 f f' \override NoteHead #'flexa-width = #5 b c' \revert NoteHead #'style % though ligature-flexa is still ##t, this pair must be drawn as recta b\longa \revert NoteHead #'flexa-width \revert NoteHead #'ligature-flexa \] \bar "|" \break % some from the Requiem \[ a1^\markup { \column { { \bold "Ockeghem: Requiem" } "SSBBBBBBBL" } } d e\breve f d f e f g e\longa \] \[ c'\breve^\markup { "BBBBL" } c d c c'\longa \] \bar "|" \break } \context Staff \with { \override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #4 } { \clef "petrucci-c5" \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##f \cadenzaOn % turn off bar lines #(set-accidental-style 'forget) \textLengthOn \[ c\breve^\markup { \column { { \bold "crazy ligatures" } "BBBBB" } } e f g bes \] \[ bes\breve^\markup { "BB" } a \] % TODO: accidentals must be collected and printed before ligature \[ a\breve.^\markup { "B.B.B.B.B.B.B.B.B." } g b a e g f a g \] \[ b^\markup { "B.B." } a \] % TODO the first dot is too high to avoid a non-existent (ledger) line \bar "|" \break % invalid ligatures (those commented out are rejected with explanation) % \[ % a1^\markup { \column { { \bold "invalid ligatures" } "SS" } } % as % \] \[ a\breve^\markup { "BBB" } g as \] % \[ % f\longa^\markup { "LLB" } % g % f\breve % \] % \[ % f\breve^\markup { "BSLB" } % a1 % g\longa % a\breve % \] } % Litterae: % % [1] Willi Apel: The Notation of Polyphonic Music. 900-1600. % [2] Ulrich Michels: dtv-Atlas zur Musik, 1977. %