[smufl-discuss] Re: Double flat, beamed version

[Michael Scott Cuthbert]

Nikolai Roslavets uses it in his music.  I wonder if it’s a Russian engraving practice?  I’ve never seen it outside Russian scores.  Note the same happening for the rare Triple Flat.

http://dictionary.onmusic.org/terms/3683-triple_flat



On Mar 26, 2014, at 14:43, Peter Trubinov <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There is one symbol which is quite rarely used. That's a version of
> the double flat where stems of the flats are connected to each other
> with a beam. Here there are sources mentioning that kind of symbol as
> an alternative to the standard one:
>
> [Nurnberg, 1953]:
> http://notovodstvo.ru/smufl/alteration/nurnberg.pdf
>
> [Dudka, 1985]:
> http://notovodstvo.ru/smufl/alteration/dudka.pdf
>
> I think it was mostly used in the handwritten (or callygraphically
> reproduced) scores. Here there is even one more source which mentions
> only this version of the symbol, without the standard one:
>
> [Atovmian, 1946]:
> http://notovodstvo.ru/smufl/alteration/atovmian.png
>
> That's my implementation of the symbol based on Petrucci font:
> http://notovodstvo.ru/smufl/alteration/doubleflat.png
>
> So it would be great if this beamed version of the double flat could
> be added to stylistic alternates of "Standard accidentals" group.
>
> All the best,
> Peter
>
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