[smufl-discuss] Re: Request for ###

[Alexander Blank]

Hi all,
While I absolutely agree that the rare triple-sharp should appear as #x, I can point out at least one example in history where the publisher (UE) printed it as x#. The piece is the second of Max Reger's clarinet sonatas, Op. 49 (on page 34, 2nd system, last bar). A screenshot can be found here (http://www.blankmusicpublishing.com/images/misc/triple_sharp.jpg), and the whole file can be found on IMSLP here (http://javanese.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6f/IMSLP273659-PMLP34336-Reger_Clarinet_sonata_Op49No2.pdf). 

That said, I'm not advocating for keeping the x# really; I just wanted to point out that the x# is not without precedent. 

Cheers,

Alex Blank

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 7:27 AM, Daniel Spreadbury <[hidden email]> wrote:

"SMuFL Discussion" <[hidden email]> wrote on 23/11/2015 21:22:48:

> However, on a related topic, I notice that the SMuFL
> accidentalTripleSharp has the symbols in the order x#, while the score
> excerpt at http://dictionary.onmusic.org/terms/3687-triple_sharp(from Etude
> no. 10 from Douze etudes dans tous les tons mineur, Op. 39 (1857) -
> Charles-Valentin Alkan) has the symbols in the order #x, and the article
> says that a triple sharp will "always" be printed that way.  Perhaps this
> merits an accidentalSharpDoubleSharp?

No, I think it merits me fixing the order in Bravura! Thanks for pointing this out. Byrd's description of the symbol in his "Extremes of CMN" site also matches the description you cite. I just designed that symbol incorrectly when I added it to Bravura. I'll make sure it's fixed in the next release of the font.

Daniel


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