2.9.6 Working with ancient music – scenarios and solutions
Working with ancient music frequently involves particular tasks
which differ considerably from the modern notation for which
LilyPond is designed. In the rest of this section, a number of
typical scenarios are outlined, with suggestions of solutions.
These involve:
- how to make incipits (i.e., prefatory material to indicate
what the original has looked like) to modern transcriptions of
mensural music;
- how to achieve the Mensurstriche layout frequently
used for modern transcriptions of polyphonic music;
- how to transcribe Gregorian chant in modern notation;
- how to generate both ancient and modern notation from the
same source.