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Standard Music Font Layout
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English 'shake' symbol #277

Open benwiggy opened 1 year ago

benwiggy commented 1 year ago

There doesn't seem to be this symbol for a 'Shake' in the Baroque ornaments section.

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A modern publication (2009) has represented it thus:

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I'd suggest like a Pincé, but without the vertical stroke.

I'm working on a design for the glyph, which you can have!

mscuthbert commented 1 year ago

I have definitely seen this symbol in various English Baroque publications and would be in support of adding it.

rettinghaus commented 1 year ago

Compare #210. Purcell used a different symbol for the shake, but they definitely mean the same. I see two possibilities: