From: Asmus Freytag (asmusf@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2006 - 06:21:34 CST
On 3/22/2006 4:10 AM, Cary Karp wrote:
>>> One looks like and upside-down V over the last chord in a song.
>>> I have no idea of its function. It is not an actual letter V, just a
>>> V like shape.
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>>
>> That's a garden variety accent mark, used to indicate brief dynamic
>> emphasis. It resembles an inverted V above a note or chord written
>> stem down, and a normal V below a note or chord written stem up.
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> U+1D17F
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Ah. It hadn't occurred to me that combining marks could apply to a
chord, and because of the accident of pitch in my example, the V's
visually looked like they were placed equidistant from the top and
bottom of the staff. So I didn't look at the combining marks. Makes
sense now.
A./
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