From: Ben Laenen (benlaenen@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 17 2007 - 09:38:00 CDT
On Monday 17 September 2007, Alan Wood wrote:
> While we have Ben Laenen and Hans Åberg available, could I ask a
> question about MUSICAL SYMBOL DEGREE SLASH (119209 or 1D1A9)?
>
> In the official chart, this is not shown as a combining character:
> http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1D100.pdf
>
> However, in my test page:
> http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/musical_symbols.html
> I can only make this character appear in combination with another
> character.
>
> Please can you tell us if this is supposed to be a combining
> character?
Thanks for noting, it's actually a little bug in my font.
As is noted on http://www.dolmetsch.com/musicalsymbols.htm, the degree
slash notes a half-diminished interval, and is applied on chord names
and numbers.
I couldn't find an image of a music score that uses the symbol, but to
my understanding, it should be used like "dim" is used in this picture
("dim" just means a diminished interval):
http://www.myguitartabs.com/lessons/chordsnscales/06.gif
So it's not a combining character and should not be attached to a note,
but I made it a combining character in my font, so I have to fix that.
Greetings
Ben
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