[smufl] Add symbol for three-quarters flat often used in Arabic notation

dspreadbury has just created a new issue for 
https://github.com/w3c/smufl:

== Add symbol for three-quarters flat often used in Arabic notation ==
Requested by Karim Ratib (@infojunkie):

"I'm working on bringing Arabic and Turkish notation to a number of 
open source projects. I did some research on the availability of 
Arabic and Turkish glyphs in SMuFL, and I found them all with one
exception: the Arabic 3/4 flat accidental.

"You can see this accidental 
[here](http://www.oud.eclipse.co.uk/notation.html) and I am also 
linking to
sample pages from a primary music source showing usage of this 
accidental:

- all accidentals used in the book including 3/4 flat ([3rd entry in 
table](https://github.com/infojunkie/music-l10n/blob/master/images/accidentals.jpg))

- a sample page of enharmonics showing Qarar Nim Hisar as A 3/4 flat 
([middle column top 
row](https://github.com/infojunkie/music-l10n/blob/master/images/enharmonics.jpg))

- a transposed scale of maqam Huzzam to `Ajam `Ushayran with 3/4 flat 
in key signature ([middle 
row](https://github.com/infojunkie/music-l10n/blob/master/images/3%20quarters%20flat%20in%20key%20signature.jpg))

The book's bibliographical reference is:

ʿAbbās (al-), Ḥabīb Ẓāhir, et حبيب ظاهر Ḥabīb Dhāhir العباس. 
نظرياتالموسيقى العربية Nadhariyyāt al-Mūsīqā al-ʿArabiyya. Vol. 
Theorie Musique Arabe. (Baghdad – Irak) بغداد – العراق: وزارة 
الثقافةوالٳعلام، دائرة الفنون الموسيقية، معهد الدراسات النغمية العراقى
 (Wizārat a-th-Thaqāfa wa-l Iʿlām, Dāʾirat al-Funūn al-Mūsīqiyya,
Maʿhad a-d-Dirāsāt a-n-Naghmiyya al-ʿIrāqiyy), 1986.

I am therefore submitting a request to add this symbol to the SMuFL 
spec. I also suggest to create a new accidentals section that groups 
all Arabic accidentals, akin to the Turkish section and others."

Please view or discuss this issue at 
https://github.com/w3c/smufl/issues/44 using your GitHub account

Received on Monday, 14 March 2016 09:13:23 UTC