- From: Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:25:04 +0000
- To: team-community-process@w3.org
- Cc: public-music-notation@w3.org
> Arpeggios
>
> We discussed how arpeggios could be encoded. After some back and
> forth, we propose that a list of arpeggios should be found in the
> part measure, at specific rhythmic positions (in the same way that
> clef changes are encoded). We propose a direction enumeration with
> auto (implying up), up, and down, and a boolean arrow, false by
> default, that specifies whether an arrow should appear. We also
> propose an object to encode the starting and ending notes by ID,
> which if used must specify both. (This may prove useful for other
> similar notations with specific starting and ending points in
> future.)
Will there be a possibility to specify the arpeggio start and end
positions as distances relative to staff? I can imagine situations in
modern music where arpeggi don't start exactly at a note (for example,
in the middle of a cluster).
And what about styling? Will an arpeggio arrow be a separate element
that can be separately styled (size, color, etc.)?
Werner
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