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CustodesA custos (plural: custodes; latin word for `guard') is a staff context symbol that appears at the end of a staff line. It anticipates the pitch of the first note(s) of the following line and thus helps the player or singer to manage line breaks during performance, thus enhancing readability of a score. \score { \notes { c'1 \break \property Staff.Custos \set #'style = #'mensural d' } \paper { \translator { \StaffContext \consists Custos_engraver } } }
Custodes were frequently used in music notation until the 17th century. There were different appearances for different notation styles. Nowadays, they have survived only in special forms of musical notation such as via the editio vaticana dating back to the beginning of the 20th century. For typesetting custodes, just put a \paper { \translator { \StaffContext \consists Custos_engraver Custos \override #'style = #'mensural } } The property can also be set locally, for example in a \notes { \property Staff.Custos \override #'style = #'vaticana c'1 d' e' d' \break c' d' e' d' } |
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