Bach's Accent steigend and Accent fallend
In the "15 Inventions and 15 Symphonies" (aka "Two- and Three-Part Inventions"), Bach uses an articulation sign, called "Accent steigend" or "Accent fallend," to indicate a grace-like note ascending or descending to the articulated note. The sign is placed about where the head of a grace note would go. It looks like a large backwards comma, or small left parenthesis. This articulation occurs in Inventio 3, shown in the third bar of the example. I defined a variable, \BachAccentFallendFromGrace that modifies an appropriately placed grace note to look like the Accent fallend. The Accent steigend should have the vertical placement adjusted slightly differently.
\version "2.24.0"
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=656
BachAccentFallendFromGrace =
{
\once \override NoteHead.stencil =
#(lambda (grob)
(grob-interpret-markup grob
(markup #:raise 0.2 #:large #:musicglyph "scripts.lcomma")))
\once \override Stem.stencil = ##f
\once \override Flag.stencil = ##f
\once \override Stem.length = #0
}
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timeKey = {
\key d \major
\time 3/8
}
firstPart = {
a'16( g' fis' e' fis' d') |
a'8( b' cis''16\mordent d'') |
%%%%%%%%% Here is the example use
cis''8
\BachAccentFallendFromGrace
\grace b'8^( a'8) d'' |
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
d''8 d' d'' |
d''8 d' d'' |
\bar "|."
}
secondPart = {
r8 r8 d16 e |
fis16( e g fis e d) |
a16( g fis e fis d) |
a16( fis b g fis e) |
a16( fis g e d cis) |
\bar "|."
}
\score {
\new PianoStaff = Keyboard <<
\new Staff = "upper" <<
\timeKey
\clef treble
\new Voice = "first" { \firstPart \bar "|." }
>>
\new Staff = "lower" <<
\timeKey
\clef bass
\new Voice = "second" { \secondPart \bar "|." }
>>
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
% Prevents hidden grace from influencing spacing in lower staff
% but can be left out if other grace notes are affected
\override SpacingSpanner.strict-grace-spacing = ##t
}
}
}