Re: [OT] Identification of a bagpipe embellishment?

[Hans Åberg]

> On 11 Feb 2020, at 11:47, Guo Brian <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I am certain that the LilyPond community has a number of bagpipe players, and 
> I hope that I do not bother you with the following problem that I have come 
> across:
> 
> I am transcribing a bagpipe piece written in Bb major into “conventional” 
> notation (where the scale is based on A), and come across the following 
> embellishment: <5DA7133284F3465EB0BE9810BF3AA654.png>
> 
> In conventional notation it would be written as: 
> <A71E9284AA614F51BA611654DAFC8FDF.png>
> 
> In case Mailman refuses to send the images, the embellishment consists of 
> what appears to be the beginning of a F doubling (written as the grace notes 
> High G and F), then a strike to D, then the main note becomes a High G. 
> Putting aside the possibility of the fingering, the sequence is gfdG, where 
> lowercase letters are grace notes and the uppercase letter is the main note.
> 
> However, I am having trouble finding the name of the embellishment. I have 
> tried searching it by the notes, but without luck.

In other types of music, one can combine ornaments. So for example, as in 
bagpipe.ly, a \hslurg followed by a \grd.