Re: Jazz Ornamentation

[Graham Percival]

On 31-Jul-04, at 8:06 PM, Lyle Raymond wrote:
> I'm engraving copies of some solo transcriptions I've done, and I've 
> run into
> a couple of challenges:
>
> 1.  How does one indicate a glissando from an indeterminate source (as 
> opposed
> to a gliss between two specific notes)?

Use an invisible note.  (see the manual or list archives for this)

> 2.  What is the best way to display a "ghost" note, either by changing 
> the
> note head to an "X" or by enclosing the notehead in parentheses?

I'd change the notehead;

\override NoteHead   #'style = #'cross

should work.  I found a page that displayed the different styles of 
noteheads once, but I can't find it right now.

Cheers,
- Graham