Re: smaller voice

[Jonathan Kulp]

stefanozanobini wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to wirte a melody and the same melody an octave lower (as
> "ossia"), but in a single staff.
> How to make the lower voice smaller (80% smaller notehead + thickness
> beam + steam length)
>
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Follow the directions here for changing fontsize:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Inside-the-staff#Selecting-notation-font-size

Just be sure to apply the command to change fontSize only to the voice 
you want changed, not to all the voices.

I made a minimal example like I think you want:

\relative c'' {
<< { c d e } \\ { \set fontSize = #-4 c, d e } >>
}

Jon
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