Re: 'bach accidental style

[Simon Albrecht]

On 06.12.2015 15:31, Simon Albrecht wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to have a custom accidental style acting like manuscripts 
> and first editions of Seb. Bach do:
and, in fact, was common at the time. I think the assumption of our docs 
that the default style were corresponding to 18th century usage rather 
refers to 19th/20th century editions of 18th century music.
> – do not remember accidentals*
> – unless a pitch is immediately repeated
> – or with chromatic steps: an accidental should always be printed if 
> the previous note has the same pitch, but a different alteration.
To be more precise: the same _step_, but a different alteration.
> I find the mechanism for defining accidental styles difficult (see 
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2014-02/msg00250.html>); 
> can anyone help with this? It might be a modification of 'forget.
>
> Yours, Simon
>
> * except of course those in the key signature
>
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