Re: an "odd" accidental problem...

[B~M]

Dear Thomas, thanks. I was unaware of that override. 

It generates exactly what is in the original copy I have. 

I am not entirely sure why an E natural could not be used in the setting I described, 

as there, an E natural would be unambiguous about the pitch. 

Ive only seen this oddity once. It appeared in the "Fantasy Etudes for Viola" written by 

Lillian Fuchs who was a significant contributor to Viola in the USA. 

Thanks for the help and suggestions. 

Paul 

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Thomas Morley <address@hidden> wrote:

2018-07-27 12:49 GMT+02:00 B~M <address@hidden>:
> I have what I think is an odd problem with accidentals.
>
> The piece I am working on is a Viola etude in E minor.
> In the original score the composer needs an E natural and this is achieved
> by a concatenated combination of a natural sign and a flat sign.
> The note in question is an F, which is sharp in the key signature, so the
> natural symbol presumably
> cancels the F#  to F and the flat symbol (alongside the natural symbol) then
> indicates
> F flat or E natural.

Well, flattening "F" will _never_ result in "E", it's "Fes" or "F flat"
:)

That said

> Is there please a way to typeset this in Lilypond ?
> This is the only time I've seen such notation, so Im guessing its rare ?
>
> Paul

try:
{
  \key e \minor
  \override Accidental.restore-first = ##t
  fes''
}

Cheers,
  Harm