Re: Override NoteHead glyph

[Aaron Hill]

On 2022-06-22 12:19 pm, Ahanu Banerjee wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to create noteheads (without stems) that have a duration 
> longer
> than a quarter note (crotchet) but are filled-in. They are meant to
> represent the notes that will be heard when a harmonic is played. I am 
> not
> sure how to do this; one workaround is to use a quarter note value and 
> a
> spacer rest, but this results in too much empty space. I tried 
> \override
> NoteHead.glyph-name = #'"noteheads.s2", but that did not work.
>
> Example below (the notes are arbitrary):
>
> \version "2.23.7"
> \relative c''
> { << { \override Parentheses.font-size = #-1.5 \omit Flag \omit Stem
>        \teeny \tweak X-offset #0.2
>
> %% the higher voice should have filled-in noteheads
>
>        <\parenthesize d \parenthesize f>2 } \\
>      { <d,\harmonic g\harmonic>2 } >> <d g> }

You can scale the duration of any note so as to preserve its normal 
appearance but take up the required length:

%%%%
\fixed c' { b4*2 a | b4*3 a4 | b4*4 | a1 }
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill