Re: Non-printing notes

[Timothy Lanfear]

On 30/07/2022 17:18, Jacques Menu wrote:

Hello folks,

MusicXML has the 'print-object' attribute to notes, among other markups:

<note print-object="no">

<pitch>

<step>D</step>

<octave>3</octave>

</pitch>

<duration>768</duration>

<voice>6</voice>

<type>quarter</type>

<stem>down</stem>

<staff>2</staff>

</note>

This value ‘no’ is ignored by MuseScore and musicxml2ly, and Finale 2014b displays such notes in light gray this way, like the Ds and Gs below:

What is the intended meaning, and how should this be displayed using LilyPond?

Thanks for your help!

JM

MuseScore 3.2.3 also displays the note head in gray, but the stem normally. When converting the file to PDF or printing, the note head is omitted and the stem is printed. This behaviour is equivalent to LilyPond's \hide NoteHead.

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Timothy Lanfear, Bristol, UK.