Issue 694 in lilypond: Enhancement: arrowed heads for microtone accidentals

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Comment #5 on issue 694 by nateaufdeutsch: Enhancement: arrowed heads for  
microtone accidentals
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=694

I am said C.F. Peters freelancer using Josephs accidentals.  They work  
brilliantly
for untransposed parts.  All thats missing are the details for  
transposition.
I'm contemporary trumpet soloist in Germany, and looking through my  
literature, there
are several way in which composers like to notate microtonality.  One is  
the default
way lilypond notates then (backwards flats etc.), the other, more popular  
is with
arrows.  For me as a player, I find the arrows much easier to read.  Other  
composers
come up with their own way, sometimes using several in combination.   
backwards flats
for quarter-flat, arrows for slightly sharp or flat.  Its a complicated  
issue, but
atleast for notation purposes (MIDI asside), one should be free to choose  
the
accidental-style, just as one can choose the NoteHead style.  The  
transposition issue
should be easy enough to fix.  I gave lilypond a definition for a
double-sharp-quartertone-up, and it transposed without a problem (just  
missing the
proper glyph).

In Europe, using microtones has been standard for a long time (the piece I#m
currently typesetting is from 1987!!).  Lilypond can and should be there  
with us!

As v.villaneve mentions, people are willing to pay!  I'm certainly looking  
for a way
to donate to lilypond.....

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