Re: Doc 2.4.2: Indicating harmonics and dampened notes

[Thomas Morley]

2018-08-26 11:14 GMT+02:00 Pierre Perol-Schneider
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> Hi Bug Squad,
> See:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/guitar.html#indicating-harmonics-and-dampened-notes
> And:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/guitar.html#indicating-harmonics-and-dampened-notes
>
> 1. I don't understand the reason to put the NoteHead defs at a Staff level.

Can't see a specific reason here. So I'd vote for deleting "Staff".

> 2. Maybe a whole note is not the best example to show the 'harmonic-mixed
> result.
>
> How about changing this snieppet:
>
> \relative c' {
>   \clef "treble_8"
>   \override Staff.NoteHead.style = #'harmonic-mixed
>   d^\markup { \italic { \fontsize #-2 { "harm. 12" }}} <g b>1
> }
>
> To:
>
> \relative c' {
>   \clef "treble_8"
>   \override NoteHead.style = #'harmonic-mixed
>   d8^\markup { \italic { \fontsize #-2 { "harm. 12" }}} <g b>4
> }
>
> Cheers,
> Pierre


Agreed. Also, why not delete some of the superfluous brackets in the
markup? Only keeping the surrounding ones for better viewable
structure. I.e.
\markup { \italic \fontsize #-2 "harm. 12" }

Could you provide a patch?

Cheers,
  Harm