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Force unparenthesized accidentals

…how to remove the parenthesis from selected cautionary accidentals, based on an example like this: \partial 4 … …definition. Define a before-line-breaking procedure for all cautionary accidentals, which removes the parenthesis only if the pitch … …and then removes the parenthesis from the cautionary accidentals.

…piece = \markup \column { "remove all parenthesis from cautionary accidentals, if a »force« flag is found" "(Exlamation mark »!« … …score { \new Staff \with { \consists #Parenthesis_on_cautionary_accidentals_purger } { \partial 4 s4*0^"modern:" \modern \MusicIII \… …bar "|." } \header { piece = "remove all parenthesis from cautionary accidentals by an engraver, if a »force« flag is …

Customized accidentals

…to be entered before each postscript command. Such accidentals can be used to print semitones instead of …

…#ly:text-interface::print \once \override Voice.Accidental.text = \markup {\musicglyph "accidentals.sharp" \postscript "gsave 0.17 setlinewidth -1.4 … …#ly:text-interface::print \once \override Voice.Accidental.text = \markup {\musicglyph "accidentals.flat" \postscript "0.17 setlinewidth -2 0.5 …

Persistent accidentals

…in your scores? Here's a solution: all accidentals are remembered and applied to subsequent natural pitches, …

…1: using a Scheme engraver. #(define Persistent_accidentals_translator (lambda (context) (let ((alt-alist '())) (make-engraver (listeners ((note-event … …new Staff \someMusic \layout { \context { \Voice \consists #Persistent_accidentals_translator } } } %%%%

Changing the appearance of forced, cautionary and suggested accidentals

Normally accidentals are printed automatically where needed, but it is … …changed and the parentheses removed if required. Suggested accidentals are a part of ancient music (known as annotational accidentals) and are printed above the note. Their size …

Transposing pitches with minimum accidentals ("Smart" transpose)

…in order to have the minimum number of accidentals. In this case, the following rules apply: Double accidentals should be removed B sharp -> C E …

Removing accidentals from a single voice

The accidentals engravers engraver usually live at Staff level, but … …them at Voice. To get rid of all accidentals, you need to remove both the Accidental engraver …

For typesetting chords, LilyPond uses its internal accidentals (i.e. it uses glyphs from the Feta … …can change LilyPond's behaviour to use the accidentals "#" and "b" from the currently selected font. …

…str condition) (if condition (string-downcase str) str)) % fix accidentals with some Scheme (using the current font's … …use our new chord definitions (including the new accidentals) \set chordNameExceptions = #myPopChordsAdd % use our new markup chord naming functions to get the new accidentals \set chordRootNamer = #my-chord-name->pop-markup \chordmode { cis1:m7.5- s1*…

Ancient accidentals

Accidentals are available in different ancient styles, which all …

Hiding accidentals on tied notes at the start of a …

This shows how to hide accidentals on tied notes at the start of a …

Replacing some accidentals with a user-defined stencil

Here is a way to replace all accidentals of any sort with an arbitrary stencil (in …