Re: Stopped note heads.

[Graham Percival]

On 20-Feb-05, at 12:35 PM, Giancarlo Niccolai wrote:

> Alle 21:23, domenica 20 febbraio 2005, Han-Wen Nienhuys ha scritto:
> > address@hidden writes:
> > > Lilypond has an easy way to put the "stopped" articulation above the
> > > note; however, this is actually used in orchestral music. Guitar 
> > > music
> > > (both electric and classical music, i.e. from late'800 up to date) 
> > > marks
> > > the "stopped" note with an X note head (identical to the rythm staff 
> > > X
> > > note head,
> >
> > Aha. The "stopped" articulation actually refers to something
> > completely different. It's a French Horn technique, where the hand is
> > used to close the bell completely, rendering a penetrant brassy
> > sound.
>
> Ok, I found it:
>
> \override Staff.NoteHead  #'style = #'cross
>
> and then,
>
> \override Staff.NoteHead  #'style = #'default
>
> to turn it off...
>
> Putting this in a command as \harmonic or at least putting it in the 
> manual
> would be quite useful.

Adding it to the manual is certainly possible, but I'm not entirely 
clear
about exactly what instrument this is for.  Could you select the place 
in
the manual this info should go, and write a few sentences to explain it?

Cheers,
- Graham, Documentation Editor