RE: Rhythmic slashes

[Trevor Daniels]

I've never tried it, but could you use a drum voice to avoid
transposition problems?

Trevor

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> Paul Scott
> Sent: 08 November 2006 08:08
> To: Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
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> Subject: Re: Rhythmic slashes
>
>
> Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote:
> >
> > Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote:
> >
> >> How can I get 4 slashes in a measure (in 4/4
> time)?  The following is the
> >> closest I've come but only gives me 3 slashes.
>  (In pop music this is a
> >> common notation method when you just want the
> player to comp the changes
> >> in time.)  The example below will run as is:
> >>
> (snip)
>
> >
> >
> > Here is a solution, just change the notehead!
> (thanks to Brett who sent me
> > the idea)
> >
> > \paper {
> > ragged-right = ##t
> > }
> >
> > \new Staff \relative c' {
> >
> > \bar "|:"
> > \override NoteHead #'style = #'slash
> > b'4 b b b
> > |
> > b4 b b b
> > \revert NoteHead #'style
> > \bar ":|"
> >
> > }
> >
> I've used that a number of times.  Unfortunately
> it's a mess when you
> need to transpose the part!
>
> Paul Scott
>
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