Re: Rhythmic slashes

[Rick Hansen (aka RickH)]

Brett Duncan-2 wrote:
> 
> Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
>> Paul Scott escreveu:
>>> Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote:
>>>>    
>>> (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!
>> 
>> \override staff-position for the note head ; that will solv (part of) 
>> the problem.
>> 
> What if you had a rest that looked like a slash? No transposition 
> issues, then. No input to MIDI if you have a midi block in your .ly 
> file, for that matter. Given the slash is already part of the Feta font, 
> I assume it should be possible - I'm just not sure how to do it! Can 
> someone explain how to do this, or why it's not possible?
> 
> Brett
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That sounds like a very good idea, I would think the developers can easily
inherit the rest "object" then just change its font character.  To make
something that behaves like a quarter rest in the music stream but looks
like a slash.  Good idea.


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