note tweaks for variations in small size

[Mark Johnson]

Greetings,

I am a new user of LilyPond.  I have been attempting to typeset
some vocal music that contains a few notes that have an alternate
pitch with a notehead that is smaller than the preferred pitch.

I found a similar question discussed in the archives back in July,
2004:

> I want to typeset a couple of transcribed songs[1], and many of them
> contain variations of short sequences of notes or even single notes.
> In the original manuscript, those are set in a smaller type.
> Sometimes the variation is put as another, smaller note-head on the
> same stem as the main note, and sometimes it has its own stem
> (dependent on how far the pitch is apart and if the value is the
> same).

Has any capability been added to LilyPond in the last one and a
half years to make showing alternate pitches easier?  This capability
seems like it would be quite useful because many choir pieces seem
to show alternate pitches using this method.

Mark Johnson