Re: Shouldn't articulation 'stick' to note-heads?

[Mats Bengtsson]

James E. Bailey wrote:
> Am 17.07.2008 um 07:10 schrieb George_:
>
> > hi guys
> >
> > I was wondering if there were a way to make articulation 'stick' to a
> > notehead, no matter where it is? I use 2.11.49 on XP, and I have a 
> > two-part
> > melody, the lower voice is to be played staccato, like so:
> >
> > http://www.nabble.com/file/p18501666/1.jpg
> >
> > Except in the lily output, the staccato dots are (as shown) on the 
> > stem side
> > of the note-head. Is there a way to make these articulations go over the
> > notes? Or is this just a bug?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > George
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>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Articulations#Articulations 
>
> shows how to force above or below notehead articulations. As far as I 
> know, that section hasn't been rewritten yet for the 2.11 docs.
See also 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Direction-and-placement#Direction-and-placement 

which shows that you can do a single setting
\override Script #'direction = #UP
to force all the following articulations to stay above the note heads.

  /Mats