Re: Overriding NoteHead stencil in a chord produces unwanted X offset

[Mike Solomon]

Good question!
I am trying to write clarinet multiphonics.  Traditionally (and by
traditionally I mean in the past 10 years wherever I see it), the middle
note of a clarinet multiphonic is written as a quarter note regardless of
the multiphonic's duration.  This is to signify that it may or may not
appear depending on the dynamic.  The best example I can drum up is E
Michael Richard's site on multiphonics:

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~emrich/chapter6-5.html

Although most scores that use notation like this are hand-written, you'll
see that generally the composer endeavors to center-align the filled-in
notehead.

I erroneously said "flush" when I meant centered - you're absolutely right.

Although I could keep the stem, this emerging notational convention seems to
always dispense with the stem, so I'd like to as well.

The minimal example I provided is more or less a full-measure multiphonic.
In the score I'm writing, this chord is accompanied by an eps markup w/ a
fingering chart, but other than that what I've put below constitutes a
measure of the actual score.

THANK YOU very much for your help!
~Mike

On 7/4/09 12:25 PM, "Mark Polesky" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> Mike Solomon wrote:
>> \relative  c' {
>>   <<
>>      { <c g''>1 }
>>      { \override Stem #'transparent = ##t c'4 }
>>>> 
>> }
>> 
>> You'll see that the middle notehead of the above-chord is too far
>> to the right....
>> Is there anything you'd recommend that'll get this quarter note
>> flush with the whole notes?
> 
> I'll help you, but I need to understand better what you want.
> 
> 1) Why do you want the quarter-note stem removed?
> 2) The quarter-note is already "flush" with (the right side of) the
>    whole notes in the last example. Do you want it centered? Why?
> 
> The reason I'm asking these questions is because I need to make
> sure you're not casually violating standard engraving without good
> reason. I don't mean to be annoying! It may also help if you post
> a full measure so I can see the musical context.
> 
> Thanks.
> - Mark
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