Re: looking for script to color noteheads on handbell music

[René Brandenburger]

hi,

have a look at 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Pitches#Coloring-notes-depending-on-their-pitch

this worked perfectly for me (lilypond 2.12.2)

regards

rene brandenburger

Am Freitag, den 11.09.2009, 18:17 +0000 schrieb Stephen Corey:
> Hello lilypond gurus,
> 
> It looks like I'm going to be starting a handbell choir with a number of 
> people of varying skills.  At times in the past I would create an .ly 
> file for 1 or 2 people who had difficulty and manually color the 
> noteheads for their bells.  Now with all new people, I'd like to see if 
> anyone has developed a script or method to color specific noteheads on 
> the fly. 
> 
> I can see this going two ways: either one score with various ranges in 
> different colors, or a sequence of score printouts, with each section 
> appropriately colored while the remainder is black.  I'd prefer the 
> latter but any help is appreciated.  Since I notate music in \relative 
> pitch, any script would have to be aware of the octave/pitch used and not 
> simply tied to a letter name.  Frankly, I don't even know if this is 
> possible in lilypond, much less where to start.  But this software 
> continues to surprise me after almost 5 years of continuous weekly use.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help, tips, or pointers to existing 
> documentation.
> 
> Stephen Corey
> Roseville, California
> 
> 
> 
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