Re: How to apply \staccato to a single note in a chord?

[Urs Liska]

Am 02.12.2014 12:52, schrieb Ian Mackinnon:
> I'm trying to represent a harp technique where two
> adjacent notes are struck at the same time and the
> lower of the two is immediately dampened.
>
> I tried to create a chord with only the first (lower)
> note marked as staccato, but the output showed
> the staccato dot over the second, higher note
> (indicating, I assume, that both should be played
> staccato):
>
> <bes \staccato c>  % dot shows over c.
>
> Is there any way to show a staccato dot just over
> the B flat while still having the C share the
> same stem?

Is the attached output what you want?
It was achieved by writing

\once \override Script.X-offset = -0.5

You have to know that what you describe just is no regular notation (I 
can't imagine differently articulated notes in a chord at all), so you 
have to expect a slightly irregular solution.

overridinng Y-offset too you can also shift the dot vertically.
Alternatively you can experiment with

\once \override Script.extra-offset = #'(-1.2 . -0.2)

But please note that all of these tweaks are quite specific and won't 
necessarily behave well when the layout changes (e.g. beaming direction).

HTH
Urs

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