Re: a basic question

[Simon Albrecht]

Hello Paul,

I do suggest using the solution Marc provided, it’s so much easier. But for the sake of completeness:

Am 27.08.2015 um 09:44 schrieb B~M:

Sorry to ask this silly little question. I am writing out SATB harmonies for a music exam 

and Ive decided to colour the bass in blue, just to make it a little more distinct. 

Id like everything about the bass line/voice to be blue, to this end I use 

 \override NoteHead.color = #blue

 \override Stem.color = #blue

 \override Accidental.color = #blue

 \override Rest.color = #blue

 \override TextScript.color = #blue

However Ive missed some stuff. If I extend the time duration of a note with a dot, the dot comes out 

as black.

\override Dots.color

Also, if I annotate the note with say a tenuto a-- or an accent a-^  that stuff comes out black also.

\override Script.color

I assume I can change the colour of such stuff but I do not know what its called. 

There must be a \override Something.color = #blue for the annotations Ive mentioned and the dot duration 

extension ?

The solution posted by Mark will not work on anything which lives at Score level, e.g. ledger lines and bar lines.
See attached for two different approaches on this, depending on whether you have another voice in the same staff.
By the way, the music functions in this particular state require v2.19.24 at least; if you’re on an earlier version, rewrite
"#(define-music-function (color) (color?)"
into:
"#(define-music-function (parser location color) (color?)"
or similarly, depending on the arguments.
If you have further problems or want some background reading in the manuals, but can’t find it, don’t hesitate to come back :-)

HTH, Simon

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