Re: mute percussion notation

[Colin Campbell]

On 16-03-21 12:50 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
> Bernard <address@hidden> writes:
>
> For me cgh  in deep link
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/ff/lily-6bb651bc.ly
> [image of music]
>
> And cghm in in deep link
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/80/lily-6aae8ef4.ly
>
> [image of music]
> Both found in
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/percussion-notes
> For me they look equal.
David wrote:
> Harm was _explicitly_ talking about congas-style, namely
> <URL:http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/9f/lily-90919e1b.png>,
> in section
> <URL:http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-percussion#percussion-staves>.

It seems that the Percussion Notes table A.15 in the NR has some 
problems, in that the conga notes aren't visibly different. This snippet 
works for me:
*****************
\version "2.19.37"

\new DrumStaff  \with {
  drumStyleTable  = #congas-style
}
 <<
  \drummode {
     cghm4 cghm1 % muted
    \bar "||"
      cgh4 cgh1 % open
    }
 >>
**************************
which suggests the solution for Bernard will simply involve setting the 
drumStyleTable. The more general concern would probably require 
review/fixing of the table, and possibly some change to the examples in 
NR 2.5.1 Percussion Staves, to show or clarify the use of drumStyleTable 
for the simple case (it already shows creating custom staves). I have no 
knowledge of that part of LilyPond, so I'll await guidance on creating 
an issue for a doc change.

Cheers,
Colin


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