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Re: Ambitus with shape notes


From: Lukas-Fabian Moser
Subject: Re: Ambitus with shape notes
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:47:07 +0200

Hi Barry,

unfortunately I do not have a ready-made solution - while it's possible to change the ambitus note heads to a single specific sign by issuing (for example) \override AmbitusNoteHead.style = #'do in the \layout block, this is not a solution since it changes both ambitus note heads at the same time -, I just want to point out an inherent problem:
As far as I understand, \sacredHarpHeads and \aikenHeads depend on the key signature chosen (in much the same way that movable do syllables do). So, it's a bit dodgy to issue ambitus information using these signs since the key signature might change in the course of the piece. (Strictly speaking, the ambitus signs occur at a place before a key signature is issued - but this slight inconsistency applies to ambitus marks in general since they show note heads *left* to the first clef ever encountered by the singer.)

Best
Lukas


2017-08-11 10:02 GMT+02:00 Barry Parsons <address@hidden>:
Hi all,

As a newbie to this wonderful software I have a slightly odd request.

I set vocal music using shape notes (\sacredHarpHeads or \aikenHeads). I've recently discovered the ambitus function, which is really useful.

I wonder, is it possible to add the correct shaped noteheads to the ambitus at the start of a score, instead of ordinary round noteheads?

Thanks in advance,
Barry


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