Re: Preventing a cautionary accidental

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-09-17 2:38 pm, David Sumbler wrote:
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.19.82"
>
> \language "english"
>
> \score {
>   \new Staff \with { \accidentalStyle modern } {
>     \relative {
>       \time 9/8
>       e''8 fs gs a b c d e fs | g8 fs e d c b a g fs |
>       } } }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> In the above example, a cautionary natural is given to the penultimate
> note.  However, here it is not only unnecessary but is actually a
> little confusing.
>
> What is the simplest way of preventing the accidental from being
> printed?

You could change the accidental style temporarily:

%%%%
  e''8 fs gs a b c d e fs | g8 fs e d c b a \once \accidentalStyle 
forget g fs
%%%%

-- Aaron Hill