Re: Some drum notation questions

[James]

Hello,

On 4 January 2012 18:32, Vaylor Trucks <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have been using lilypond for years for my own projects and have recently
> introduced it to a friend of mine.  He is a drum instructor and has been 
> reading
> drum notation for many years.  He's pointed out some things that are
> non-standard about the way lilypond handles some drum notation tasks.  Most of
> these I have been able to correct using a #(define block.  There are, however,
> some things I have not yet been able to crack.
>
> First, for hi-hat, the notation for open and closed are correct, but for the
> half-open he would like to appear exactly like the open hi-hat notation, 
> except
> the "o" above the stem of the note needs to have a single slash through it.
>
> Also, the note head for a China cymbal he notes by having a standard cross 
> note
> head, but with a box around it.
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction for making these changes?

I have no experience of doing this but you might want to start here

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/modifying-stencils

The percussion notes are all here:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/percussion-notes



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James