Re: Using tiny inside a chord

[David Kastrup]

Alberto Simões <address@hidden> writes:

> hello
>
> I discussed this some time ago, I think...
>
> why doesn't this work?
>
>    <a \tiny c \tiny e a >
>
> but it works if I apply tiny to the whole chord?

\tiny is not "applied" to anything but sets the context property
fontSize.  I find that a bit peculiar, but you can instead use

<a \tweak font-size #-2 c \tweak font-size #-2 e a>

or define

miny = \tweak font-size #-2 \etc

and <a \miny c \miny e a >


-- 
David Kastrup