Re: Use arbitrary notes (with stem/flag) as MMR stencil override

[Mark Knoop]

At 15:23 on 05 Feb 2019, Urs Liska wrote:
> I succeeded overriding a MultiMeasureRest's stencil with a custom markup
> to display arbitrary markups centered in a measure. So I know how to use
> the MMR's properties to determine a measure's center and place custom
> stencils appropriately.
>
> However, now I have to do the same but not with text but with arbitrary
> notes. Unfortunately there's no stencil for a "note", so I'm not sure if
> I can make this approach work.
>
> Would it be possible to manually combine (arbitrary) notehead, stem and
> flag to a custom stencil that I can then place inside the staff by
> overriding a MMR's stencil? Are there even tools to help me with that?

It seems overkill, but you could try getting the stencil from a \markup \score 
block stripped of unnecessary engravers.

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Mark Knoop