Re: LilyPond suggestions

[Michael Welsh Duggan]

Michael Welsh Duggan <address@hidden> writes:

> It looks to me like drummode is undocumented.  You can use the listed
> example and the contents of .../ly/drumpitch-init.ly in order to
> figure out what is happening.  In particular, use the value of
> drumPitchNames in order to figure out the naming aliases, and the
> various "styles" (such as drums-style) at the bottom of the file in
> order to see how they are matched to head style, marking, and position.

I take this back.  This can be found in section 7.4.2 and section
7.4.3 of the manual: "Entering percussion", and "Percussion staves".

> Examples (based on a 5-line staff):
>
>   (bassdrum () #f -3)          -> Normal notehead, no marking, -3
>                                   offset from center
>
>   (halfopenhihat xcircle #f 3) -> Circled-cross notehead, no marking,
>                                   3 offset from center
>
>   (openhihat cross "open" 3)   -> Cross notehead, "open" marking, 
>                                   3 offset from center
>
>
> The position is mapped from the center of the staff.  On a 5-line
> staff, the positions are notated like this:
>
>        5
> -----  4
>        3
> -----  2
>        1
> -----  0
>       -1
> ----- -2
>       -3
> ----- -4
>       -5
>
>
> On a 2-line staff, they are notated like this:
>
>        2
> -----  1
>        0
> ----- -1
>       -2

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Michael Welsh Duggan
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