This is a whole other issue: that of placement. Yes, the way I use them is
within the staff, and this raises issues when dealing with chord. For one,
I align the accidentals vertically according to two rules:

1) the side with more factors is centered on the note, or (if they have the
same number)
2) the side with the higher prime factor is centered on the note

The accidental for the tonic is a special case, as it is vertically
symmetrical.

So, for example, the accidental for 6/5 (with the prime factors 3 and 5
respectively) would be aligned with the symbol for 5 next to the note, and
extend upwards. But the sign for 9/5 (3*3 / 5), since it has two signs on
top, would center those on the note, and extend downwards. I'm attaching a
photo from one of my scores to show what they look like in a chord (sorry
for the quality; also note it's a hand-drawn score). In the middle of the
image near the top you see a chord with circular noteheads. The ratios for
the notes in that chord are, from top down, 4/3, 1/1, 8/5, 7/6, 16/9, and
4/3. Note that 7/6 and 4/3 both have the horizontal line at the bottom
aligned to the same note; you have to notice the curved sign at the top of
the former to know that it's supposed to be anchored to the D above.
Accidentals are arranged with the sign for the top note closest to the
chord, then moving outwards from there.

Hope this clarifies a bit what I'm talking about.

Cheers,

A

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> wrote:

>
>
> Am 12. Dezember 2015 16:38:13 MEZ, schrieb "N. Andrew Walsh" <
> n.andrew.wa...@gmail.com>:
> >Hi Paul,
> >
>
> ...
>
> >
> >The system works like this:
> >
> >1) each accidental has a long thin vertical line: approximately 1
> >staff-height,
>
> This triggers a question: *where* do you want the accidental to be
> printed, at the usual accidental position or above the staff? And: does it
> work properly with non-monophonic music?
>
> > though maybe slightly less or more depending on:
>
> Urs
>
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