On Sun, Dec 7, 2025, 5:44 PM Mike Kilmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. > > Making song charts. > > How does one hide notes _and_ their ties and slurs? > > When printing multiple verses with different rhythms eg: > > Happy birthday dear Brody > Happy birthday dear Meredith > > I usually create two voices and use /hideNotes like this: > > << > \new Voice = "verse" { > \voiceOne > r2 c8 c | c'4 a f | e d2 | % etc... > } > > \new Voice = "verse_two" { > \voiceTwo > \hideNotes > r2 c8 c | c'4 a f | e8 e d2 | % etc... > } > >> > > But any _slurs or _ties aren't hidden (by /hideNotes). (They get displayed > at top and bottom) > > Have experimented with: > > \override Tie.color = #white and \override Slur.color = #white > (with perhaps there being some Opacity override I haven't found > yet.) > > But I expect this is a solved problem I'm in need of some > schooling/direction on. >
Instead of putting the alternate rhythm in a Voice with hideNotes, pot the alternate rhythm in a NullVoice. Then it won't show, but you can still use it with \lyricsTo Hth, Carl
