On Thu 22 Jan 2026 at 18:24:06 (-0500), Kieren MacMillan wrote: > On Thu 22 Jan 2026 at 23:21:43 (+0100), Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: > > There's also the smal issue that we take a ly:music? argument even though > > we actually only want one note. We don't have a good predicate for this. > > But: Isn't it safe to assume that the hint note will always be a 4 > > notehead? Then we might make the code more concise by accepting only a > > ly:pitch?. > > Great idea, if that assumption is indeed safe…
4-noteheads would satisfy me, but many LPers here like to reproduce more or less the precise appearance of scores. However, both VW scores reproduce the notelengths in the guide notes, the Elgar includes the stem (always Up) but not the dot (all happen to be black), the Britten reproduces the notehead colour, but with no stems, and simple 4-noteheads suffice for Howells and Finzi. A further complication is that the Finzi guide notes, which are placed near the last beat of the measure, involve chords because the voices divide (see attached). Cheers, David.
