hi, have a look at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Pitches#Coloring-notes-depending-on-their-pitch
this worked perfectly for me (lilypond 2.12.2) regards rene brandenburger Am Freitag, den 11.09.2009, 18:17 +0000 schrieb Stephen Corey: > Hello lilypond gurus, > > It looks like I'm going to be starting a handbell choir with a number of > people of varying skills. At times in the past I would create an .ly > file for 1 or 2 people who had difficulty and manually color the > noteheads for their bells. Now with all new people, I'd like to see if > anyone has developed a script or method to color specific noteheads on > the fly. > > I can see this going two ways: either one score with various ranges in > different colors, or a sequence of score printouts, with each section > appropriately colored while the remainder is black. I'd prefer the > latter but any help is appreciated. Since I notate music in \relative > pitch, any script would have to be aware of the octave/pitch used and not > simply tied to a letter name. Frankly, I don't even know if this is > possible in lilypond, much less where to start. But this software > continues to surprise me after almost 5 years of continuous weekly use. > > Thanks in advance for any help, tips, or pointers to existing > documentation. > > Stephen Corey > Roseville, California > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user