Re: cannot shift position of voice in polyphony; problem with harmonic

[David Kastrup]

Tom Cloyd <address@hidden> writes:

>> On 05/18/2013 09:17 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
>>> Tom Cloyd <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> [3] I have requested that the be high "b" display as a natural
>>>> harmonic, which it does. But the other voices are also display
>>>> harmonic noteheads, which makes no sense and is also simply wrong. I
>>>> don't see an error in my source. The " \once \override Staff.NoteHead
>>>> #'style = #'harmonic-mixed" should only affect the voice it's in.

>>> Why then override Staff.NoteHead rather than Voice.NoteHead?
>
> Thanks you, David.
>
> To answer your question - because my ignorance of Lilypond is vast,
> and I've been away from ly for a long time. It shows.

I'm afraid that isn't all.  After all, you explicitly specify "Staff"
rather than "Voice".  Why would you do that without realizing it?  And
the only answer that makes much sense is that the whole phrase is
carefully rehearsed gobbledygook without inherent meaning to you.  We
need a Ben Yehuda...  Though there _is_ some work being done regarding
simplifying the language.

-- 
David Kastrup