Re: I'm having problem coloring notes

[Graham Percival]

On 9-May-06, at 10:40 AM, Xiaoyu Ding wrote:

> But when I try to color a note using:
>     <bes
>     \override NoteHead #'color = #blue
>     g
>     \override NoteHead #'color = #black>4 |
>
> I got an error:
>     error: syntax error, unexpected \override, expecting DRUM_PITCH or
> NOTENAME_PITCH or '>'
>
> Is this because that I'm trying to color a note within a chord?  Is 
> that
> allowed?  If not, is there a way to color (or change the look of) one 
> note
> within a chord/phrase, etc.?

Notes within a chord must be colored with \tweak; see "Objects 
connected to the input" in "changing defaults".  I'll add a warning to 
the doc page on colors.

Cheers,
- Graham