Re: How to apply \staccato to a single note in a chord?

[Urs Liska]

Am 02.12.2014 13:18, schrieb Urs Liska:
> Am 02.12.2014 13:16, schrieb Ian Mackinnon:
> > Thanks Urs and Peter, that's exactly what I was after!
> >
> > Urs Liska <ul <at> openlilylib.org> writes:
> >
> > > You have to know that what you describe just is no regular notation (I
> > > can't imagine differently articulated notes in a chord at all), so you
> > > have to expect a slightly irregular solution.
> > I've not seen it with other instruments, but it's quite a common
> > technique for the Kora (West African harp). It sounds a bit like
> > a very fast lower mordent.
>
> I didn't mean the playing technique is strange but the idea of such a 
> notation. I think the more ordinary approach would be to use two 
> voices and a very short duration followed by a pause.
> But if you manage to make your notation unambiguous it's probably more 
> efficient.

What about this:

\version "2.19.16"

{
  \once \override Script.extra-offset = #'(-1.3 . -3)
  <bes' \staccato c''>
}

?

This places the dot on the "wrong" side of the notehead.

Urs

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