Changing notehead sizes within chords

[David B. Stocker]

Hello group,

Is there a way to apply a NoteHead font-size once to a single music _expression_ and then combine it with one or more other music expressions to get different notehead sizes on a single set of stems (i.e., one Voice context)?

This is a common notation for pop music where there is typically one lead vocal part with one or more harmony voices which are mixed lower.

Please see my tiny example below.

Thanks,

David

%%% Tiny Example %%%

\version "2.18.2"

%% Lead voice with backing harmony voices

leadVoice = \relative c'' { c4( d e2 ) }

bkgdVoiceI = \relative c'' { g4( b c2 ) }

bkgdVoiceII = \relative c'' { e4( f g2 ) }

%% Desired output

\new Voice \relative c'' {

<\tweak font-size #-3 g c \tweak font-size #-3 e >4(

<\tweak font-size #-3 b d \tweak font-size #-3 f >

<\tweak font-size #-3 c e \tweak font-size #-3 g >2 )

}

%% Actual output

\new Voice <<

\override NoteHead.font-size = #-3 {

\bkgdVoiceII

}

\leadVoice

\override NoteHead.font-size = -3 {

\bkgdVoiceI

}

>>