Re: \longa and \maxima

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 06.06.2018 um 11:47 schrieb Michael Gerdau:
>>> do we have something for the notehead in the attached image?
>>>
>>> I need to print a note lasting four 4/4 measures.
>>>
>>> {
>>>     c'' \longa
>>> }
>> [snip]
>>
>> Does adding
>> \override Staff.NoteHead.style = #'baroque
>> do what you are looking for?
>
> unfortunately not. It will change the notehead style (which I'll keep
> for this example), but it won't give me a \maxima (i.e. the notehead
> with stems on both sides.
>
> This is arguably wrong musically, but I was asked to render the sample
> just like in the old print.

There are differences, cf

{
  \override NoteHead.style = #'baroque
  \time 8/1
  c'\maxima \longa \breve 1 1
}

The differences are more pronounced in style #'mensural but then
everything looks a whole lot different.

-- 
David Kastrup