Re: dotted semicircle indicating harmonics

[Simon Albrecht]

Hi Sylvius,

this is most certainly not the answer you’re looking for, but may still 
be the best way to go: don’t replicate the exact notation at all. There 
are other ways to indicate harmonics, and this one is quite unusual (= 
likely to cause unnecessary distraction) and really not idiomatic for 
computer typesetting. See 
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-unfretted-strings#harmonics> 
for alternatives.

Best, Simon


On 06.07.2018 14:18, sylvius wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I’m trying to draw a dotted semicircle above and below a note head to 
> indicate harmonics (as shown in the picture).
>
>
> This is what I’ve achieved so far with LilyPond but it’s far from 
> perfect. (I didn’t manage to typeset a dotted semicircle. There still 
> are some collisions…)
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.21.0"
>
> semicircle = \markup {
>   \postscript #"2 0 moveto 1 0 1  0
>                 180 arc 0.2 setlinewidth  stroke"
> }
> semicircleDown = \markup {
>   \postscript #"2 0 moveto 1 0 1  0
>                 180 arc 0.2 setlinewidth  stroke"
> }
>
> semicircleUp = \markup {
>   \postscript #"0 0 moveto 1 0 -1  0
>                 180 arc 0.2 setlinewidth  stroke"
> }
> music = {
>   \key g \major
>   \time 6/8
>
>   <fis'_3 d''^2>4 r8
>   %\once \override Script.script-priority = #-100
>   <d'_3>4^\semicircleDown _\markup { %\rotate #180 %\halign #1 \semicircle
>     \semicircleUp}
>     ^"harm:" r8
> }
>
> \score {
>   \music
> }
>
> %%%%
>
> Any hint is greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks
> Sylvius
>
>
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