Re: Glissando from note A to note B, traversing multiple stems with hidden noteheads

[Mats Bengtsson]

The easiest is to use separate voices for the glissando notes and the 
headless notes inbetween:
\version "2.10.0"
headless = {
   \once \override Staff . NoteHead #'transparent = ##t
}

\new Staff \relative c'' <<
   {c4\glissando s2 f,4 }
   \new Voice { s4 \headless b \headless a }
>>

Note also that it was overkill to use a music function to define 
\headless, see my solution above.

   /Mats

Mike Solomon wrote:
> Hey lilypond users,
>     I am trying to write a glissando from note A to note B while traversing
> several headless stems and, so far, have only come up with the following
> solution: 
>
> headless = #(define-music-function (parser location) ()
> #{
>     \once \override Staff . NoteHead #'transparent = ##t
> #})
>
> \relative c'' {
>     c4\glissando \headless b\glissando \headless a\glissando f
> }
>
> In this example, the glissandos are disconnected where the transparent
> noteheads begin and end.  This is in addition to the larger problem that the
> glissando from the headless a to the f has a different slope than the
> others, and ideally, I'd like one smooth line from c to f.  I've
> experimented with a variety of kludges including raising/lowering noteheads
> to interpolate linearly between note A and note B, but this still does not
> solve the problem of disjoint glissando lines at the transparent noteheads.
> It seems like a simple solution would be allowing for a glissando to connect
> to a non-subsequent note, so in the above example, having the glissando
> connect from the c to the f and budging the stems of b and a accordingly to
> connect with the gliss.  However, I don't know how to do this.  Your help
> would be greatly appreciated!
>
> ~Mike
>
>
>
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