Re: Forced double accidental

[Thomas Morley]

2012/12/13 Arle Lommel <address@hidden>:
> One more question:
>
> I need a way to force a note to show a cancellation natural (from a double
> sharp) followed by a sharp sign. Lilypond doesn't want to do this in my case
> with any of the accidental styles I've tried because the note is in a
> different octave from the original double sharp. So far I can, of course,
> get it to display the sharp sign, but I can't seem to figure out how to get
> the cancellation natural to show up as well.
>
> Here is the snippet in question with the note where I need the cancellation
> natural plus the sharp bolded:
>
> \stemUp dis32[ disis32 eis32 fis32] fisis32[ gis32 gisis32 ais32] e'!32[
> dis#32 cis32 ais32] [fisis32 dis32 cis32 ais32]

Well, your example doesn't compile, if I make it complie the described
behaviour isn't shown and a warning about the misplaced "[" is
printed.

Anyway, perhaps you could try:

\version "2.16.1"
{
        disis''
        \once\override Accidental #'restore-first = ##t
        dis'
}

> Essentially, I want the behavior of modern, except for this part:
>
> It omits some extra natural signs, which were traditionally prefixed to a
> sharp following a double sharp, or a flat following a double flat.
>
>
> I want the "extra" natural signs that default would provide, except I need
> them in other octaves, not just the same octave where they cancel. It
> doesn't seem there is a style for this.
>
> Best,
>
> -Arle

-Harm