Thanks David, >> %%% >> \version "2.19.57" >> >> { <\single \hideNotes b' f'> } >> %%% >> >> As expected the b is not displayed. But why does the stem of f vanish >> (completely) as well? >> Is that intended (why?) or is that a bug? >> And if it's intended how do I get the f's stem back? > > The Stem usually has the first notehead as its parent, and \hideNotes is > defined as [snipped]
Ok, that clarifies it. > So you could use > > { <f' \single \hideNotes b'> } I want the b first because I want the reference point of the chord being the b as I'm appending a markup to it that is vertically aligned to another markup that's appended to another note (b' in this case but it could be anything else) > instead (to break the relation between Stem and b') or just use > > { <\hide b' f'> } That gives me the stem back but it's length is as if the b' were there as well (i.e. it is too long). I could write { \once \override Stem.length = #5.5 <\hide b' f'> } but that would require me manually determinating the proper length wherever I'm using this construct. Is there an automatic way? Kind regards, Michael -- Michael Gerdau email: m...@qata.de GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user