Hi Benjamin,
accidental-styles.chant-cautionary =
#`(#t
(Staff ,(make-accidental-rule 'same-octave 0))
(Staff ,(make-accidental-rule 'same-octave #t)))
Great to hear!
Now I am trying to figure out how to draw the first accidental within
a melisma at the beginning of the group of notes rather than
immediately before the note it modifies. I'd be interested if anyone
has any ideas where to start on that. I will consult the
documentation and see what I can come up with.
This is an interesting feature that should also be needed in some forms
of traditional Gregorian chant notation. (The Graduale Novum uses
but the chosen place is not simply "beginning of word".)
Maybe this could be done by constructing an engraver that i) keeps track
of possible accidental-start-positions (i.e. word beginnings in your
case), ii) watches out for accidentals and moves them back horizontally,
either a) by graphically X-offsetting them or b) by adding an accidental
to the first note of the word (with Y-offset).
Unfortunately, this is completely out of my depth, but I wouldn't be
surprised at all (yet quite impressed) if, for instance, Aaron or Harm
were able to come up with something like that.
Assuming, of course, that this is not already implemented by the
Gregorian folks?
Best
Lukas
