Lukas, This solution sounds ideal. I would prefer to add the articulations directly to the music and just filter them out when necessary.
-Greg On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 3:13 PM Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi Gregory, > > > > > My goal is to be able to turn articulations on and off easily, > > especially for different versions of the same score. > > > > Questions > > 1. Is this the best way to separate articulations from the melody? > > 2. Is there a better way to turn articulations on and off? > > 3. How do I avoid collisions between the articulations and the note > stems? > > I think I'd just add the articulations directly to the music and filter > them out at a later stage. It's not hard to write a scheme function > that, for example, removes articulations of given types (here > downbow/upbow), and there were similar examples recently on this list. > (A recent change I made to LilyPond itself made that still easier, but > these will only be available publicly when 2.23.6 is released.) > > Before I give an example: Would this method be acceptable for you? > > Lukas > >