Accidentals
\accidental
Description
| Name | Variants | Type | Notation element |
|---|---|---|---|
| \accidental | \acc | R | sharp, flat, natural, cautionary accidental |
The \accidental tag may be used for more precise control over accidentals. It supports common tag parameters. Used without parameter, it forces the display of an accidental (flat, sharp or natural).
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Default value | Optional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style | string | "cautionary" to enforce a cautionary accidental "none" to prevent an accidental display |
none | true |
See the Accidentals example.
\alter
Description
| Name | Variants | Type | Notation element |
|---|---|---|---|
| \alter | RP | micro-tonal accidentals |
The \alter tag may be used for micro-tonal accidentals. It supports common tag parameters. It can be used with or without a range: in the latter, it takes effect until the next \alter tag; if a ranged alter is encountered in between, it is applied locally and the non-ranged alter continues to apply after that.
Note: the \alter tag has a cumulative effect: it is added to existing accidentals.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Default value | Optional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| detune | float | a signed floating point value representing semi-tones | 0 | false |
See the Accidentals example.