Johan,
Did you look at the Walker shape-notes? See
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/note-heads#shape-note-heads.
You can always create the triangles using the \path or \postscript markup
command to create the stencil and then assign them in a NoteHead override.
See http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/graphic for more
details.
And lastly, here are some helpful snippets that seem related to your task:
http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=617 (associating drum notes with custom
notehead stencils)
http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=516 (using postscript to create notehead
stencil)
http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=754 (assigning notehead stencil based on
pitch)
http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=891 (using make-connected-path-stencil
to make custom shapes)
Best,
Abraham
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:15 PM, johan buelens [via Lilypond] <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> allow me to introduce myself: i’m a newbie to the third power, namely to
> this list, to lilypond, and to taiko drumming.
>
> (so bear with me … )
>
> the japanese art of drumming has always been an oral tradition, nothing
> was ever written down — not the techniques, nor the music. but westerners
> tend to favor written music, so many taiko teachers outside of japan
> invented their own notation.
>
> my teachers’s notation, however, looks to me rather like a rube goldberg
> solution looking for a problem …
>
> so i turned to lilypond and at first glance, the tambourine notation
> looked the part. however, kumi-daiko is highly stylised, and it is very
> important to strike the drum with the left or right hand at certain times.
> the notation i found in other persussion styles consists in adding the
> letters "R" or "L" above each note, but this gets confusing in fast
> passages. (and it is not very universal, as french speaking people for
> instance would certainly only understand "D" or "G" …)
>
> i looked at different notations, for instance adding ">" or "<" above the
> notes to depict the right or left hand, but this also gets busy, and
> conflicts with other uses of these signs.
>
> so i thought about pointing the heads of the notes to the left or the
> right, which seems quite intuitive. (remember that this notation is
> intended to be used by many people who have never seen, let understood, a
> music score. so the simpler, the better.)
>
> if the note heads or the note stems should remain aligned over the
> staves, i don’t know yet, although i’m inclined to the latter method.
>
> i looked at the feta font, but found no left pointing note heads.
>
> i tried stencils, but didn’t succeed (remember i’m an absolute beginner).
>
> any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> (and if i didn’t express myself clearly enough, i’ll post some photoshoped
> examples to illustrate my point.)
>
> best regards,
>
> johan buelens
> duizendbladlaan 24
> 3090 overijse
>
>
> http://www.johanbuelens.net
> +32 (0)475 785 426
>
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