Gregory Hollands <[email protected]> writes: >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:15 PM Valentin Petzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Gregory, >>> >>> That is indeed possible. The difference is just that \set is used to set >>> context properties during >>> music. Within the layout block you set context properties by simple >>> assignment, >>> so you’d do something like >>> >>> \layout { >>> \context { >>> \ChordNames >>> majorSevenSymbol = \markup\fontsize #-3 \override #'(thickness . 0.2) >>> \triangle ##f >>> } >>> } >>> >>> (you can also put \Score instead of \ChordNames, but it should not make a >>> difference, as ChordNames is the only context that uses this property). > > FYI it still needs \set in front, otherwise lilypond throws an error.
You probably forgot the \context block here. Please, please, please: whenever you make a statement about some code, _include_ the code you have actually been using and include the error message. -- David Kastrup
