Thank you Kieren,

I was searching this one too.

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\relative c {
  \clef bass
  \key      bes \major
\tweak duration-log 1 f8  < bes d> q q
\tweak duration-log 1 f8  < bes d> q q
}
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[Scherm­afbeelding 2025-12-04 om 18.47.14.png]
Regards, Eef


Van: [email protected] 
<[email protected]> namens Kieren MacMillan 
<[email protected]>
Datum: donderdag, 4 december 2025 om 18:21
Aan: Benjamin Tordoff <[email protected]>
CC: Lilypond-User Mailing List <[email protected]>
Onderwerp: Re: Minim notehead for quaver

Hi Ben,

> I'm type-setting an old 19th century piano part that includes phrases such as 
> the attached image, where the first note of a set of four quavers is drawn 
> using a minim notepad (presumably indicating that the key should be held 
> whilst playing the other notes). My first thought was that this should be 
> possible in lilypond by just overriding the notehead shape but after more 
> than an hour trawling through the manual and snippet repositories I couldn't 
> work out how. Maybe I'm just using the wrong search terms? Advice greatly 
> appreciated!

{ \tweak duration-log 1 a'16 16 16 16 }

Hope that helps!
Kieren.

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