On Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 3:12 PM Stephan Schöll <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all > > Some time ago, I started colouring the tonic and dominant notes in my > choir scores. I realised that this helps singers who do not have advanced > music reading skills enormously. In pop arrangements in particular, > individual voices often revolve around a ‘key note’, e.g. tenor or alto > around the dominant (similar to a horn part in an orchestra ;-) ). The > colours serve as an visual anchor so it's easy/ier to find their "way home". > Two possibilities: 1. Why not look into shape notes? That's a known solution for idicating sacle degree. It uses shape instead of color, so you can even use black and white printing. And it's built into LilyPond. 2. Look in the documentation at the easy note heads. They show you how to get the scale degree. And once you get the degree, you can change the color instead of the note head. HTH, Carl
