On Thu, 7 May 2026 at 09:20, Michael Scheer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Lilypond users, > > a bit tough to explain. Some players - and I've seen many scores using > this as well - seem to expect the following: > > - Say we're in C major. > - Now there's a g sharp, indicated with the accidental # > - Also there's a slur here, crossing bar line. > - In the next bar, still within the slur now a g should be played. > It is not necessary to prefix it with a natural sign, because we're > in the next measure, but some have a preference for it. (For me it's > rather confusing). > > I have attached a screenshot. So as for the second marked note, some > players expect a natural sign before it. > > Is there some kind of flag in Lilypond, which leads to that behaviour?
Hello, \accidentalStyle modern See NR Displaying pitches > Automatic accidentals https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.26/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches.html#automatic-accidentals \relative c'' { \key c \major \time 2/4 \accidentalStyle modern cis8-. a16( gis a4~ | a16 b a g) f8 a | } Kind regards, Xavier
