Indicating harmonics and dampened notes

Special note heads can be used to indicate dampened notes or harmonics. Harmonics are normally further explained with a text markup.

     
     \relative c' {
       \clef "treble_8"
       \override Staff.NoteHead #'style = #'cross
       g8 a b c b4
       \override Staff.NoteHead #'style = #'harmonic-mixed
       d^\markup { \italic { \fontsize #-2 { "harm. 12" }}} <g b>1
     }

See also

Snippets: Fretted strings.

Notation Reference: Special note heads, Note head styles.

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