Mensural note heads

For ancient notation, a note head style other than the default style may be chosen. This is accomplished by setting the style property of the NoteHead object to baroque, neomensural, mensural or petrucci.

The baroque style differs from the default style by:

• Providing a maxima notehead, and
• Using a square shape for \breve note heads.

The neomensural, mensural, and petrucci styles differ from the baroque style by:

• Using rhomboidal heads for semibreves and all smaller durations, and
• Centering the stems on the note heads.

The following example demonstrates the petrucci style:

     
     \set Score.skipBars = ##t
     \autoBeamOff
     \override NoteHead #'style = #'petrucci
     a'\maxima a'\longa a'\breve a'1 a'2 a'4 a'8 a'16 a'
     

See also

Note head styles gives an overview of all available note head styles.

Autres langues : español.