8.4.5 Special noteheads

Different noteheads are used by various instruments for various meanings – crosses are used for “parlato” with vocalists, stopped notes on guitar; diamonds are used for harmonics on string instruments, etc. There is a shorthand (\harmonic) for diamond shapes; the other notehead styles are produced by tweaking the property

     
     c4 d
     \override NoteHead #'style = #'cross
     e f
     \revert NoteHead #'style
     e d <c f\harmonic> <d a'\harmonic>

To see all notehead styles, please see input/regression/note-head-style.ly.

See also

Program reference: NoteHead.