+@noindent
+to serve as a reminder that these parts are written in C.
+
+
+@seealso
+
+Notation reference: @ref{Quoting other voices}, @ref{Transpose}.
+
+Snippets: @lsrdir{pitch}
+
+
+@node Automatic accidentals
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Automatic accidentals
+@cindex Automatic accidentals
+
+Common rules for typesetting accidentals have been placed in a
+function. This function is called as follows
+
+@funindex set-accidental-style
+@example
+#(set-accidental-style 'STYLE)
+@end example
+
+@c TODO: check the context stuff below
+@c -does it *really* work?
+@c -the default contexts as specified in
+@c scm/music-function.scm seem to be different -vv
+
+Optionally, the function can take two arguments: the name of the
+accidental style, and an optional argument that denotes the context that
+should be changed:
+
+@example
+#(set-accidental-style 'STYLE #('CONTEXT#))
+@end example
+
+If no context name is supplied, @code{Staff} is the default,
+but you may wish to apply the accidental style to a single @code{Voice}
+instead.
+
+The following accidental styles are supported:
+
+@table @code
+@item default
+This is the default typesetting behavior. It corresponds
+to 18th century common practice: Accidentals are
+remembered to the end of the measure in which they occur and
+only on their own octave.
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right]
+musicA = { << \relative { cis'8 fis, d'4 <a cis>8 f bis4 | cis2. <c, g'>4 | } \\
+ \relative { ais'2 cis, | fis8 b a4 cis2 | } >> }
+
+musicB = { \clef bass \new Voice { \voiceTwo \relative { < fis, a cis>4
+ \change Staff = up cis' \change Staff = down <fis, a>
+ \change Staff = up dis' | \change Staff = down <fis, a cis>4 gis
+ <f a d>2 | } }}
+
+\score {
+ \new PianoStaff {
+ << \context Staff = "up" {
+ %#(set-accidental-style 'default)
+ \musicA }
+ \context Staff = "down"{
+ %#(set-accidental-style 'default)
+ \musicB } >> }
+ \header { piece = \markup {\fill-line { \fontsize #3 "'default" }}}
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@item voice
+The normal behavior is to remember the accidentals on
+Staff-level. This variable, however, typesets accidentals
+individually for each voice. Apart from that, the rule is similar to
+@code{default}.
+
+@example
+ \new Staff <<
+ #(set-accidental-style 'voice)
+ @{ @dots{} @}
+ >>
+@end example
+
+As a result, accidentals from one voice do not get canceled in other
+voices, which is often an unwanted result: in the following example, it
+is hard to determine whether the second @samp{a} should be played
+natural or sharp.
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right]
+musicA = { << \relative { cis'8 fis, d'4 <a cis>8 f bis4 | cis2. <c, g'>4 | } \\
+ \relative { ais'2 cis, | fis8 b a4 cis2 | } >> }
+
+musicB = { \clef bass \new Voice { \voiceTwo \relative { < fis, a cis>4
+ \change Staff = up cis' \change Staff = down <fis, a>
+ \change Staff = up dis' | \change Staff = down <fis, a cis>4 gis
+ <f a d>2 | } }}
+
+\score {
+ \new PianoStaff {
+ << \context Staff = "up" {
+ #(set-accidental-style 'voice)
+ \musicA }
+ \context Staff = "down"{
+ #(set-accidental-style 'voice)
+ \musicB } >> }
+ \header { piece = \markup {\fill-line { \fontsize #3 "'voice" }}}
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+The @code{voice} option should be used if the voices
+are to be read solely by individual musicians. If the staff is to be
+used by one musician (e.g., a conductor) then
+@code{modern} or @code{modern-cautionary}
+should be used instead.
+
+@item modern
+@funindex modern style accidentals
+This rule corresponds to the common practice in the 20th century. This rule
+prints the same accidentals as @code{default}, but temporary
+accidentals also are canceled in other octaves. Furthermore,
+in the same octave, they also get canceled in the following
+measure: in the following example, notice the two natural signs which appear
+in the second bar of the upper staff.
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right]
+musicA = { << \relative { cis'8 fis, d'4 <a cis>8 f bis4 | cis2. <c, g'>4 | } \\
+ \relative { ais'2 cis, | fis8 b a4 cis2 | } >> }
+
+musicB = { \clef bass \new Voice { \voiceTwo \relative { < fis, a cis>4
+ \change Staff = up cis' \change Staff = down <fis, a>
+ \change Staff = up dis' | \change Staff = down <fis, a cis>4 gis
+ <f a d>2 | } }}
+
+\score {
+ \new PianoStaff {
+ << \context Staff = "up" {
+ #(set-accidental-style 'modern)
+ \musicA }
+ \context Staff = "down"{
+ #(set-accidental-style 'modern)
+ \musicB } >> }
+ \header { piece = \markup {\fill-line { \fontsize #3 "'modern" }}}
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@item @code{modern-cautionary}
+@funindex modern-cautionary
+This rule is similar to @code{modern}, but the @q{extra} accidentals
+(the ones not typeset by @code{default}) are typeset as cautionary
+accidentals. They are printed in reduced size or (by default)
+with parentheses -- this can be set by definig the @code{cautionary-style}
+property of the @internalsref{AccidentalSuggestion} object.
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right]
+musicA = { << \relative { cis'8 fis, d'4 <a cis>8 f bis4 | cis2. <c, g'>4 | } \\
+ \relative { ais'2 cis, | fis8 b a4 cis2 | } >> }
+
+musicB = { \clef bass \new Voice { \voiceTwo \relative { < fis, a cis>4
+ \change Staff = up cis' \change Staff = down <fis, a>
+ \change Staff = up dis' | \change Staff = down <fis, a cis>4 gis
+ <f a d>2 | } }}
+
+\score {
+ \new PianoStaff {
+ << \context Staff = "up" {
+ #(set-accidental-style 'modern-cautionary)
+ \musicA }
+ \context Staff = "down"{
+ #(set-accidental-style 'modern-cautionary)
+ \musicB } >> }
+ \header { piece = \markup {\fill-line { \fontsize #3 "'modern-cautionary" }}}
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@funindex modern-voice
+@item modern-voice
+This rule is used for multivoice accidentals to be read both by musicians
+playing one voice and musicians playing all voices. Accidentals are
+typeset for each voice, but they @emph{are} canceled across voices in
+the same @internalsref{Staff}.
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right]
+musicA = { << \relative { cis'8 fis, d'4 <a cis>8 f bis4 | cis2. <c, g'>4 | } \\
+ \relative { ais'2 cis, | fis8 b a4 cis2 | } >> }
+
+musicB = { \clef bass \new Voice { \voiceTwo \relative { < fis, a cis>4
+ \change Staff = up cis' \change Staff = down <fis, a>
+ \change Staff = up dis' | \change Staff = down <fis, a cis>4 gis
+ <f a d>2 | } }}
+
+\score {
+ \new PianoStaff {
+ << \context Staff = "up" {
+ #(set-accidental-style 'modern-voice)
+ \musicA }
+ \context Staff = "down"{
+ #(set-accidental-style 'modern-voice)
+ \musicB } >> }
+ \header { piece = \markup {\fill-line { \fontsize #3 "'modern-voice" }}}
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@funindex modern-voice-cautionary
+@item modern-voice-cautionary
+This rule is the same as @code{modern-voice}, but with the extra
+accidentals (the ones not typeset by @code{voice}) typeset
+as cautionaries. Even though all accidentals typeset by
+@code{default} @emph{are} typeset by this variable,
+some of them are typeset as cautionaries.
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right]
+musicA = { << \relative { cis'8 fis, d'4 <a cis>8 f bis4 | cis2. <c, g'>4 | } \\
+ \relative { ais'2 cis, | fis8 b a4 cis2 | } >> }
+
+musicB = { \clef bass \new Voice { \voiceTwo \relative { < fis, a cis>4
+ \change Staff = up cis' \change Staff = down <fis, a>
+ \change Staff = up dis' | \change Staff = down <fis, a cis>4 gis
+ <f a d>2 | } }}
+
+\score {
+ \new PianoStaff {
+ << \context Staff = "up" {
+ #(set-accidental-style 'modern-voice-cautionary)
+ \musicA }
+ \context Staff = "down"{
+ #(set-accidental-style 'modern-voice-cautionary)
+ \musicB } >> }
+ \header { piece = \markup {\fill-line { \fontsize #3 "'modern-voice-cautionary" }}}
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@item piano
+@funindex piano accidentals
+This accidental style takes place in a GrandStaff context. However, you have to
+explicitly set it for @emph{each} individual Staff of the GrandStaff: