From d6d03af3812fa82e84abd2b57c42f254bda735ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Hohl <marc@hohlart.de>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:41:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Issue 1046: Documenting \deadNote|\deadNotesOn|\deadNotesOff

---
 Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely | 25 ++++++++++++++++++--
 Documentation/notation/pitches.itely         |  7 +++++-
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely b/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely
index 0ef0d10725..a39a809ba2 100644
--- a/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely
@@ -1470,13 +1470,34 @@ text markup.
 @lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
 \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
 }
 @end lilypond
 
+Dampened notes (also called @notation{dead notes}) are supported
+within normal and tablature staves:
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
+music = \relative c' {
+  < a\3 \deadNote c\2 a'\1 >4
+  < b\3 \deadNote d\2 b'\1 >4
+  < c\3 \deadNote e\2 c'\1 >8
+  \deadNotesOn
+  \times 2/3 { g16\3 b\2 e\1 }
+  \deadNotesOff
+  < a,\3 c\2 e\1 >4
+}
+\new StaffGroup <<
+  \new Staff {
+    \clef "treble_8"
+    \music
+  }
+  \new TabStaff {
+    \music
+  }
+>>
+@end lilypond
 
 @seealso
 Snippets:
diff --git a/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely b/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely
index 8bb544a431..31af761a7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely
@@ -2574,6 +2574,10 @@ c4 b
 c b < g \xNote c f > b
 @end lilypond
 
+As synonyms for @code{\xNote}, @code{\xNotesOn} and @code{\xNotesOff},
+@code{\deadNote}, @code{\deadNotesOn} and @code{\deadNotesOff} can
+be used.  The term @notation{dead note} is commonly used by guitarists.
+
 There is also a shorthand for diamond shapes which can be used
 only inside chords:
 
@@ -2594,7 +2598,8 @@ Snippets:
 
 Notation Reference:
 @ref{Note head styles},
-@ref{Chorded notes}.
+@ref{Chorded notes},
+@ref{Indicating harmonics and dampened notes}.
 
 Internals Reference:
 @rinternals{note-event},
-- 
2.39.2