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Chapter 4: Tweaking output 82<br />
presenting examples of how it is used. Here is a simple example to change the color of the note<br />
head:<br />
c d<br />
\override NoteHead #'color = #red<br />
e f g<br />
\override NoteHead #'color = #green<br />
a b c<br />
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\revert command<br />
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Once overridden, the property retains its new value until it is overridden again or a \revert<br />
command is encountered. The \revert command has the following syntax and causes the value<br />
of the property to revert to its original default value; note, not its previous value if several<br />
\override commands have been issued.<br />
\revert Context.LayoutObject #'layout-property<br />
Again, just like Context in the \override command, Context is often not needed. It will<br />
be omitted in many of the following examples. Here we revert the color of the note head to the<br />
default value for the final two notes:<br />
c d<br />
\override NoteHead #'color = #red<br />
e f g<br />
\override NoteHead #'color = #green<br />
a<br />
\revert NoteHead #'color<br />
b c<br />
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\once prefix<br />
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Both the \override and the \set commands may be prefixed by \once. This causes the<br />
following \override or \set command to be effective only during the current musical moment<br />
before the property reverts back to its default value. Using the same example, we can change<br />
the color of a single note like this:<br />
c d<br />
\once \override NoteHead #'color = #red<br />
e f g<br />
\once \override NoteHead #'color = #green<br />
a b c<br />
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\overrideProperty command<br />
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