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#### 8.4.7 Improvisation

Improvisation is sometimes denoted with slashed note heads. Such note heads can be created by adding a Pitch_squash_engraver to the Staff or Voice context. Then, the following command

    \set squashedPosition = #0
    \override NoteHead #'style = #'slash

switches on the slashes.

There are shortcuts `\improvisationOn` (and an accompanying `\improvisationOff`) for this command sequence. They are used in the following example

>          \new Staff \with {
>            \consists Pitch_squash_engraver
>          } \transpose c c' {
>            e8 e g a a16(bes)(a8) g \improvisationOn
>            e8
>            ~e2~e8 f4 fis8
>            ~fis2 \improvisationOff a16(bes) a8 g e
>          }

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