From 5303e539423e9818d56f3484801c517a6901b4d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert <michael.asato.cuthbert@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:27:33 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] done playing nice w/ pylint.

---
 music21/chord/__init__.py | 14 +++++---------
 music21/derivation.py     |  4 +---
 music21/note.py           |  6 ++----
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/music21/chord/__init__.py b/music21/chord/__init__.py
index 4ae6d64a9..37f7ad410 100644
--- a/music21/chord/__init__.py
+++ b/music21/chord/__init__.py
@@ -3684,7 +3684,7 @@ def removeRedundantPitches(self, *, inPlace=False):
         note name in two different octaves is retained.
 
         If `inPlace` is True, a copy is not made and a list of deleted pitches is returned;
-        otherwise a copy is made and that copy is returned.
+        otherwise make and return a copy.
 
         >>> c1 = chord.Chord(['c2', 'e3', 'g4', 'e3'])
         >>> c1
@@ -4194,14 +4194,10 @@ def setColor(self, value, pitchTarget=None):
         '''
         # assign to base
         if pitchTarget is None and self._notes:
-            chord_style = self.style
-            if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
-                assert isintance(chord_style, Style)
-            chord_style.color = value
+            # Pylint going crazy here
+            self.style.color = value  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
             for n in self._notes:
-                n_style = n.style
-                n_style.color = value
-
+                n.style.color = value  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
             return
         elif isinstance(pitchTarget, str):
             pitchTarget = pitch.Pitch(pitchTarget)
@@ -4351,7 +4347,7 @@ def setNoteheadFill(self, nh, pitchTarget):
         None
         False
 
-        By default assigns to first pitch:
+        By default, assigns to first pitch:
 
         >>> c3 = chord.Chord('C3 F4')
         >>> c3.setNoteheadFill(False, None)
diff --git a/music21/derivation.py b/music21/derivation.py
index b9d19ac9b..0ca9ba4d3 100644
--- a/music21/derivation.py
+++ b/music21/derivation.py
@@ -243,9 +243,7 @@ def chain(self) -> Generator[base.Music21Object, None, None]:
         orig: base.Music21Object | None = self.origin
         while orig is not None:
             yield orig
-            if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
-                assert orig is not None
-            orig = orig.derivation.origin
+            orig = orig.derivation.origin  # pylint: disable=no-member
 
     @property
     def method(self) -> str|None:
diff --git a/music21/note.py b/music21/note.py
index 082eb2399..52b2c22b9 100644
--- a/music21/note.py
+++ b/music21/note.py
@@ -2097,10 +2097,8 @@ def testBasic(self):
             b = note.Note()
             b.quarterLength = qLen
             b.name = pitchName
-            b_style = b.style
-            if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
-                assert isinstance(b_style, Style)
-            b_style.color = '#FF00FF'
+            # Pylint going crazy here
+            b.style.color = '#FF00FF'  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
             a.append(b)
 
         if self.show: