done playing nice w/ pylint.

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)

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:

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: