Re: Adjusting slurs and brackets

[Gilles]

Hi.

[You didn't specify which version of LilyPond you use.]

> 
> So, could someone please give me a code snippet on how to raise or
> lower the vertical placement of a slur relative to the notes (or if
> possible, relative to the fingering, which it collides with).
>

You can try playing with:

  \override Score.Slur #'height-limit = #4.5

or/and

  \override Script #'padding = #1.5


[For more control, I'll leave it to the experts...]


> Also, I need to see code on how to adjust the placement and height of
> the curly bracket at the left of, say, a piano score. I need to know
> the following:
> 
> (a) How to move the bracket so it doesn't collide with the instrument
> name. Or vice versa: how to move the instrument name so it doesn't
> collide with the bracket. In ascii art the problem appears like this:
> 
> pia{no
> 

I think that this is a bug (at least in 2.6.3 which I use) due to the
brace being too big. I've read it's solved in later versions.

> I want it to appear with generous spacing like this:
> 
> piano   {
> 

In 2.4.5, you could add litteral space characters after the instrument
name:

  \set Staff.instrument = "Piano    "

But this doesn't work anymore (in 2.6.3).  So I have to do this:

  \set Staff.instrument = \markup{ "Piano" \hspace #2 }

> (b) How to reduce the height of the bracket so it doesn't collide with
> the  bar (measure) number at the top left of the treble staff.
> 

This was a problem in 2.4.5, but in 2.6.3, I don't need any tweaking for
the bar number not to collide with the brace.


Best,
Gillles