Re: new dynamic sign

[Trevor Bača]

On 7/24/07, Siska Ádám <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
>
> I'm trying to create a new dynamic sign for 'attacco impercettibile'
> (this can be found for example in scores of some spectralist composers,
> like Gérard Grisey). This sign is supposed to be something like a
> striked circle, like the character ɵ or ø character, and it means
> something like 'zero volume', so if it's at the beginning of a
> crescendo, you should start playing from absolute stillness, and if it's
> at the end of a decrescendo, you should make the decrescendo until total
> still. For this, I tried the following code:
>
> zeroDyn = #(make-dynamic-script "ø")
>
> This works, but the output looks quite awful, it would be better to use
> some other character font and/or make the character to be smaller. But
> if I change the "ø" to (for example) "\roman ø", I don't get the desired
> result.
> How can I set the font type and/or size used to create the dynamic
> symbols with make-dynamic-script?
>
> Thank you,
> Adam

Hi Adam,

Have you looked up the circled-tip attribute of the Hairpin grob in the manual?

We put that in for the dal niente sort of thing you're talking about a
year ago or so. I think Erlend did the implementation, and it gives
very good graphic control.

You won't, however, be able to get the null-style slash through the
circle, IIRC. But maybe you can do without and look like Sciarrino
instead of Grisey?

Trevor.


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