Re: horizontal bracket over a single note

[Trevor Daniels]

Hi Matthew

The trick is to add a zero multiplier to the spacer notes, like this:

brackets = \relative c' { s8. s16*0\su s4 s16*0\eu }

or better, move the s16*0 's into the su and eu macros, and then
you don't need a parallel voice:

textspan = {
      \override TextSpanner #'shorten-pair  = #'(-1.3 . -0.8)
      \override TextSpanner #'staff-padding = #1.0
      \override TextSpanner #'padding   = #0.5
      \override TextSpanner #'minimum-length  = #1.0
      \override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction  = #0.95
      \override TextSpanner #'edge-height = #'(1.2 . 1.2)
}

su = s16*0 \startTextSpan
eu = s16*0 \stopTextSpan

rhythm = \relative c''  { c4 \su c \eu c c | c c^"__" c c } %want bracket 
over second note

\score {
        \new Staff <<
                \new Voice = "rhythm"  { \voiceOne << \textspan \rhythm 
>> }
        >>
}


However, for a single note the simpler c^"__" looks pretty much
identical.

Trevor D

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: horizontal bracket over a single note


> Michael Watts <zwy648rct <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Try putting the textspanners into a separate voice with spacer notes.
> > IIRC a textspanner needs to start on a 'real' note, so your
> > textspanner voice would need transparent noteheads and stems.
>
>
> You can put TextSpanners on spacer note. However, then spacer notes space 
> out
> the notes that I actually want to bracket. Additionally, it would really 
> be
> annoying to do this for real; bars full of semiquavers, demisemiquavers 
> and the
> like....
>
> \version "2.10.33"
> textspan = {
>       \override TextSpanner #'shorten-pair  = #'(-1.3 . -0.8)
>       \override TextSpanner #'staff-padding = #1.0
>       \override TextSpanner #'padding   = #0.5
>       \override TextSpanner #'minimum-length  = #1.0
>       \override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction  = #0.95
>       \override TextSpanner #'edge-height = #'(1.2 . 1.2)
> }
>
> su = \startTextSpan
> eu = \stopTextSpan
>
> rhythm = \relative c''  { c4 c c c } %want bracket over second note
> brackets = \relative c' { f8 f16\su f\eu } %spacer notes do work
>                                          % these are here so i can see 
> them
>
> \score {
>         \new Staff <<
>                 \new Voice = "rhythm"  { \voiceOne << \textspan \rhythm 
>  >> }
>                 \new Voice = "bracket" { \voiceTwo << \textspan \brackets 
>  >> }
>         >>
> }
>
>
>
>
>
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