Re: How to create a coda with a gap?

[Vicente Solsona]

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:17:46 +0100, Dominic Neumann  
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to produce a special Coda which does not reside on a new line but  
> is separated by a gap. You can find the original in the attached file  
> "examplecoda.jpg".
>
> I already tried for a long time but the result isn´t exactly what I want.
> Below you can find a minimal example code which I used to create the  
> attached file "codalilypond.jpg".
>
> Maybe there is an easy command for creating such a coda gap, but I  
> couldn´t find it.

you could just attach the segno to the skip instead to the barline:

[...]
\stopStaff
s1^\markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.segno" }
[...]

> There are still some problems:
>
> 1. The second clef is smaller than the first one.

use:

\override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t

before your \clef

> 2. The second time signature has a natural symbol in it which should not  
> be there.

see:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Pitches#Preventing-natural-signs-from-being-printed-when-the-key-signature-changes

> 3. The segno sign is for too high.

does the above solution for the segno placement help? you can use also  
#'extra-offset to finetune the position

> 4. The first volta bracket doesn´t have an end line.

can't figure that out ATM...

> Can you please help me with that?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Dominic

HTH

greetings,

Vicente