Re: volta bracket too short

[Nick Payne]

On 22/03/11 03:51, Laura Conrad wrote:
> I'm trying to write a piece with an alternative ending labeled "Final."
>
> This bracket is over a whole note for all parts.  For two of the five
> parts, the spacing on the last line of the part is tight enough that
> there isn't room under the volta bracket for the whole word "Final."
>
> Does anyone have a good suggestion for what to tweak to fix this?
>
> Thanks,

You could use

\override Staff.NoteHead #'X-extent = #'(L . R)

for the whole notes where you want the additional spacing around the 
note, but this doesn't work if the note is on a ledger line, as it also 
extends the ledger line. Alternatively

\override Staff.BarLine #'extra-spacing-width = #'(L . R)

can achieve the same effect.

\version "2.13.54"

\relative c'' {
    c1 c
    \once \override Staff.NoteHead #'X-extent = #'(-8 . 8) c
    c
    \override Staff.BarLine #'extra-spacing-width = #'(-8 . 8)
    c c
}


Nick

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