Re: Common Violin notation doesn't seem to be a part of Lilypond

[-Eluze]

John Sellers-4 wrote:
> 
> Violin Notation:
> There are three notations for which I have not been able to exactly
> identify
> how to do.  Clearly 2) & 3) below could be done with some sort of 
> Text Spanner, 1) below should probably be controlled in association with
> the 
> fingering notation (my ignorant guess, tell me if I am wrong).
> 
> 1) Fingering held over time: It is common to indicate that a particular
> finger is to be held down by placing a fingering number under a note 
> to indicate when the finger was first positioned on the fingerboard, and 
> then to draw a solid line to the right indicating the duration that the 
> finger is not moved.  Typically this is part of a measure up to a 
> several measures in length.
> 
you may want to look at this snippet and adapt it for just fingering
indications instead of string numbers
http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=616


> 
> 2) Position indication: The violin is played with various positions of the 
> left hand.  This can vary from first position up to as high as 
> eleventh or even twelfth position.  When a passage is to played in a
> particular position, the position is usually indicated by a 
> Roman Numeral with a line to the right to indicate how long the position
> is to be used.  I don't know what the accepted style or styles are 
> for the line, and other may not either, thus it would be good to be
> part of Lilypond.
> 
maybe the chapter
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/notation/guitar holds some
useful information


> 
> 3) String indication: Sometimes passages are played on a particular
> string.
> For example the classical "Air on the G string".  This is sometimes
> indicated by the letter or string, with a line extending to the right
> I don't know what the accepted style or styles are for the line.
> 
see above!

as i am not a violin player i don't know if this fits your needs. 

please have a look at it and ask again if you need different functions!

Eluze
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