Lines connecting notes (glissandi)

[Siska Ádám]

Hello list,


I'm investigating how one could implement a glissando. So far, I've found three 
solutions:

- \glissando itself
- \makeClusters with a single note instead of a chord
- \markup (with \beam, \path or \postscript)

while \glissando is a simple solution, it gives a very narrow line -- which I 
didn't find how I could make thicker -- and there's absolutely no control over 
the shape of the line (so one can't make a non-linear glissando with it). 
\makeClusters solves this last question, however, the line -- even if one uses 
a single note, e.g. \makeClusters { d4 e d' } -- would be very thick, and I 
didn't find a way to make it narrower (to make my point clear, ideally I'd need 
a line which has the exact height of a filled notehead). Of course, I could do 
whatever I wanted with markup graphics, however, if possible, I'd like to solve 
this without markups.


Thanks for the help,
Ádám Siska