Re: Lines connecting notes (glissandi)

[Siska Ádám]

On 2012.03.10., at 10:23, Tiresia GIUNO wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:30:23 +0100
> Siska Ádám <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 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).
>> Ádám Siska
> 
> You can customize the thickness of the glissando line with
>       \override Glissando #'thickness = #(number)
> as in example before
> 
> I don't know what you mean with non-linear glissando, but you can have
> a look here if you need just to change the shape of the line:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/line-styles
> 
> or search the LSR for more tweaks:
> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Search?q=glissando&s=0&m=10
> 
> 
> 
> %%%%%% CODE %%%%%%%
> 
> \version "2.14.2"
> 
> {
>       f'2 \glissando a'
>               
>       \once \override Glissando #'thickness = #2
>       f'2 \glissando a'
>               
>       \once \override Glissando #'thickness = #3
>       f'2 \glissando a'
>               
>       \once \override Glissando #'thickness = #8
>       f'2 \glissando a'
> }


Dear Eluze and Tiresia,


thank you for the comments. I didn't know about that feature :-)
Does also the makeClusters command have something similar? Unfortunately 
\override makeClusters #'thickness = #8 doesn't work.


Best,
Ádám