Re: bend and release (blues transcription)

[Marc Hohl]

Am 19.03.2012 00:28, schrieb luis jure:
> hello list,
>
> i'm transcribing a fragment of a blues recording, and i'm trying to solve
> how to notate all the pitch deviations present in the voice and guitar.
>
> i'm combining the use of plain glissandi, bendAfter, and grace
> notes with \hideNotes and glissando for a "prebend" (BTW, how useful it
> would be for this task something like bendAfter but "before" the note!).
>
> but i don't know how to notate with lilypond the bend and release, like in
> the attached image (it's taken from the legend at the end of the hal
> leonard books).
>
> some time ago i learned how to embed simple postscript code in lilypond,
> but perhaps there's a simpler and more efficient "pure lilypond" way...
I wrote an extension for lilypond some time ago, which provides bends
and stuff. I didn't manage to get this nicely into lilypond, but meanwhile,
have a look at the attached files.

HTH,

Marc
> best,
>
>
> lj
>
>
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