Re: Positioning a fermata - IGotMeFlowers.pdf (0/1)

[Tim Slattery]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

>Tim Slattery <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> The fermata in the bass clef in the attached pdf is too low, it's
>> right on top of the upper note in the chord.
>
>Well, you placed the fermata on a _spacer_ rest rather than on a note.

I know. But when I put it with the note in the "left second" part, it
appeared below the line.
>
>> The source follows. If I put the \fermata command in the "leftSecond"
>> line, the fermata appears below the music.
>
>Well, write ^\fermata to make it appear above.

THANK YOU, that's the magic word.
>
>> rightFirst = \relative c'' { \time 4/4
>> b4 a g8( fs e fs | <<g4) e>> <<g4 e>> a a | <<b2.\fermata fs>> s4 | 
>> }
>
>Anyway, is there something you have against using chords?  This is
>a rather strange way to write <b fs>2.\fermata here.

Thanks for that, too. My only excuse is unfamiliarity with Lilypond.
I'm pretty much a neophyte.

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Tim Slattery
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