Re: Bow lift/Breath mark placement

[Nick Payne]

On 12/01/13 14:49, Evan Driscoll wrote:
> Hi, I'm a newbie at Lilypond. How can I get a bow lift/breath mark 
> placement above the staff, a la [1], instead of crossing the top line 
> [2]?
>
> (I also like the more pronounced comma look of [1], but that matters 
> less.)
>
> [1] http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textb/images/Breathmark.jpg
> [2] http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/a1/lily-33a6af2e.png

\version "2.17.9"

\relative c'' {
    \override BreathingSign.text = \markup { \fontsize #5 { \musicglyph 
#"comma" } }
    \override BreathingSign.Y-offset = #4
    c2. \breathe d4
    e8 d e f g4 \breathe g
}

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