Re: Positioning volta bracket

[David Kastrup]

Gregory Heytings <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi list,
>
> Is there a way to position (or to adjust the position of) the volta
> brackets manually?  With the following example:
>
> \relative c'' {
>   \repeat volta 3 { d4 d d d }
>   \alternative { { c4 d e f } { e4 f g a } }
> }
>
> the volta brackets are raised, because of the final "a" note, but it
> could have fit under the volta bracket at the "normal" position, since
> it does not clash with the "3." indication.
>
> I tried
>
> \layout { \context { \Staff \override VoltaBracketSpanner #'Y-offset = #N } }
>
> with various values for N, without success.

Using what version of LilyPond?  With 2.17.12 I see something like the
following (which looks reasonable):

With 2.16, this looks less pretty.

-- 
David Kastrup