Re: picking up/down symbols in flatpicking guitar

[Pierre Perol-Schneider]

2013/6/8 Federico Bruni <address@hidden>

Hi LilyPonders

I'm trying to figure out how to notate the arrows up/down used in particular in flatpicking guitar to indicate the direction of the picking.

In the attached example I'd like to fix three problems:

1) the arrows should be vertically aligned to the same level

2) the horizontal align is not perfect: the arrows are not centered on the note heads, they are slightly on the right

3) I don't like too much the UTF-8 arrows. How can I get a better look?

Thanks

Federico

Hi Federico,

1) use TextScript #'padding

2) use  \translate

3) There are other arrows in the UTF-8 characters. 

For ex. :

up = _\markup \translate #'(-.2 . 0) \rotate #90 "➛"

down = _\markup \translate #'(-.2 . 0) \rotate #-90 "➛"

music = \relative c {

 d8\down g\down b\up d,\down g\down b\up g\down b\up |

 b8\down b\up g\down g\up g\down a\up b4\down |

}

\score {

  \new StaffGroup <<

    \new Staff <<

      \context Voice { \clef "G_8" \music }

    >>

    \new TabStaff  <<

      \context TabVoice { \clef "moderntab" \music }

    >>

  >>

  \layout {

    \context {

      \Score

      \override TextScript #'padding = #3

    }

  }

}