Re: laying out plainsong chant

[Noeck]

Hi Gabe,

please always reply to the list, because others might also be interested
and in this case I can't help much.

Here is a parametrized version of \longbar which puts it on the line
number pos. However with odd numbers, ledger lines are drawn for the
rest and it looks different. I don't know how to handle this.

The optimal function could be used in this way:
  a\longbar instead of \longbar -2
But I don't know how to do that.

Cheers,
Joram


\version "2.17.26"


longbar = #(define-music-function (parser location pos) (number?)
  #{
  \override Rest #'font-size = #4
  \override Rest #'staff-position = #pos
  r2*1/4
  \once \override Rest #'extra-offset = #'(-1.3 . 0)
  r2*1/4
  \revert Rest #'font-size
  \revert Rest #'staff-position
  #})


%usage (example)
{
  \cadenzaOn
  r4 \longbar -2 \longbar 2 \longbar 1 r4
}