I’m trying to position an arrow on the system, please see the added .PNG for what the composer originally wrote down on paper.
I tried the following code in Lilypond. All irrelevant noise removed, this compiles correctly:
\version "2.18.0"
% an arrow used to signal low play:
achtvabassaarrow = \markup {
\hspace #1
\vspace #15 % see description problem
\fontsize #5
\center-column {
\combine
\draw-line #'(0 . 4)
\arrow-head #Y #DOWN ##f
}
}
problem = \relative f {
\time 5/4
\set Staff.ottavation = #"8vb" % 8va bassa in second player
\once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.direction = #DOWN
%to position the arrow nicely:
\once \override TextScript.Y-offset = #-6 % see description problem
r4^\achtvabassaarrow g'16 fis g fis g fis e fis g g fis8~ fis4 |
}
\score {
\problem
\layout {
#(layout-set-staff-size 15)
}
}
Changing the Y-offset moves the object but it keeps on flipping on top or below the system lines. I want on to be just there, as an overlay. Changing the vspace in the markup item changes the item and indeed “moves” it, but because of the bounding box I cannot get it on top.
What is the easiest method to do mimic the attached PNG example?
Regards,
Wim.
