Re: Analysis brackets with text [was: how to get notes without tails?]

[David Nalesnik]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Paul Morris <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi David,

On Aug 31, 2015, at 8:20 AM, David Nalesnik <address@hidden> wrote:

Which of course makes them unsuitable for showing phrase elision.

Or longer overlaps:

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 \relative c'' {

  c\startGroup d c\startGroup d\stopGroup c d\stopGroup

}

\layout {

  \context {

    \Voice

    \override HorizontalBracket.direction = #UP

    \consists Horizontal_bracket_engraver

  }

}

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The first \stopGroup closes the smaller grouping, because the system is designed so that brackets nest cleanly.

Interestingly, this overlap is possible with slurs:

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\version "2.19.25"

secondSlur = #(make-music 'SlurEvent 'span-direction START 'spanner-id "2")

secondEnd = #(make-music 'SlurEvent 'span-direction STOP 'spanner-id "2")

\relative c'' {

  c( d c\secondSlur d) c d\secondEnd

}

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This, too:

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thirdSlur = #(make-music 'SlurEvent 'span-direction START 'spanner-id "3")

thirdEnd = #(make-music 'SlurEvent 'span-direction STOP 'spanner-id "3")

\relative c'' {

  c-\tweak Slur.positions #'(4 . 4) ( \secondSlur

  c\secondEnd\secondSlur -\tweak Slur.positions #'(3 . 3)\thirdSlur

  c\secondEnd\secondSlur

  c)\secondEnd\thirdEnd

  c( d c\secondSlur d) c d\secondEnd

}

%%%

Maybe a system could be devised where brackets nest by default, but a spanner-id property can be used to create more sophisticated structures?

David