Re: Ending Lyrics Extenders with an arrow

[Tiresia Giuno]

On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 21:19:26 -0500
David Nalesnik <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Tiresia,
> 
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Tiresia Giuno <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > In a score for voice I would like to indicate the smooth
> > transformation of a vowel into another one: For example the
> > transformation from "a" to "e". Is there a way to end hyphen and/or
> > extender with an arrow?
> >
> > I have been looking into the Documentation and on line, but I
> > haven't found an answer. Any help would be very appreciated.
> 
> Arrows on lyric extenders aren't supported, unfortunately.  However...
> 
> See the attached.  I've translated the print function for
> LyricExtender into Scheme and added the possibility of arrows.
> 
> You simply override LyricExtender stencil with the new procedure.
> 
> Note that you can alter arrow width and length.
> 
> HTH,
> David
> 
> By the way, I am absolutely mystified by the values in lines 113-114.
> I don't know if I've plugged in the right quantities, but the results
> look right.


Thank you very much, David. This is exactly what I was looking for and
yes the result looks great. This should be of interest for many
composers. Thank again! Best, T