Re: Delaying the onset of a glissando mark

[Mark Knoop]

At 15:04 on 22 Dec 2024, Richard Shann wrote:
> On Sun, 2024-12-22 at 12:04 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
>> On Sun, 2024-12-22 at 11:51 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
>> > Is there a neat way to start a glissando mark further from the note
>> > than the default?
>> I've found it - sorry:
>>
>> \once\override Glissando.bound-details.left.padding = #2.5

> I found this as an example, but I haven't been able to
> find a list of bound-details.xxx.yyy to know if I can
> control the height of the left hand start point.  Setting
> the left.padding does not leave the start of the gliss
> line at the height of the note, is there some other
> bound-details.left.xxx that might do that? Or should I be
> padding the note itself?

> Here is the gliss with padding set:

> \version "2.24"

> {
>   f''2
>   \once\override Glissando.bound-details.left.padding = #2.5
>   f''2\glissando
>   f'2
> }

I can't test this at the moment, but you might be better off using a hidden 
note to start the gliss. Something like:

{
  f''2*1/4
  \once \hideNotes
  f''2*3/4\glissando
  f'2
}


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Mark Knoop