On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 01:01:02 +0100 Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > \property Voice.TextScript \override #'extra-offset = #'(-6.0 . -3.0) > > \time 4/4 c'\pp^\fermata^#"arco" ais'\mp^\fermata r2 | > > \property Voice.TextScript \revert #'extra-offset > > \once \property Voice.TextScript \override #'extra-offset > = #'(-6.0 . -3.0)
IIRC the \once property was introduced after I wrote the piece -- I wrote it for music theory a year ago. But thanks for reminding me about \once. :) > As for the caesura, I think the proper solution is to add the > character to the font, and use it with BreathMark (syntax: \breathe). > From what I gather, the symbol is not complicated, so it should be easy. Probably. Unfortuntely, I don't have an example of it handy (most of the time the conductor just tells us to put it in there, so I make two angled slashed in the music in my messy handwriting :) , and I'm not at all familiar with fonts. Paul, do you have an example you could scan in or something? > BTW, you do know that we have a breath mark that looks like little > tick ( ie. ' ) through the top staffline. Would that satisfy Paul? I use \breathe quite often, but that's not quite what Paul is after. Imagine this: the whole orchestra is playing fast 16th notes, fortissimo, with an accel. The music builds up -- and then suddenly stops, leaving a few beats of silence before something else happens. That's the kind of place this symbol is used for (sometimes called "railroad tracks"). It's not a breath mark that's used to aid in phrasing a lyrical melody; it's a sudden, complete, and perhaps unexpected stop. I think it's used more often in musical theatre than in symphonic music. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
