On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 3:56 AM Kieren MacMillan <kie...@kierenmacmillan.info> wrote:
> Hi Paolo, > > > Why do you say they are visually distracting? > > Because as a pianist, it’s easier for me to read > > _____/\____ _____/\____ _____/\____ > > than > > _____/\____ > _____/\____ _____/\____ > > (I hope my ASCII art demonstrates my point sufficiently.) > > Hi Kieren, you should not do that. As a general engraving rule/practice, pedals should be aligned only if consecutive ones are enough close. Otherwise you would have two holes: the first one at the left of the pedal, and the second one between the pedal and the note. Which is much more distracting than a pedal close to the note which is not aligned to the previous one. And this would be even worse if you have another simultaneous pedal (i.e: una corda or sostenuto): you would be forced to switch the order of pedals which is highly confusing. In any case, In order to keep pedals aligned, you don't need an extra layer (--> \new Dynamics ): ( http://lilybin.com/jx2210/1 ) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #(define pedalOffs 0) keepPedalAligned = \override Staff.SustainPedalLineSpanner.before-line-breaking = #(lambda (grob) (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'Y-offset pedalOffs)) stopKeepingPedalAligned = \revert Staff.SustainPedalLineSpanner.before-line-breaking { \time 4/4 \set Staff.pedalSustainStyle = #'mixed \override Staff.PianoPedalBracket.after-line-breaking = #(lambda (grob) (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'stencil ly:piano-pedal-bracket::print)) \override Staff.SustainPedalLineSpanner.before-line-breaking = #(lambda (grob) (set! pedalOffs (ly:grob-property grob 'Y-offset))) c,\sustainOn c''\sustainOff \keepPedalAligned c''\sustainOn c''\sustainOff \noBreak c' c' c' c'\noBreak c' c' c' c'\noBreak c' c' c' c'\noBreak \stopKeepingPedalAligned c'\sustainOn c'\sustainOff r2 } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% (I'm sure Aaron or Harm can improve this, but it gives you the idea) > > You could simply use point and click in order to add a pedal or to jump > from one pedal to another one. > > But putting them in a separate context makes all that extra work > unnecessary!? > > I don't understand. Why do you think this is extra-work? Best, P
