Thanks, Martin - that would be a great suggestion except that the numbers
will change depending on the position of the note on the staff, and its
surrounds - even including the direction of the stem. Every time the
symbol appears it will need to be carefully placed by hand, so to speak, to
ensure it's in the right place.
cheers,
Alasdair
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 4:41 PM Martín Rincón Botero <
martinrinconbot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Alasdair,
>
> what about
>
> mx = \markup { \translate #'(1.5 . -1.5) \teeny \sans x }
> \score {
> f4^\mx
> }
>
> Regards,
> Martín.
>
> Am Mi., 2. Sept. 2020 um 08:00 Uhr schrieb Alasdair McAndrew <
> amc...@gmail.com>:
>
>> In my attempt to typeset some early 18th century French music for viola
>> da gamba, I'm trying to keep to the original notation as closely as
>> possible. Thus I'm using a breath mark to indicate a trill, and a
>> sans-serif x for a mordent. So for example, I have
>>
>> mx = \markup {\teeny \sans x}
>>
>> But to put this symbol next to its note (where it belongs), I have to
>> write something like
>>
>> \once \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'(1.5 . -1.5) f4.^\mx
>>
>> to ensure it goes in the right place. Is there any way of simplifying
>> this? Ideally, it'd be nice to be able to write something like
>>
>> f4.^{\mx 1.5 -1.5}
>>
>> and leave all the once override stuff out of the score itself. Or is
>> there another way of placing a symbol where I want it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alasdair
>>
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