Hi Kenneth, That line was in the file that you sent. I had to comment it out as well. It's not related to my suggestion.
Kevin On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 at 16:34, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Kevin; > > I commented that line out because I get an error when engraving it. > > GNU LilyPond 2.22.1 (running Guile 2.2) > Processing `Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly' > Parsing... > Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:56:4: error: syntax error, > unexpected MUSIC_FUNCTION, expecting UNSIGNED or NUMBER_IDENTIFIER or > REAL > - > \tweak outside-staff-priority #605 > Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:57:5: error: wrong type for > argument 3. Expecting music, found (markup #:line (#:bold (#:fontsize > 4 "a tempo"))) > > \markup { \bold \fontsize #4 "a tempo" } > Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:173:3: error: errors found, > ignoring music expression > > \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = "Piano" } > Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:182:3: error: errors found, > ignoring music expression > > << > fatal error: failed files: "Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly" > > On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 2:42 AM Kevin Barry <barr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Kenneth, > > > > I think you can fix the problem with the relative positioning by > > setting the 'outside-staff-priority, e.g.: > > > > \tweak #'outside-staff-priority #0 \ottava 1 > > > > will cause the ottava marking to be put closer to the staff than the text > > span. > > > > Kevin > > > > On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 at 01:35, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi; > > > > > > I figured out how to get the formatting of the "a tempo" and "rall." > > > merged with the text spanning; but I still can't seem to figure out > > > how to get the "a tempo" to be above the ottava marking. > > > > > > Updated screenshot attached. > > > > > > Attached full Lilypond code as well. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ken > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 5:05 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi; > > > > > > > > I know how to generate a bold and large "rall." and "a tempo". > > > > > > > > I know how to get a text span. > > > > > > > > How to merge these two concepts? > > > > > > > > Also I need to put the "a tempo" above the ottava. > > > > > > > > I think I now how to do that in a more simple context, but I'm > > > > struggling here. > > > > > > > > I have attached two screenshots. > > > > > > > > The example is the music I'm trying to engrave from while the other > > > > screenshot is what I've asked Lilypond to do, > > > > > > > > I have enclosed below an excerpt of my Lilypond code. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > > > > > Ken Wolcott > > > > > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > > > \version "2.22.0" > > > > ... > > > > \language "english" > > > > ... > > > > a_tempo = ^\markup { \bold "A tempo" } > > > > rall = ^\markup { \bold "rall." } > > > > rit = ^\markup { \bold "rit." } > > > > ... > > > > %\break > > > > bf'4. \( g'8 af' g' f' ef' | % m18 > > > > \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "rall." > > > > g'4 bf8 c'\startTextSpan ef'2 \) | % m19 > > > > f'8 \( g' ef''8. c''16 bf'8.\fermata c''16 ef'8. f'16 | % m20 > > > > g'4 g'8 f' ef'2\stopTextSpan \) | % m21 > > > > %\break > > > > \ottava 1 > > > > \transpose c c' { > > > > \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "a tempo" > > > > \grace { af'16\startTextSpan } g'8 \( f' g' bf' bf' g'' g''4 \) | > > > > % m22 > > > > c''8 \( af'' ef'' f'' g''4\stopTextSpan \) r | > > > > % m23 > > > > } > > > > \ottava 0 > > > > f''8\rall \( g'' ef''' c''' bf'' c'' ef'' f'' | % > > > > m24 > > > > g''4 g''8 f'' <g' ef''>4 \) s | % > > > > m25 > > > > \bar "|." > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%