Thank you Xavier! You gave me the hint I needed.
I need to specify that the text spanner should start below (not default, which is above). Problem solved. Ken On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 1:18 PM Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 at 21:48, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi; > > > > I've made a simple mistake but I can't figure out what I did wrong. > > > > At bar #36 the first text spanner starts. I think that's correct. But > > the piano articulation should be a bar earlier? But that also seems > > correct. How can all of these three "facts" be true without a > > contradiction? Perhaps it is a spacing issue that needs to be tweaked? > > > > The original pdf, my engraving and the Lilypond source are attached. > > Hello, > > Your TextSpanner starts at the beginning of bar #37 and is displayed above > the staff, that's what you have in your code as well. > Is there a particular reason why you don't use a DynamicTextSpanner (command > \cresc) for these cresc. ? > And why you put your dynamics in a separate variable but not these textual > crescendi ? > And using a Dynamics context seems an overkill for me in this case (I use > them only for PianoStaff-likes). > > Kind regards, > Xavier >
