Re: open hihat

2007-12-05 Thread Frank Cornelis
Hi Kieren, A TextSpanner is indeed what I needed. Thanks to everyone for the help. This is what I have now: \textSpannerUp \override TextSpanner #'edge-text = #(cons (markup #:circle " " ) "") \override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction = #'() \override TextSpanner #'extra-offset = #'(0 . 0.5) Usage:

Re: open hihat

2007-12-05 Thread Frank Cornelis
Hi Ed, There is a standard notation for open hi hat: hho But what I want is not to have to repeat this hho all over the place but use the alternative O-- notation above my regular hh's. Regards, Frank. >- Oorspronkelijk bericht - >Van: Ed Ardzinski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

open hihat

2007-12-05 Thread Frank Cornelis
Hi, I'm doing a drum sheet in Lilypond and I would like to add the following notation on top of the hihat notes: O-- to mark an open hihat. Example: O-- _ _ _ _ | | | | | | | | -X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-- -- -- -- -