Re: caesura

[Graham Percival]

On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:57:39 -0700
Paul Scott <address@hidden> wrote:
> Graham Percival wrote:
> >If I wanted to use it now, I'd try using a bold, smaller-font "//" and use
> >#'extra-offset to lower it until it covers those lines in the staff.
> >
> I may learn something basic about markup here.  Can you give me an 
> example about how to move a specific markup with #'extra-offset?  I have 
> tried raise without success before.  Also if I can use "//" maybe I can 
> use the actual symbol as defined in my previous post in this thread.

Here's two examples from one of my pieces:

\property Voice.TextScript \override #'extra-offset = #'(-6.0 . -3.0)
\time 4/4 c'\pp^\fermata^#"arco" ais'\mp^\fermata r2 |
\property Voice.TextScript \revert #'extra-offset

\property Voice.Script \override #'padding = #1.5
r2. | r4 d'(\cr e8 ~ )e8^\fermata\rc\mp |
\property Voice.Script \revert #'padding

They're not too easy to understand -- I like to keep my pieces in a very compact
format -- but they're better than nothing.  The first example moves the "arco"
string.  The second example increases the padding (the distance between it and
other symbols) of the fermata.

Cheers,
- Graham