Re: Half open hihat symbol

[Graham Percival]

On 18-Mar-06, at 8:44 AM, Pete Stieber wrote:

> 1. The small o I used is not quite the same as the "open" symbol. Is 
> there
> some way for me to replace the small o with the "open" symbol.
> 2. The UTF-8 hyphen isn't quite centered with respect to the o. Is 
> there a
> way to "center justify" each of them?
> 3. And finally, is there a way to include this in my halfopenhihat
> definition? I tried
>
>   (halfopenhihat  cross  \markup {\combine o -}    4)

Sorry, I can't really help you more than this.  In theory, you could 
use a \markup { \score {c'4 \open }} -- and then add code to hide the 
staff lines, clef, and the note.  It would be nice if there was a 
\markup { \script \open }} command, but that doesn't exist.  You could 
contact Han-Wen about adding this as a sponsored feature, though.

You can make tweaks to the ouput of \markup with the \translate or 
\transpose command (can't remember what it is) -- again, see the 
"Overview of text markup commands" page.

Finally, I have no clue how to do percussion stuff.  If it isn't 
covered in the docs, you'll have to hope somebody else responds.  
Sorry.

Cheers,
- Graham