Re: glissando without starting note

[James Bailey]

On Aug 16, 2010, at 6:51 AM, Pato Press wrote:

> Thanks James, but it doesn't work. Probably I'm doing it wrong but if I 
> \hideNotes I end up with different problems.
> One, If I use different voices, the glissando stays hidden. The other thing 
> its that the note placement in the bar is altered and I don't want that. I 
> need the 1st tempo in the first tempo but arriving to the note with (lets 
> call it) an "expression glissando".
> 
> %%% A more accurate example of what I need ;) %%%
> 
> relative c''={
> key g \major
> time 4/4
> g1 \breathe | \glissando a8 a4 a8 a4 \bar "|."
> }
> 
> Thanks again!
> tdy


Perhaps something like this?

{
   g''1\breathe
   \hideNotes
   a'8*1/2
   \noBeam
   \glissando 
   \unHideNotes 
   a'' a''4 a''8 a''4 \bar "|."
}