Re: volta bracket too short

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Payne <address@hidden> writes:

    Nick> On 22/03/11 03:51, Laura Conrad wrote:
    >> I'm trying to write a piece with an alternative ending labeled "Final."
    >> 
    >> This bracket is over a whole note for all parts.  For two of the five
    >> parts, the spacing on the last line of the part is tight enough that
    >> there isn't room under the volta bracket for the whole word "Final."
    >> 
    >> Does anyone have a good suggestion for what to tweak to fix this?
    >> 
    >> Thanks,

    Nick> You could use

    Nick> \override Staff.NoteHead #'X-extent = #'(L . R)

    Nick> for the whole notes where you want the additional spacing around the
    Nick> note, but this doesn't work if the note is on a ledger line, as it
    Nick> also extends the ledger line. Alternatively

    Nick> \override Staff.BarLine #'extra-spacing-width = #'(L . R)

    Nick> can achieve the same effect.

Thanks, this works quite well.


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