placement sostenuto

[eluze]

hello

i think it's called tenuto in lilypond and it belongs to the Script  
objects. you could change the distance to the notehead with

\once \override Script #'padding = #.75

and/or define a function which you can apply before you insert a tenuto:

myTenuto = { \once \override Script #'padding = #.75 }


it's also possible to use the \tweak command:

{ c''1 - \tweak #'padding #.75 _- }


Eluze