Re: caesura but not as a breath mark

[Tim Reeves]

Hi,

> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:05:21 +0100
> From: Hans Aikema <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: caesura but not as a breath mark
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> On 13-1-2012 21:39, Tim Reeves wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How can I put in "railroad tracks" / caesura in the middle of the 
staff?
> > The only example I can find in the documentation has it as a breath 
mark,
> > so it's at the top of the staff.
> > I want it vertically centered on the staff.
> Tim,
> 
> To align the caesura in the middle of the staff all you need to do in 
> addition to the LSR-snippet you mentioned is to override the Y-offset of 

> the breath mark:
> 
> \relative c'' {
>    \override BreathingSign #'text = \markup {
>      \musicglyph #"scripts.caesura.straight"
>    }
>    \override BreathingSign #'Y-offset = #0
>    c8 e4. \breathe g8. e16 c4
> }
> 
> 
> regards,
> Hans
> 

So, just like the answer to the almost identical question about breath 
marks asked by someone else just a few hours ago, then? :-)

Thanks, Hans.

To be honest, I think it should be possible without using a breath mark, 
since a "railroad tracks" is not really a "breath".


Tim