Re: Replace articulation with glyph

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Higgins" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 4:03 PM
Subject: Replace articulation with glyph


> I'm sure there's a way, but I can't find a good example.
>
> I would like to replace an articulation, e.g. a staccato with a sharp, 
> for one note.  The reason is I don't want the sharp to be outside of the 
> staff, as in:
>
> c1^\markup { \sharp }\startTrillSpan
>
> I did see where you could change something like dashPlus = \sharp, but I 
> couldn't find a way to do that in the file.
> --
> Dave
> Littleton, Colorado

You could do something like this:

{ 
\override TextScript.outside-staff-priority = ##f
\override TextScript.Y-offset = #2
c''1^\markup { \sharp } 
}

--
Phil Holmes