Re: pushing items "through" or "beyond" other contexts

[Simon Albrecht]

Hi Kieren,

 

here you are with an elaboration: <http://lilybin.com/f2e2fx/1>

BTW, your snippet would have been more compilable without the typographical quotes (it seems your mail client inserts them - can you send as plain text?)

 

Best, Simon

Am 02-Jun-2017 21:53:59 +0200 schrieb address@hidden:

> Hi,
>
>  > Couldn't you do \new Dynamics { \alignAboveContext = "upper" s4/p }?
>
>  No. =\
>
>  p.s. I’ve now included a compilable snippet, if anyone wants to try stuff out.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Kieren.
>
>  %%% SNIPPET BEGINS
>  \version "2.19.61"
>
>  upperStuff = {
>  c''2 d''4( c'')
>  }
>
>  centredDynamics = {
>  s2\f
>  % I want the following dynamic above the upper staff.
>  % Currently, I have to use extra-offset (or similar)
>  \once \override DynamicText.extra-offset = #'(0 . 8.5)
>  s2\p
>  }
>
>  lowerStuff = {
>  \clef bass
>  c1
>  }
>
>  \new PianoStaff <<
>  \new Staff = “upper” \upperStuff
>  \new Dynamics = “dyn” \centredDynamics
>  \new Staff = “lower” \lowerStuff
>  >>
>  %%% SNIPPET ENDS
>
>  > 
>  > On 06/02/2017 09:00 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
>  >> Hello all,
>  >> No compilable code/snippet here… just a thought-experiment/question for discussion.
>  >> Is there any way (currently possible, or relatively easily coded) that items in one context can be independently pushed “through” or “beyond” other contexts?
>  >> As one (obvious) example, say I start with
>  >> \new PianoStaff <<
>  >> \new Staff = “upper” \upperStuff
>  >> \new Dynamics = “dyn” \centredDynamics
>  >> \new Staff = “lower” \lowerStuff
>  >>>> 
>  >> Now let’s say I want one particular dynamic (in the centred context) to appear *above* the upper staff. I would love to write
>  >> \once \alignAboveContext = “upper” s4\p
>  >> or whatever. (Right now, I just use the edition-engraver and an extra-offset tweak.)
>  >> Thoughts?
>  >> Thanks,
>  >> Kieren.
>  ________________________________
>
>  Kieren MacMillan, composer
>  ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info
>  ‣ email: address@hidden
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