Re: Adjusting angle of glissando

[Mark Knoop]

At 20:31 on 08 Nov 2018, Andrew Bernard wrote:
>My colleague wants a glissando on an angle down from the first note to
>the last in the typical example of his work attached.
>
>How can one adjust the endpoints of a glissando? I looked everywhere
>to no avail.

You want something like

-\tweak extra-dy #-1 \glissando

>While we are here, I am told that this is stock standard and common
>notation. Is it actually (esp, having to make the hack with a grace
>note at the end)?
>
>Sorry the MWE cant be shorter, but it needs to be this ling to show to
>the full context. The musical problem the engraver faces of course, as
>opposed to a man with a pencil, is that C# and C are at the same
>level, and he wants the angle to show the slope down in pitch (I
>remain unconvinced.)
>
>Andrew
>
>%%====
>
>\version "2.19.82"
>
>glissandoSkipOn = {
>  \override NoteColumn.glissando-skip = ##t
>  \hide NoteHead
>  \override NoteHead.no-ledgers = ##t
>}
>
>glissandoSkipOff = {
>  \revert NoteColumn.glissando-skip
>  \undo \hide NoteHead
>  \revert NoteHead.no-ledgers
>}
>
>{
>  \time 1/4
>  \clef bass
>  \stemUp
>  \tuplet 3/2 {
>    deh,4\glissando
>    \glissandoSkipOn cis,16
>    \glissandoSkipOff
>    cis,16\glissando
>    \glissandoSkipOn
>  }
>  \tuplet 3/2 {
>    c,4
>    \glissandoSkipOff
>    \grace { \once \override Stem.transparent = ##t c,!8 }
>    \breathe
>    d8\rest
>  }
>}
>
>%%====


-- 
Mark Knoop