Piano Pedal placement

[Martin Tarenskeen]

I am experimenting a bit with piano sustainpedal notation (see attachments) and
have some questions:

- IMO by default *All* pedal markings are aligned too far to the left by
  default. Is there a reason for this, or is this a bug or something that
  needs improvement? This seems to be a structural problem.

- In my example I use some overrides to show how I think the pedalmarkings
  and brackets should be placed. Especially in "mixed" and
  "bracket"  pedalstyle, when I use \sustainOff\sustainOn the ^ should
  point exactly to the center of the notehead (I think?).  In most
  situations a trained pianist will do \sustainOff exactly *on* the start of
  a note or chord and \sustainOn directly *after* the note or chord.

- Question: Is there a shorthand for the frequently needed
  \sustainOff\sustainOn combination? a single command,
  something like \sustainSwitch, would be nice.

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Martin Tarenskeen

Sustain-Pedal.ly
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Sustain-Pedal.pdf
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