articulation closest to note?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> IIRC, in previous versions of lilypond, you could specify which
> articulation you wanted to have closest to the note.  This doesn't
> happen in 1.5.73+(a few days of cvs).
> 
> This:
> \score{ \notes {a---. a-.-- a---. a-.--}\paper{}}
> 
> produces four notes, all with staccato nearest to the note and legato
> further away.

Generally, staccatos should be closer to a note (right?). Lily gives
precedence to this rule over user input.  Am I right in saying that
you really want a separate tenuto mark? Howabout a-_ ?


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