Re: pianostaff issues

[Mats Bengtsson]

karim haddad wrote:

> Hello all
>
> I am typesetting a piano score that i have done in an unammable  
> program , now in lily because its far better. However i have some  
> problems in rendering some stuff. These might not be bugs so sorry if  
> it is not here that i must post this.
>
> So , The old score is here :
> http://karim.haddad.free.fr/pub/local/lily/42.pdf
>
> the new one in progress here :
>
> http://karim.haddad.free.fr/pub/local/lily/47f.pdf
>
> the lily source file here :
>
> http://karim.haddad.free.fr/pub/local/lily/47f.ly
>
> Ok first issue :
>
> 1) I am not able to use mixed mode style for the Piano  
> pedalSustainStyle below . Maybe i am missing an engraver ???
I leave this question to others who are more experienced with
piano music.

> 2) i don't know how to (or is it possible ?) to render a double beam  
> chord like in measure five (bass voice c.f old score). This is  
> indispensible if we have a cluster like chord with c cis d dis in the  
> same register

You mean double stem chord? Unfortunately, that's not supported
for the moment.

> 3) how can i put a slash for a grouped gracenotes (accaciatura like)

You mean a slash through the beams? I might be wrong, but
the best solution might be to draw it with embedded postscript
code or something like that.

> 4) how can i put brackets  around a chord  like in measure 14 in old  
> score ?
Hmm, the left bracket is easy, see the section on Arpeggio
in the manual. I'm not sure about the best way to get the
pair of brackets, though.

  /Mats