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From: | Frédéric Chiasson |
Subject: | Re: markup height measured from staff? |
Date: | Sat, 9 Dec 2006 20:55:32 -0500 |
Use the staff-padding property to specify the distance from the staff.
However, even if you set the padding property to zero, LilyPond will
not let the note head collide with the text
(unless you attach it to spacing note in a separate Voice context).
/Mats
Quoting Monk Panteleimon <address@hidden>:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>>> I would like to create a custom \markup command that puts a letter
>>> at a specified distance from the staff rather than from a note.
>
> On 12/09/2005 01:51:26 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
>> What about putting an invisible note in a separate voice, at a known
>> position (e.g., top line of the staff), and attaching the \markup to
>> that?
>>
>
> Thank you.
> That would be good if the markup where used once or twice in a score,
> but this is for "ison" or drone notes that are used in Byzantine Chant.
> They are often noted by a letter above the staff which appears only
> when the note changes.This happens at irregular intervals, like chord
> changes although generally less regular and less frequent. If I just
> attach them to the notes, this gives an uneven appearance in places
> where the changes are closer together, and I'm trying to avoid tweaking
> them all with #'extra-offset until they sort of look even.
>
> The markup I'm looking for should be something that acts visually more
> or less like lilypond's chord-letters but has no midi output. I would
> just use the chords if it weren't for the midi output and the fact that
> I can't (afaik) visually format the chords.
>
> Fr. P
>
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