Re: Layout of a (piano) hand indicator

[Urs Liska]

Am 24.11.2015 um 22:39 schrieb Simon Albrecht:
> On 24.11.2015 18:49, Urs Liska wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> please consider the attached image, especially the "half-bracket" at the
>> center. This is to indicate that this d' is to be played with the
>> left hand.
>>
>> Is there anything I could improve to the proportions and placement of
>> that sign?
>>
>> Any suggestions for improvement welcome. Suggestions for *not* improving
>> it even more ;-)
>
> I agree that it looks quite good, and that the vertical part should be
> shorter. Also, the horizontal part could be longer in my eyes.
> And I’d be very interested in how you did it :-)
>

I use a very simple \path. Originally I simply added it as a \markup and
used extra-offset to position it. But thanks to Abraham's blog post I
changed that to use a fingering indication. However, I'm not really sure
this is more reliable (for example against transposition):

So this is what it looks like now:

\set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
<d'' \finger   
\markup {
  \path #0.175
  #'((moveto 0 -2)
     (rlineto 0 3)
     (rlineto 0.85 0)
     (moveto -1.5 2)) } > 8

Urs

> Yours, Simon

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