Re: Inserting a one-time Volta bracket

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 15/06/2021 à 06:41, Brent Annable a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to create the effect in the picture, of a one-time Volta 
> bracket above the staff with the text "last time only". I would prefer 
> the text to be inside the bracket, but that's another matter. Right 
> now I'm just looking for a way to get the bracket up there - I've 
> tried using actual Volta repeats and deleting/removing/changing things 
> with tips from previous emails and snippets, but after an hour I'm 
> just not getting anywhere.
>
> Does somebody know an easy way?

The Measure_spanner_engraver.

\version "2.22.1"

\new Staff \with {
  \consists Measure_spanner_engraver
}
{
  c1
  \tweak self-alignment-X #LEFT \mark \markup \tiny \italic "last time 
only"
  \tweak edge-height #'(1.2 . 1.2) \tweak outside-staff-priority 2000 
\startMeasureSpanner
  c1
  \stopMeasureSpanner
  c1
}

The documentation for this was added recently and will appear with the 
next unstable release.

Best,
Jean