Re: How to do TextSpanner + markup + override vertical placement all at the same time?

[Jean Abou Samra]

> Le 5 févr. 2022 à 17:34, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Kevin;
> 
>  I commented that line out because I get an error when engraving it.
> 
> GNU LilyPond 2.22.1 (running Guile 2.2)
> Processing `Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly'
> Parsing...
> Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:56:4: error: syntax error,
> unexpected MUSIC_FUNCTION, expecting UNSIGNED or NUMBER_IDENTIFIER or
> REAL
>  -
>   \tweak outside-staff-priority #605
> Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:57:5: error: wrong type for
> argument 3.  Expecting music, found (markup #:line (#:bold (#:fontsize
> 4 "a tempo")))
> 
>    \markup { \bold \fontsize #4 "a tempo" }



That sounds like you have

-\tweak outside-staff-priority #605 \markup { ... }

instead of

\tweak outside-staff-priority #605 -\markup { ... }

Jean



> Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:173:3: error: errors found,
> ignoring music expression
> 
>  \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = "Piano" }
> Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly:182:3: error: errors found,
> ignoring music expression
> 
>  <<
> fatal error: failed files: "Jeanie_With_The_Light_Brown_Hair.ly"
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 2:42 AM Kevin Barry <barrykp@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Kenneth,
>> 
>> I think you can fix the problem with the relative positioning by
>> setting the 'outside-staff-priority, e.g.:
>> 
>> \tweak #'outside-staff-priority #0 \ottava 1
>> 
>> will cause the ottava marking to be put closer to the staff than the text 
>> span.
>> 
>> Kevin
>> 
>>> On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 at 01:35, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi;
>>> 
>>>  I figured out how to get the formatting of the "a tempo" and "rall."
>>> merged with the text spanning; but I still can't seem to figure out
>>> how to get the "a tempo" to be above the ottava marking.
>>> 
>>>  Updated screenshot attached.
>>> 
>>>  Attached full Lilypond code as well.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ken
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 5:05 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi;
>>>> 
>>>>  I know how to generate a bold and large "rall." and "a tempo".
>>>> 
>>>>  I know how to get a text span.
>>>> 
>>>>  How to merge these two concepts?
>>>> 
>>>>  Also I need to put the "a tempo" above the ottava.
>>>> 
>>>>  I think I now how to do that in a more simple context, but I'm
>>>> struggling here.
>>>> 
>>>>  I have attached two screenshots.
>>>> 
>>>>  The example is the music I'm trying to engrave from while the other
>>>> screenshot is what I've asked Lilypond to do,
>>>> 
>>>> I have enclosed below an excerpt of my Lilypond code.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>> 
>>>> Ken Wolcott
>>>> 
>>>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>>> \version "2.22.0"
>>>> ...
>>>>  \language "english"
>>>> ...
>>>> a_tempo = ^\markup { \bold "A tempo" }
>>>> rall = ^\markup { \bold "rall." }
>>>> rit = ^\markup { \bold "rit." }
>>>> ...
>>>> %\break
>>>>  bf'4. \( g'8 af' g' f' ef'                             | % m18
>>>>  \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "rall."
>>>>  g'4 bf8 c'\startTextSpan ef'2 \)                       | % m19
>>>>  f'8 \( g' ef''8. c''16 bf'8.\fermata c''16 ef'8. f'16  | % m20
>>>>  g'4 g'8 f' ef'2\stopTextSpan \)                        | % m21
>>>> %\break
>>>>  \ottava 1
>>>>    \transpose c c' {
>>>>    \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "a tempo"
>>>>    \grace { af'16\startTextSpan } g'8 \( f' g' bf' bf' g'' g''4 \)  | % m22
>>>>    c''8 \( af'' ef'' f'' g''4\stopTextSpan \) r                     | % m23
>>>>  }
>>>>  \ottava 0
>>>>  f''8\rall \( g'' ef''' c''' bf'' c'' ef'' f''                    | % m24
>>>>  g''4 g''8 f'' <g' ef''>4 \) s                                    | % m25
>>>>  \bar "|."
>>>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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