Re: Moving a tie horizontally

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 07/02/2022 à 23:58, Viktor Mastoridis a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I am creating chord strumming indications with a tie.
> I'm using the \improvisationOn handle, and the tie appears a bit too 
> high and to the right.
> Using  \override Tie.Y-offset  I can move the tie vertically, but 
> \override Tie.X-offset yields no results.
>
> I have searched across forums and manuals, tried various things, but 
> couldn't find a way to move the tie horizontally.
>
> Can you please help?
>
> Attached is an image of the result that I'm getting at the moment.
> And here's a minimal code example
> \version "2.20.0"
> \new DrumStaff \with {
>    \override StaffSymbol.line-count = #1
> }
>  {
>    \stemUp \improvisationOn
>         \override Tie.Y-offset = #-0.4
>   a8 a' ~ a' a' a'4 a'4
>  \improvisationOff
>  }



The default behavior could be better here, so I've opened

https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6278

For now, you have to use the \shape command documented at

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/modifying-shapes#modifying-ties-and-slurs

\version "2.22.1"

\new DrumStaff \with {
   \override StaffSymbol.line-count = #1
}
{
  \stemUp \improvisationOn
  \override Tie.Y-offset = #-0.4
  a8
  \shape #'((-0.7 . -0.1) (-0.7 . -0.1) (-0.5 . -0.1) (-0.5 . -0.1)) Tie
  a' ~ a' a' a'4 a'4
  \improvisationOff
}


If you use a version in the current development series,
2.23, you can make the tweaking process more convenient
using \vshape. See

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/modifying-shapes.html

Best,
Jean