Scoop and bend

[Benjamin Tordoff]

Hi all, I’ve recently been type-setting some saxophone parts that employ quite 
a lot of glissandi, note-bends, falls, and scoops. Lilypond has the glissando 
and fall (bendAfter) covered, but I’m struggling to find a good solution for 
scoop (basically “bendBefore”) or bend (in the originals this is indicated like 
a glissando down a tone and back to the same note). A hand-drawn example is 
attached.

I managed something passable using hidden grace-notes and adjusting the slur 
offset, but the appearance isn’t ideal and seems sensitive to the overall score 
spacing. Not to mention that it adds bizarre notes to the midi output. Any 
suggestions for something more robust would be appreciated.

Thanks
Ben