Hi all! I was reading the latest Steinberg 'Making Notes' blog, particularly this image <http://blog.steinberg.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/piano-dynamics-comparison.png> , and it got me thinking about Lilypond dynamic alignment for piano scores.
I would like some way of having Lilypond automatically produce results as illustrated in 'Score 2' (my own image below). This would require breaking up the DynamicLineSpanner into segments (one per bar, in this example). The command \breakDynamicSpan appears to have no effect, at least not within a Dynamics context. If I add the dynamics directly to a Staff context (e.g. by writing /\new Staff << \mel \dyn >>/), then I get a much nicer result, but the dynamics tend to 'cling' to the top staff, rather than floating neatly between the two staves. Can anyone point me in the right direction for how to achieve better results in a more automatic way? Many thanks! Dominic <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n184789/dynamic-line.png> /\version "2.19" mel = \relative c' { c,8 8 8 8 8 8 4 c'8 8 8 8 8 8 4 c'8 8 8 8 8 8 4 } dyn = { \repeat unfold 3 { s2. \pp \< s4 \ff } } overrides = { s1 \override DynamicText.Y-offset = #2 \override Hairpin.Y-offset = #2 s1 \override DynamicText.Y-offset = #4 \override Hairpin.Y-offset = #4 s1 } \markup { "Score 1 (automatic)" } \score { << \new Staff \mel \new Dynamics \dyn \new Staff << \clef bass \mel >> >> } \markup { "Score 2 (manual overrides)" } \score { << \new Staff \mel \new Dynamics << \overrides \dyn >> \new Staff << \clef bass \mel >> >> } / -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/breakDynamicSpan-in-a-Dynamics-context-tp184789.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
