Thomas,

How about a zig-zag glissando?
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-as-lines

Mark

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Subject: Re: How to code a glide?

Am Sa., 8. Feb. 2020 um 23:47 Uhr schrieb John Burt <b...@brandeis.edu>:
>
> I'm sorry to say that I don't even know the proper term for what I am trying 
> to do. I am setting some Georgian folksongs. Sometimes they end with a 
> descending glide on the last note (like an engine running down). On the 
> handwritten sheet music I have been using this is represented as a squiggly 
> descending line after the last note. I'd like to put that in my score, but I 
> have no idea how to code it. Does anyone have an idea?
> John Burt

Look for bendAfter. Does it already help?

Cheers,
  Harm


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