Hi Alasdair,
I've never seen such notation. I'd be curious to see an example.
Maybe this could help: http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1068
E.g.:
\version "2.20.0"
#(define-markup-command
(circled-pattern layout props radius angle num arg)
(number? number? number? markup?)
(interpret-markup layout props
(let* ((rep (abs num))(rad (abs radius)))
(cond
((= num 0) (markup ""))
((= num 1) (markup arg))
(#t (markup
(#:combine
(#:null)
(fold
(lambda (i prev)
(markup
(#:combine
(#:rotate
(* i (/ angle rep))
(#:concat (#:null #:hspace rad arg)))
prev)))
(markup (#:null))
(iota (1+ rep))))))))))
four = \markup\translate #'(-.7 . 0) \rotate #45 \circled-pattern #2 #90 #4
"."
{
c'-3^\four
}
Cheers,
Pierre
Le dim. 23 août 2020 à 04:23, Alasdair McAndrew <amc...@gmail.com> a écrit :
> I am trying to typeset some early 18th century French music for viola da
> gamba. The standard notation, which I would like to keep, is that the
> string is indicated by a row of dots above the finger number. That is, for
> example, a 4 with three dots over it (generally in a slight arc, rather
> than in a straight line), indicates using the fourth finger on the third
> string.
>
> Can this be achieved in Lilypond? I can't find any references in the
> manual, but maybe I haven't looked hard enough...
>
> Thank you very much,
> Alasdair
>
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