Hi Kenneth,
I think you can fix the problem with the relative positioning by
setting the 'outside-staff-priority, e.g.:
\tweak #'outside-staff-priority #0 \ottava 1
will cause the ottava marking to be put closer to the staff than the text span.
Kevin
On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 at 01:35, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi;
>
> I figured out how to get the formatting of the "a tempo" and "rall."
> merged with the text spanning; but I still can't seem to figure out
> how to get the "a tempo" to be above the ottava marking.
>
> Updated screenshot attached.
>
> Attached full Lilypond code as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 5:05 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi;
> >
> > I know how to generate a bold and large "rall." and "a tempo".
> >
> > I know how to get a text span.
> >
> > How to merge these two concepts?
> >
> > Also I need to put the "a tempo" above the ottava.
> >
> > I think I now how to do that in a more simple context, but I'm
> > struggling here.
> >
> > I have attached two screenshots.
> >
> > The example is the music I'm trying to engrave from while the other
> > screenshot is what I've asked Lilypond to do,
> >
> > I have enclosed below an excerpt of my Lilypond code.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Ken Wolcott
> >
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > \version "2.22.0"
> > ...
> > \language "english"
> > ...
> > a_tempo = ^\markup { \bold "A tempo" }
> > rall = ^\markup { \bold "rall." }
> > rit = ^\markup { \bold "rit." }
> > ...
> > %\break
> > bf'4. \( g'8 af' g' f' ef' | % m18
> > \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "rall."
> > g'4 bf8 c'\startTextSpan ef'2 \) | % m19
> > f'8 \( g' ef''8. c''16 bf'8.\fermata c''16 ef'8. f'16 | % m20
> > g'4 g'8 f' ef'2\stopTextSpan \) | % m21
> > %\break
> > \ottava 1
> > \transpose c c' {
> > \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "a tempo"
> > \grace { af'16\startTextSpan } g'8 \( f' g' bf' bf' g'' g''4 \) | % m22
> > c''8 \( af'' ef'' f'' g''4\stopTextSpan \) r | % m23
> > }
> > \ottava 0
> > f''8\rall \( g'' ef''' c''' bf'' c'' ef'' f'' | % m24
> > g''4 g''8 f'' <g' ef''>4 \) s | % m25
> > \bar "|."
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
