On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 12:00 PM Knute Snortum <ksnor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe this is what you're looking for?
>
> \version "2.22.2"
>
> leftHand = {
> \clef bass
> e,2 g, |
> }
> pedal = {
> \set Dynamics.pedalSustainStyle = #'bracket
> % \override Dynamics.SustainPedal.self-alignment-X = #CENTER
> % The line below does what you want, I believe
> \override Dynamics.PianoPedalBracket.shorten-pair = #'(1 . -1)
> s2\sustainOn s2\sustainOff \sustainOn
> }
>
> \score {
>
> <<
> \new Staff = "leftHand" { \leftHand }
> \new Dynamics { \pedal }
> >>
>
> }
What is confusing to me though is that this snippet from the manual
seems to have pedalling in the center by default, without any
fiddling.
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/piano
\relative {
c''4\sustainOn g c2\sustainOff
\set Staff.pedalSustainStyle = #'mixed
c4\sustainOn g c d
d\sustainOff\sustainOn g, c2\sustainOff
\set Staff.pedalSustainStyle = #'bracket
c4\sustainOn g c d
d\sustainOff\sustainOn g, c2
\bar "|."
}
--
Knute Snortum
