Dirck Nagy <dn...@uwlax.edu> writes:
> Hi all
>
> I know this is highly unusual, but is there a way to add parentheses
> around the DOT ONLY after the notehead?
>
> see following image:
>
> [cid:85851784-8a26-48b0-b2b4-b9a8e03b517c]
> FYI, I have a piece with sequences of octaves. Every instance has a
> note value of a dotted quarter-note.
>
> There is, however, one (only one!) instance where the upper note
> cannot be held the full value, because it would be physically
> impossible to play. I want to avoid splitting this into separate
> voices because it would clutter up the measure, (would require 4
> separate voices on one staff) and make reading more cumbersome.
Well, the "canonical" incantation expressing just what you want to do
would be
{
<e' \single \parenthesize Dots e''>4.
}
The problem is that this results in the left paren clashing with the
stem. I haven't found a good fix for moving the dots. Here is one
attempt at moving the parens instead:
{
\tweak Dots.extra-spacing-width #'(.2 . .2)
<e' \single \parenthesize Dots e''>4.
}
Wish I could get the actual dots to move, but maybe someone else has an
idea for that.
--
David Kastrup
