Would something like that be also possible with normal [i.e. "( )"] brackets? Perhaps even make the brackets so that possible lyrics are included inside them?
-- Peter Crighton | (mainly) Progressive Rock musician based in Mainz/Wiesbaden, Germany http://www.petercrighton.de 2012/1/9 Nick Baskin <amphio...@gmail.com>: > 2012/1/8 Светлана <eurid...@yandex.ru> >> >> Hello all! >> I'd like to place optional notes in square brackets like it's done here: >> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/squarebrackets.png/ >> I tried markup and setting extra-offset, but then my lyrics is placed in >> wrong place if some bracket should be placed above the lyrics. Also, bracket >> placement is tied to note, so it's really hard to align them all. >> Here is the example. I've intentionally moved the bracket some notes to >> the left to show the problem. >> \version "2.14.1" >> \score{ >> << >> \new Voice = "one" { >> \cadenzaOn >> \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'(-3 . 8) >> \relative c' >> {e4 (f) g2 f2 (g1) f2 f-\markup {\abs-fontsize #40 "["} (e f4 e f >> g2. f8 e4 f1) \bar "|."} >> \cadenzaOff >> } >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \lyricmode {Те -- бе, Го -- спо -- ди. } >> >> >> } >> Any other suggestions? >> >> Svetlana. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > Svetlana, > > Have you tried messing with this snippet > yet? http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=377 It looks somewhat similar to > what you're after. > > Cheers, > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user