\override BreathingSign #'text
       = #(make-musicglyph-markup "x")  where x is the glyph you want to use.


\override BreathingSign #'extra-offset = #'(0.0 . 2.0) adjust x y values as
necessary

Shane

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Evan Driscoll <edrisc...@wisc.edu> wrote:

> Hi, I'm a newbie at Lilypond. How can I get a bow lift/breath mark
> placement above the staff, a la [1], instead of crossing the top line [2]?
>
> (I also like the more pronounced comma look of [1], but that matters less.)
>
> [1] http://www.music.vt.edu/**musicdictionary/textb/images/**
> Breathmark.jpg<http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textb/images/Breathmark.jpg>
> [2] http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/**Documentation/user/a1/lily-**
> 33a6af2e.png<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/a1/lily-33a6af2e.png>
>
> Thanks,
> Evan
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