Martyn Quick <martyn_qu...@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> I've been using the TextSpanner in the following way:
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> music = {
> \textSpannerDown
> \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text =
> \markup { \upright "P.M." }
> e,8 e,\startTextSpan e, e, e, e, e,\stopTextSpan e,
> }
>
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff { \clef "treble_8"
> \music
> }
> \new TabStaff {
> \music
> }
> >>
> }
>
> This does what is often seen in guitar music, namely using
> "P.M. ... ... ..." to denote when palm-mute is applied to the playing.
>
> Is there a way of defining a function (or more likely a pair of
> functions) to do this more briefly (and more simply in the code. I
> guess I'm looking for something along the lines of:
>
> " e, \startPM e, e, e, \stopPM e, e, "
>
> to achieve the same effect.
startPM = -\single\textSpannerDown
-\tweak bound-details.left.text \markup \upright "P.M."
-\startTextSpan
stopPM = \stopTextSpan
\new Staff { \clef "G_8" e, \startPM e, e, e, \stopPM e, e, }
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David Kastrup
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