Re: glissando without starting note

2011-02-15 Thread Phil Brooks
Oops, never mind the above -- I see now that what is missing is the scaling of the landing note of the glissando so that the total ends up being 4 beats all together: { %\set Score.skipBars = ##t \override Glissando #'style = #'zigzag \relative c' { \clef bass

Re: glissando without starting note

2011-02-15 Thread Phil Brooks
Reinhold Kainhofer kainhofer.com> writes: > You would use the exact same code as above. the 1/2 does not come from the time sig. Rather, it allows you to use > half of the time of that not for another, hidden note before it. The 1/2 for this and the hidden note simply > ensures that they take

Re: glissando without starting note

2011-02-14 Thread Phil Brooks
James Bailey googlemail.com> writes: > Perhaps something like this? > > { >g''1\breathe >\hideNotes >a'8*1/2 >\noBeam >\glissando >\unHideNotes >a'' a''4 a''8 a''4 \bar "|." > } > I found this example searching on the net -- it almost does what I want -- I am ha

Re: glissando without starting note

2011-02-14 Thread Phil Brooks
James Bailey googlemail.com> writes: > Perhaps something like this? > > { >g''1\breathe >\hideNotes >a'8*1/2 >\noBeam >\glissando >\unHideNotes >a'' a''4 a''8 a''4 \bar "|." > } > I found this example searching on the net -- it almost does what I want -- I am ha