Jens Gyldenkærne Clausen wrote > Hi. In a large choral score I'd like to write a ritardando that appears > only in the top of the entire system (together with \tempo markings) - > without having to define the ritardando in the topmost staff. The voices > in > the top staffgroup have no music (just a long series of rests) where the > ritardando is to be placed. > > Is it possible to define a spanner in one voice and then move the text to > be positioned above the top staff? > In the example below I'd like to have "rit _ _ _ _ _ _al Lento" in the > top > of the system.
you can define the spanner in its own (dynamic) context and move it wherever you want: myDynamics={ \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = "rit." \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details right text) = "al" \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details right attach-dir) = #LEFT s2. s4 \startTextSpan s2. s4 \stopTextSpan s1 } << \new Dynamics \myDynamics \new Staff { R1*3 } \new ChoirStaff << ... ... Eluze -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/no-subject-tp157866p157871.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user