Hi Dirck,
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 11:49 PM Dirck Nagy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Lilypond
>
> What are my options for indicating scordatura such as the png image at the
> bottom of this email?
>
If this is something that you'll be doing on a regular (or even
semi-regular) basis I'd consider defining a custom header for this. It's
pretty easy to do. The default header block is found at
share/lilypond/2.25.14/ly/titling-init.ly under the lilypond install
point. Probably best to copy and paste the header block into an include
file and make your tweaks there. That way it's all there and accessible but
out of the way. To add a custom field at, for example, the very bottom of
the header block, you can simply add a field as such:
<prev lines snipped for brevity>
\fill-line {
\fromproperty #'header:poet
{ \large \bold \fromproperty #'header:instrument }
\fromproperty #'header:composer
}
\fill-line {
\fromproperty #'header:meter
\fromproperty #'header:arranger
}
\fromproperty #'header:scordatura % Line added here
You would then use the newly defined scordatura header field like any other
header:
\header {
title = "Example Title"
composer = "Composer here"
poet = "Poet here"
arranger = "Arranger here"
meter = "Meter here"
scordatura = \markup { \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) % Adjust this
value ...
\fontsize #-1.5 % ... and this
one as needed
\column { \line { \circle "6" "= D" }
\line { \circle "5" "= G" } } }
}
This will, in turn, produce:
[image: image.png]
--
Michael
