Hi James, > I've got a piano staff (for guzheng, just notating on two staves), and an > "accel." text spanner in a \global var.
Don’t forget to post MWEs, so people who want to help don’t have to conjure code themselves. :) > Some magic incantation I'm missing... Not sure why your incantation doesn’t work, but this seems to: %%% SNIPPET BEGINS \version "2.25.11" global = { \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = \markup { \upright "rit." } s1\startTextSpan s1\stopTextSpan } zhengR = { c'1 1 } zhengL = { c1 c } \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = "古筝" shortInstrumentName = "古筝" } << \new Staff = "up" << \global \zhengR >> \new Staff = "down" \with { \omit TextSpanner } << \clef bass \global \zhengL >> >> %%% SNIPPET ENDS Hope that helps! Kieren. ______________________________________________ My work day may look different than your work day. Please do not feel obligated to read or respond to this email outside of your normal working hours.