I agree with Tim. It's one of those frequently used jazz-isms that lilypond doesn't handle very elegantly. What's the procedure for submitting a feature request like this?
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 7:37 AM savage.laurie <savage.lau...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a sax playing, big band copyist Lilypond user I think that's a great > suggestion. > > Laurie Savage > > Sent from my Galaxy > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Tim Giles <tim...@gmail.com> > Date: 14/5/24 8:02 pm (GMT+10:00) > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Scoop (jazz notation) > > Hi All, I have been looking for a way to write "scoops", a fairly common > effect in saxophone jazz. This is written as an upwards curve before the > note head, and indicates that the note starts low and quickly slides > upwards to the written pitch. > > [image: PastedGraphic-3.png] > > Paul Scott posted a script which can notate this a couple of years ago: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2022-12/msg00313.html > > As this effect is quite commonly used, I wondered if there was any > interest in getting this mark added to Lilypond's built-in articulations? > > -Tim > -- *Jeff Kopmanis* Medium: https://kopmanis.medium.com GLAAC: https://www.glaac.org/ University Lowbrow Astronomers: http://umich.edu/~lowbrows Orange Can Astronomy: https://www.facebook.com/orangecanastronomy/ ** Go Green and leave this email on the Screen! **
