On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 at 04:47, Gabriel Ellsworth <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am engraving a psalm chant for a choir. It is Anglican chant, but in
this edition, all verses need to be written out in full.
>
> I am working on one musical note that is a reciting note under which
twelve words of lyrics are written. All twelve words are sung to that one
note.
>
> I want to add a “long fermata” on the word “Lord” to indicate to singers
a lengthening of that word. The long fermata should be paired with the
lyric: printed directly above the line of text and centered over “Lord.”
Here is a mockup of how I want the output to look, with a long fermata
added to the PDF using a digital pen:
Hello,
Like this?
\markup {
\general-align #Y #DOWN \center-column {
\line { \musicglyph #"scripts.ulongfermata" }
\line { “Lord” }
}
}
Kind regards,
Xavier
