Dude! That was a super speedy reply and exactly what I needed!
...and it works in \version "2.22.1" which is what i currently have installed (from the Ubuntu 22.04 repo)
Thank you On 28/02/2026 12:46, Michael Werner wrote:
On 2026-02-28 07:21, Ritchie Fraser wrote:relative c' { \clef bass \hideNotes \grace b16 \glissando \unHideNotes f8 r8 r4 \hideNotes \grace b16 \unHideNotes \glissando f8 r8 r4 }This seems to accomplish what you're showing. I adapted the function from the "Extending glissandi across repeats" section of https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-as-lines\version "2.24.4" startGliss = #(define-music-function (grace) (ly:pitch?) #{ % the next two lines ensure the glissando is long enough % to be visible \once \override Glissando.springs-and-rods = #ly:spanner::set-spacing-rods \once \override Glissando.minimum-length = 3.5 \once \hideNotes \grace $grace \glissando #}) \score { \relative c' { \clef bass \startGliss b, f'8 r8 r4 \startGliss b, f'8 r8 r4 } } -- Michael
