I have a score that involves numerous passages of wind instruments making pure breath (i.e. non-pitched) sounds; as per Kurt Stone, these should be indicated on a single tablature line above the staff with circular noteheads. These noteheads are unusual in that they are centered on the stem (i.e. the stem goes through the center of the circle), with the stem protruding about a half a space above/below the notehead. A simple example can be found here:
http://www.ericflesher.com/scores/example/air.jpg What I'm looking for is a solution that will allow me to introduce and remove this tablature staff at will, including in the middle of the bar; I would further like to be able to import a pre-existing symbol for this notehead, as it does not appear that the Feta font has such a symbol. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance. EF P.S. I have tried the following work-arounds, neither are terribly good: 1. Creating a 6-line staff, with the top line moved up 2 spaces to simulate a separate tablature line. Advantage: ease of getting the breath pitches onto the staff. Disadvantage: Solution does not work if leger-line pitches occur while this 6-line staff is in effect. 2. Creating a separate, 1-line staff for the tablature pitches. Advantage: Can easily accommodate leger-line pitches from (1) above, without placing these above the tablature staff. Disadvantage: Space between staves must be adjusted; may encounter problems in introducing/hiding staff mid-measure and/or mid-system. 3. Creating a line with \draw-line under \markup for the tablature staff. Advantage: None I can see so far. Disadvantages: The line will move to avoid collisions, thus making it difficult (if not impossible) to place noteheads on the line. Insufficient documentation (IMO) on the destination arguments taken by \draw-line, thus making the placement of such line a lengthy trial-and-error process. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
