Hi,
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:05:21 +0100
> From: Hans Aikema <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: caesura but not as a breath mark
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>
> On 13-1-2012 21:39, Tim Reeves wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How can I put in "railroad tracks" / caesura in the middle of the
staff?
> > The only example I can find in the documentation has it as a breath
mark,
> > so it's at the top of the staff.
> > I want it vertically centered on the staff.
> Tim,
>
> To align the caesura in the middle of the staff all you need to do in
> addition to the LSR-snippet you mentioned is to override the Y-offset of
> the breath mark:
>
> \relative c'' {
> \override BreathingSign #'text = \markup {
> \musicglyph #"scripts.caesura.straight"
> }
> \override BreathingSign #'Y-offset = #0
> c8 e4. \breathe g8. e16 c4
> }
>
>
> regards,
> Hans
>
So, just like the answer to the almost identical question about breath
marks asked by someone else just a few hours ago, then? :-)
Thanks, Hans.
To be honest, I think it should be possible without using a breath mark,
since a "railroad tracks" is not really a "breath".
Tim
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