4 Breathing signs, also used for phrasing, do normally not influence
5 global spacing -- only if space gets tight, notes are shifted to make
6 room for the breathing sign. Breathing signs break beams running
7 through their voice. In the following example, the notes in the first
8 two measures all have the same distance from each other.
10 Breathing signs are available in different tastes: commas (default),
11 ticks, vees and `railroad tracks' (caesura).
20 \key es \major \time 3/4
21 < \context Voice = two { \stemDown es4 bes es }
22 \context Voice = one { \stemUp g4 as g }
24 < \context Voice = two { \stemDown es4 \breathe bes es }
25 \context Voice = one { \stemUp g4 as g }
28 \property Voice.BreathingSign \override #'text = #"scripts-upbow"
29 es8 d es f g8 \breathe f |
31 \property Voice.BreathingSign \set #'text = #"scripts-caesura"
32 [es8 d] \breathe [es f g f] |