-\version "1.7.6"
+\version "2.4.0"
\header{
texidoc="
-Breathing signs, also used for phrasing, do normally not influence
-global spacing -- only if space gets tight, notes are shifted to make
-room for the breathing sign. Breathing signs break beams running
-through their voice. In the following example, the notes in the first
-two measures all have the same distance from each other:
-"
-}
+Breathing signs are available in different tastes: commas (default),
+ticks, vees and `railroad tracks' (caesura)."
+ }
+
+\score {
+ {
+ %
+ % Modern notation:
+ %
+ \new Staff {
+ \relative c'' {
+ \key es \major \time 3/4
+ % this bar contains no \breathe
+ <<
+ { g4 as g } \\
+ { es4 bes es }
+ >> |
-\score {
- \notes \relative c' {
- \key es \major \time 3/4
- < \context Voice = two { \stemDown es4 bes es }
- \context Voice = one { \stemUp g4 as g }
- > |
- < \context Voice = two { \stemDown es4 \breathe bes es }
- \context Voice = one { \stemUp g4 as g }
- > |
-% Change to wedge:
- \property Voice.BreathingSign \override #'text = #"scripts-upbow"
- es8 d es f g8 \breathe f |
-
- \property Voice.BreathingSign \set #'text = #"scripts-caesura"
- [es8 d] \breathe [es f g f] |
- es2 r4 \bar "||"
+ % by default, \breathe uses the rcomma, just as if saying:
+ % \override BreathingSign #'text =
+ % #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts-rcomma")
+ <<
+ { g4 as g } \\
+ { es4 \breathe bes es }
+ >> |
+
+ % rvarcomma and lvarcomma are variations of the default rcomma
+ % and lcomma
+
+ % N.B.: must use Staff context here, since we start a Voice below
+ \override Staff.BreathingSign #'text =
+ #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts-rvarcomma")
+ <<
+ { g4 as g } \\
+ { es4 \breathe bes es }
+ >> |
+
+ % wedge
+ \override BreathingSign #'text =
+ #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts-upbow")
+ es8 d es f g8 \breathe f |
+
+ % caesura
+ \override BreathingSign #'text =
+ #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts-caesura")
+ es8[ d] \breathe es[ f g f] |
+ es2 r4 \bar "||" \break
+ }
+ }
}
}