-\version "1.7.6"
+\version "2.14.0"
\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.
-
+ texidoc="
Breathing signs are available in different tastes: commas (default),
-ticks, vees and `railroad tracks' (caesura).
+ticks, vees and `railroad tracks' (caesura)."
+}
-" }
+{
+ %% Modern notation:
+ \new Staff {
+ \relative c'' {
+ %% by default, \breathe uses the rcomma, just as if saying:
+ %% \override BreathingSign #'text =
+ %% #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts.rcomma")
+ %%
+ c4 c \breathe c c |
+ %% rvarcomma and lvarcomma are variations of the default rcomma
+ %% and lcomma
+ %%
+ \override Staff.BreathingSign #'text =
+ #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts.rvarcomma")
+ c4 c \breathe c c |
+ %% wedge
+ %%
+ \override BreathingSign #'text =
+ #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts.upbow")
+ c4 c \breathe c c |
-\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 |
+ %% caesurae
+ %%
+ \override BreathingSign #'text =
+ #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts.caesura.curved")
+ c4 c \breathe c c |
- \property Voice.BreathingSign \set #'text = #"scripts-caesura"
- [es8 d] \breathe [es f g f] |
- es2 r4 \bar "||"
+ \override BreathingSign #'text =
+ #(make-musicglyph-markup "scripts.caesura.straight")
+ c4 c \breathe c c |
+ }
}
}