@cindex tweaking methods
-@strong{\override command}
+@menu
+* The \override command::
+* The \revert command::
+* The \once prefix::
+* The \overrideProperty command::
+* The \tweak command::
+@end menu
+
+@node The \override command
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{\override} command
@cindex override command
@cindex override syntax
g4 a b c |
@end lilypond
-@strong{\revert command}
+
+@node The \revert command
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{\revert} command
@cindex revert command
b4 c |
@end lilypond
-@strong{\once prefix}
+
+@node The \once prefix
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{\once} prefix
@funindex \once
@funindex once
b c |
@end lilypond
-@strong{\overrideProperty command}
+
+@node The \overrideProperty command
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{\overrideProperty} command
@cindex overrideProperty command
@rextend{Difficult tweaks}.
@c Maybe explain in a later iteration -td
-@strong{\tweak command}
+
+@node The \tweak command
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{\tweak} command
@cindex tweak command
still need some practice. This is provided in the examples
which follow.
-@subheading Finding the context
+@subsubsubheading Finding the context
@cindex context, finding
@cindex context, identifying correct
the fact that we are entering notes, we can omit it in this
location.
-@subheading Overriding once only
+@subsubsubheading Overriding once only
@cindex overriding once only
@cindex once override
The @code{\once} command can also be used before the @code{\set}
command.
-@subheading Reverting
+@subsubsubheading Reverting
@cindex revert
@cindex default properties, reverting to
by extension, many other layout objects too.) Let's consider each of
these in turn.
-@subheading stencil
+@menu
+* The stencil property::
+* The break-visibility property::
+* The transparent property::
+* The color property::
+@end menu
+
+@node The stencil property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{stencil} property
@cindex stencil property
}
@end lilypond
-@subheading break-visibility
+@node The break-visibility property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{break-visibility} property
@cindex break-visibility property
And we see this too removes all the bar lines.
-@subheading transparent
+@node The transparent property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{transparent} property
@cindex transparent property
@cindex transparency
(which can be done using @code{\hide})
leaves it where it is, but makes it invisible.
-@subheading color
+@node The color property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{color} property
@cindex color property
right or left when they point up or down. This is controlled
automatically when @code{direction} is set.
+@menu
+* The direction property::
+* Fingering::
+@end menu
+
+@node The direction property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{direction} property
+
@cindex down
@cindex up
@cindex center
@code{\override}) to a single timestep, you can precede them with
@code{\once} like you would do with explicit overrides.
+@node Fingering
@unnumberedsubsubsec Fingering
@cindex fingering, placement
@subsection Outside-staff objects
Outside-staff objects are automatically placed to avoid collisions.
+There are several ways to override the automatic placement if the
+positioning is not optimum.
+
+@menu
+* The outside-staff-priority property::
+* The \textLengthOn command::
+* Dynamics placement::
+* Grob sizing::
+@end menu
+
+
+@node The outside-staff-priority property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{outside-staff-priority} property
+
Objects with the lower value of the @code{outside-staff-priority}
property are placed nearer to the staff, and other outside-staff
objects are then raised as far as necessary to avoid collisions.
room for the text. This is done using the @code{textLengthOn}
command.
-@subheading \textLengthOn
+@node The \textLengthOn command
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{\textLengthOn} command
@cindex notes, spreading out with text
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@end lilypond
-
-@subheading Dynamics
+@node Dynamics placement
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Dynamics placement
@cindex tweaking dynamics placement
@cindex dynamics, tweaking placement
command, but there is no equivalent command for dynamic marks. So we
shall have to work out how to do this using @code{\override} commands.
-@subheading Grob sizing
+@node Grob sizing
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Grob sizing
@cindex grob sizing
@cindex sizing grobs
Let's now see how the properties in the previous section can
help to resolve overlapping notation.
-@subheading padding property
+@menu
+* The padding property::
+* The right-padding property::
+* The staff-padding property::
+* The self-alignment-X property::
+* The staff-position property::
+* The extra-offset property::
+* The positions property::
+* The force-hshift property::
+@end menu
+
+@node The padding property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{padding} property
@cindex padding
@cindex fixing overlapping notation
objects outside it are moved.
-@subheading right-padding
+@node The right-padding property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{right-padding} property
@cindex right-padding property
@noindent
-@subheading staff-padding property
+@node The staff-padding property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{staff-padding} property
@cindex aligning objects on a baseline
@cindex objects, aligning on a baseline
@end lilypond
-@subheading self-alignment-X property
+@node The self-alignment-X property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{self-alignment-X} property
The following example shows how this can resolve the collision
of a string fingering object with a note's stem by aligning the
<a\2>
@end lilypond
-@subheading staff-position property
+@node The staff-position property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{staff-position} property
@cindex object collision within a staff
This is better than using, for example, @code{extra-offset},
because the ledger line above the rest is inserted automatically.
-@subheading extra-offset property
+@node The extra-offset property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{extra-offset} property
@cindex positioning objects
@cindex positioning grobs
@end lilypond
-@subheading positions property
+@node The positions property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{positions} property
@cindex controlling tuplets, slurs, phrasing slurs, and beams manually
@cindex manually controlling tuplets, slurs, phrasing slurs, and beams
the second measure of eighth notes, but not to any of the beams in the
second voice.
-@subheading force-hshift property
+@node The force-hshift property
+@unnumberedsubsubsec The @code{force-hshift property}
We can now see how to apply the final corrections to the Chopin
example introduced at the end of @ref{I'm hearing Voices}, which
@node Other uses for tweaks
@subsection Other uses for tweaks
+@menu
+* Tying notes across voices::
+* Simulating a fermata in MIDI::
+@end menu
+
@cindex transparent property, use of
@cindex objects, making invisible
@cindex removing objects
@cindex objects, hiding
@cindex invisible objects
@cindex objects, invisible
-@cindex tying notes across voices
-@subheading Tying notes across voices
+@node Tying notes across voices
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Tying notes across voices
+
+@cindex tying notes across voices
The following example demonstrates how to connect notes in
different voices using ties. Normally, only two notes in the
@code{\single} will only affect a single one, the one generated by
the immediately following music expression.
-@subheading Simulating a fermata in MIDI
+@node Simulating a fermata in MIDI
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Simulating a fermata in MIDI
@cindex stencil property, use of
@cindex fermata, implementing in MIDI
compiled it from source, and (b) on which operating system it is
being used:
-@strong{Downloaded from lilypond.org}
+@subsubsubheading Downloaded from lilypond.org
@itemize @bullet
@item GNU/Linux
@end itemize
-@strong{Installed from a package manager or compiled from source}
+@subsubsubheading Installed from a package manager or compiled from source
Navigate to
@file{@var{PREFIX}/share/lilypond/@var{X.Y.Z}/}, where