Re: Proportional-Notation Durations

[PMA]

Mike Solomon wrote:
> On Jul 24, 2014, at 9:08 PM, PMA<address@hidden>  wrote:
>
> > PMA wrote:
> > > Thomas Morley wrote:
> > > > 2014-07-09 0:24 GMT+02:00 PMA<address@hidden>:
> > > > > Hi List.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm looking for a LilyPond way to specify note duration
> > > > > in a Proportional Notation context using exactly _one_
> > > > > stemless notehead type.
> > > > >
> > > > > Perhaps the first option is a mid-level horizontal line
> > > > > extending distance-X from the notehead. (The space
> > > > > following would indicate silence.)
> > > > >
> > > > > But I want ask: has anyone done this instead with the
> > > > > _hairpin_ -- attached to a note-head via pitch params,
> > > > > tapered to a param-specified length, and filled?
>
> I’ve seen this done with glissandi.
> It is possible with any spanner, but glissandi are easier in that they are 
> already associated with note heads.
>
> Cheers,
> MS

Thanks Mike.

Yes, I have a glissandi example, and the layout overall looks good.
But a glissando heads off towards the next _pitch_ -- i.e., not just
horizontally to the Right 'til Dur-time runs out, which is what I want.

I could insert an invisible repeated pitch, I suppose, to fool a gliss
into this direction.  But I'd rather not have to, especially with the
extra metrical fuss required.

BTW, the context for such stuff would be perpetual \cadenzaOn,
with \bar "|" crammed in whenever a simultaneity is imminent.

"Is it worth it, Petee?"

Who knows?
Regards,
Pete