Re: slashes and percent

[Flaming Hakama by Elaine]

>
> I have a "dirty solution" for this percent ( slashes )
>
> \override Stem #'length = #0.0
> #'thickness = #0.0
> b4 b4 b4
> \override Stem #'length = #7.0
> \override Stem #'thickness = #1.3
>
>
> Looks good on "original sheet" but pretty ugly on the transposed ones.

 

Someone else suggested this approach, which I've been using happily, so I'd like to pass it on.

The concept is that, since rests don't move when you transpose a part, you specify rests instead of notes, and change the appearance of the rests to a slash.

This avoids having to do any fussing with anything at all.

% Macro to print single slash

rs = {

  \once \override Rest #'stencil = #ly:percent-repeat-item-interface::beat-slash

  \once \override Rest #'thickness = #0.48

  \once \override Rest #'slope = #1.7

  r4

}

% Function to print a specified number of slashes

comp = #(define-music-function (parser location count) ( integer?)

  #{

    \override Rest #'stencil = #ly:percent-repeat-item-interface::beat-slash

    \override Rest #'thickness = #0.48

    \override Rest #'slope = #1.7

    \repeat unfold $count { r4 }

    \revert Rest #'stencil

  #}

)

% Example use of slashes:

\score {

  \relative c' {

    c4 d e f |

    \rs \rs \rs \rs |

    \comp #4 |

  }

}

HTH,

David Elaine Alt

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