Re: Layout of a (piano) hand indicator

[Urs Liska]

Am 25.11.2015 um 11:26 schrieb Jacques Menu:
> Hello Urs,
>
> The horizontal part is not visible if the note head lies on a line:

I know that and therefore I wouldn't consider this a proper solution.
If I would want to make that a generally usable tool I would have to
think about some logic to support this.
But in the score at hand I just need that once ...

Urs

>
> {
>   \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
>   <d'' \finger
>   \markup {
>     \path #0.175
>     #'((moveto 0 -2)
>        (rlineto 0 3)
>        (rlineto 0.85 0)
>        (moveto -1.5 2))
>   } > 8
> }
>
> {
>   \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
>   <d' \finger
>   \markup {
>     \path #0.175
>     #'((moveto 0 -2)
>        (rlineto 0 3)
>        (rlineto 0.85 0)
>        (moveto -1.5 2))
>   } > 8
> }
>
> JM
>
>> Le 24 nov. 2015 à 23:44, Urs Liska <address@hidden> a écrit :
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 24.11.2015 um 22:39 schrieb Simon Albrecht:
>>> On 24.11.2015 18:49, Urs Liska wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> please consider the attached image, especially the "half-bracket" at the
>>>> center. This is to indicate that this d' is to be played with the
>>>> left hand.
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything I could improve to the proportions and placement of
>>>> that sign?
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions for improvement welcome. Suggestions for *not* improving
>>>> it even more ;-)
>>> I agree that it looks quite good, and that the vertical part should be
>>> shorter. Also, the horizontal part could be longer in my eyes.
>>> And I’d be very interested in how you did it :-)
>>>
>> I use a very simple \path. Originally I simply added it as a \markup and
>> used extra-offset to position it. But thanks to Abraham's blog post I
>> changed that to use a fingering indication. However, I'm not really sure
>> this is more reliable (for example against transposition):
>>
>> So this is what it looks like now:
>>
>> \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
>> <d'' \finger   
>> \markup {
>>  \path #0.175
>>  #'((moveto 0 -2)
>>     (rlineto 0 3)
>>     (rlineto 0.85 0)
>>     (moveto -1.5 2)) } > 8
>>
>> Urs
>>
>>> Yours, Simon
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