Re: Music function for arrow directions in arpeggios

[Dan Eble]

On Feb 23, 2016, at 16:22 , Noeck <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> I like this a lot and I feel like I've seen this exact discussion
>> before, but it didn't result in any core changes. 
> 
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-01/msg00908.html
> 
>> Dev Team,
>> 
>> Any reason \arpeggioArrowUp and \arpeggioArrowDown can't be defined this
>> way from the beginning? Is there a use-case where the "\arpeggioArrowUp
>> <c c' e> \arpeggio" way is necessary?
> 
> I think at first it was just a property that could be set with an
> override. Then this was put into a command for convenience
> http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/grand-predefined-command-thread-td109680.html#a109692
> However, the names \arpeggioUp and \arpeggioDown are still free and
> would me much more lilypondish.

Is this a case where attaching an arpeggio to a chord with ^ or _ should make a 
difference, or do I misunderstand the point of those characters?
— 
Dan