Re: Equivalent of \downbow/\upbow on bar lines?

[Mats Bengtsson]

The simplest is to do
\mark \markup{ \musicglyph #"scripts.upbow" }
and
\mark \markup{ \musicglyph #"scripts.downbow" }

   /Mats

David Kastrup wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am just setting a piece for accordion.  Accordion notes have push and
> pull symbols that are somewhat similar to downbow/upbow (I use the
> latter for now as a somewhat dissatisfactory substitute).  Now the
> problem is that it is rather common with the accordion to not change
> bellows direction often.  As a consequence, the equivalents of
> upbow/downbow tend to hold for whole measures.  If this is the case, the
> symbol is typically placed above the bar line, or at least between
> notes.  Whereas putting a direction sign directly on a note is more
> commonly done when the direction is just used for a single note or
> chord.
>
> Any idea how to go about this?  It would probably be ok to just place
> the sign a bit to the left of the starting note, like a \breathe tends
> to be placed behind it.
>
>   

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