Re: Default length of laissezvibrer ties

[Janek Warchoł]

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Nick Payne <address@hidden> wrote:
> The default length of laissezvibrer ties in Lilypond is extremely short
> compared to those I see in commercially published scores. Here's the
> Lilypond output (default and tweaked) compared to the LV ties in scores from
> three different publishers:
> \version "2.15.32"
>
> \version "2.15.32"
>
> xLV = #(define-music-function (parser location further) (number?) #{
>    \once \override LaissezVibrerTie  #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0)
>    \once \override LaissezVibrerTie  #'details #'note-head-gap = #(/ further
> -2)
>    \once \override LaissezVibrerTie  #'extra-offset = #(cons (/ further 2)
> 0)
> #})
>
> \relative c' {
>    c4\laissezVibrer s s s
>    \xLV #3 c4\laissezVibrer s s s
> }

I'd make it halfway between current length and your longer version.
Keep in mind that it can be used for "let ring" indications in guitar
music (unless i'm mistaken), and that can be a pretty dense music.

cheers,
Janek