Re: Aligning articulations/pedal marks vertically

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le vendredi 21 avril 2023 à 20:27 +0200, Jakob Pedersen a écrit :

Greetings!

First time poster, long time (basic) lilypond user.

I'm writing a hymn/chorale setting for organ. It's a basic piano staff with two voice for each staff, and lyrics above system aligned with the soprano line.

I've added pedal marks, which looks something like this:

I think that's a little clumsy looking. I would prefer the pedal marks to be aligned, like this:

(I aligned these by editing the PDF in Inkscape, which is entirely unsatisfactory of course!)

I've tried aligning them with tweaks, but that a bit fiddly and not particularly accurate.

Is there a more elegant solution to aligning the pedal marks?

Perhaps try a callback like this:

\version "2.24.1"
\language "deutsch"

\score {
  \new PianoStaff <<
    \new Staff = "venstre" <<
      \clef bass
      \new Voice = "tenor" {
        \voiceOne << \relative c' {
          \key d \major \time 4/4 a h e, a } >>
      }
      \new Voice = "bas" { 
        \voiceTwo << \relative c {
          \key d \major \time 4/4
          \override Script.Y-offset =
            #(lambda (grob)
               (+ -6.0 (ly:self-alignment-interface::y-aligned-on-self grob)))
          \override Script.self-alignment-Y = #CENTER
          d\rtoe h\lheel a\ltoe a
      } >> }
    >>
  >>
}

Y-offset sets the absolute position relative to the staff, and the self-alignment-interface correction is to align the centers of the scripts together (otherwise it aligns their reference points).

You will need to adjust the 6.0 value to your liking.

Best,

Jean

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