Documentation/snippets/string-number-extender-lines.ly

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   4 \version "2.13.10"
   5
   6 \header {
   7   lsrtags = "editorial-annotations, text, fretted-strings, tweaks-and-overrides"
   8
   9   texidoc = "
  10 Make an extender line for string number indications, showing that a
  11 series of notes is supposed to be played all on the same string.
  12
  13 "
  14   doctitle = "String number extender lines"
  15 } % begin verbatim
  16
  17 stringNumberSpanner =
  18 #(define-music-function (parser location StringNumber) (string?)
  19   #{
  20     \override TextSpanner #'style = #'solid
  21     \override TextSpanner #'font-size = #-5
  22     \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left stencil-align-dir-y) = #CENTER
  23     \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = \markup { \circle \number $StringNumber }
  24   #})
  25
  26
  27 \relative c {
  28   \clef "treble_8"
  29   \stringNumberSpanner "5"
  30   \textSpannerDown
  31   a8\startTextSpan
  32   b c d e f\stopTextSpan
  33   \stringNumberSpanner "4"
  34   g\startTextSpan a
  35   bes4 a g2\stopTextSpan
  36 }
  37