LilyPond Snippets

Tweaks and overrides 347
Using the \tweak command to tweak individual grobs
With the \tweak command, every grob can be tuned directly. Here are some examples of
available tweaks.
\relative c' {
\time 2/4
\set fingeringOrientations = #'(right)
<
\tweak #'font-size #3 c
\tweak #'color #red d-\tweak #'font-size #8 -4
\tweak #'style #'cross g
\tweak #'duration-log #2 a
>2
}
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Vertically aligned dynamics and textscripts
By setting the 'Y-extent property to a suitable value, all DynamicLineSpanner objects (hairpins
and dynamic texts) can be aligned to a common reference point, regardless of their actual extent.
This way, every element will be vertically aligned, thus producing a more pleasing output.
The same idea is used to align the text scripts along their baseline.
music = \relative c'' {
c2\p^\markup { gorgeous } c\f^\markup { fantastic }
c4\p c\f\> c c\!\p
}
{
}
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\music \break
\override DynamicLineSpanner #'staff-padding = #2.0
\override DynamicLineSpanner #'Y-extent = #'(-1.5 . 1.5)
\override TextScript #'Y-extent = #'(-1.5 . 1.5)
\music
gorgeous
p
gorgeous
p
fantastic
f
fantastic
f
p
p
f
f
p
p