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Chapter 4: Tweaking output 105
priority of OttavaBracket in the IR or in the tables above, and reduce it to a value lower than
that of a TextSpanner, remembering that OttavaBracket is created in the Staff context:
% Set details for later Text Spanner
\override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text)
= \markup { \small \bold Slower }
% Place dynamics above staff
\dynamicUp
%Place following Ottava Bracket below Text Spanners
\once \override Staff.OttavaBracket #'outside-staff-priority = #340
% Start Ottava Bracket
\ottava #1
c' \startTextSpan
% Add Dynamic Text
c\pp
% Add Dynamic Line Spanner
c\<
% Add Text Script
c^Text
c c
% Add Dynamic Text
c\ff c \stopTextSpan
% Stop Ottava Bracket
\ottava #0
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Slurs by default are classed as within-staff objects, but they often appear above the staff if
the notes to which they are attached are high on the staff. This can push outside-staff objects
such as articulations too high, as the slur will be placed first. The avoid-slur property of the
articulation can be set to 'inside to bring the articulation inside the slur, but the avoid-slur
property is effective only if the outside-staff-priority is also set to #f. Alternatively, the
outside-staff-priority of the slur can be set to a numerical value to cause it to be placed
along with other outside-staff objects according to that value. Here’s an example showing the
effect of the two methods:
c4( c^\markup\tiny\sharp d4.) c8
c4(
\once \override TextScript #'avoid-slur = #'inside
\once \override TextScript #'outside-staff-priority = ##f
c^\markup\tiny\sharp d4.) c8
\once \override Slur #'outside-staff-priority = #500
c4( c^\markup\tiny\sharp d4.) c8
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