Re: Text clashes with notes and/or slurs

[Carter Brey]

Stephen Allsopp wrote:

> FWIW, I have found that you can chain multiple text grobs onto a note.
> Where text has "bashed" into a note or marking, I've just added an empty
> text string to the note with the text label. This forces a blank line
> under the text, and "pushes" it up a bit.
>
> Example:
>
>         c^"Molto Allegretto :-)"^""
>
> It's a kludge, I know, and not terribly "structured", but every time I
> think like that  I remind myself how much fun writing music out in
> longhand can be, and all of a sudden it seems like not so much of a kludge
> after all :-)
Yes, this is the method I came across while browsing the mail archives, 
and I find it simple and intuitive, pace those who might consider it 
inelegant coding. The problem was so pervasive in my first attempts at 
using Lilypond that I was delighted to discover this quick workaround.

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