Re: Positioning volta bracket

[Gregory Heytings]

> > Is there a way to position (or to adjust the position of) the volta 
> > brackets manually?  With the following example:
> >
> > \relative c'' {
> >   \repeat volta 3 { d4 d d d }
> >   \alternative { { c4 d e f } { e4 f g a } }
> > }
> >
> > the volta brackets are raised, because of the final "a" note, but it 
> > could have fit under the volta bracket at the "normal" position, since 
> > it does not clash with the "3." indication.
> >
> > I tried
> >
> > \layout { \context { \Staff \override VoltaBracketSpanner #'Y-offset = #N } }
> >
> > with various values for N, without success.
>
> Using what version of LilyPond?  With 2.17.12 I see something like the 
> following (which looks reasonable):

Still 2.14.2...

> With 2.16, this looks less pretty.

But I see that 2.16.2 would not help...

By the way, the question was: how is it possible to adjust the position by 
hand (independently of the default position)?

Gregory