Re: Offset fermata problem

[Simon Albrecht]

Hello Jacques,

On 05.10.2015 17:25, Menu Jacques wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I’d like to obtain the following from Poulenc, in which the fermata is 
> in-between a2 and r4:

based on an idea by David Kastrup I wrote a music function, which 
provides a nice interface for this kind of things:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.19.28"

after = #(define-music-function (t e m) (ly:duration? ly:music? ly:music?)
   #{ << #m { \skip $t <> -\tweak extra-spacing-width #empty-interval 
$e } >> #})

\score {
  \relative c'' {
    \key f \major \time 2/2 | % 147
    \after 4*5/4 \fermata a2 r4
    e16 -\markup{\dynamic "ff" \italic "librement"}  ^\markup{\bold 
"solo"} [ f16 g16 f16 ]
  }
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

It has proved an invaluable tool, mostly with placing dynamics: no need 
to maintain extra <</>> constructs, much less typing, far easier 
readable code. Only drawback: point-and-click doesn’t work for the grobs 
created thus, it always points to the music function code.
In case you wonder about the order of arguments: I chose it that way 
round to keep it legible with multiple events during one note:
{ \after 4 \< \after 2 \> \after 2. \! c'1 }

Yours, Simon