Re: Holes in spanners for tall notes

[Trevor]

"Caagr98" <address@hidden> wrote 01/01/2018 18:17:37

> \repeat volta 2 {R1}
> \alternative {
>  {a4 a a a a'''' a a a}
>  {R1}
> }
>
> In this example, the volta is moved very far up because of that one 
> note. This is very ugly IMO. Is there any way to insert a hole in the 
> line and have the note stick up over the volta?
Yes; this override prevents the spanner from taking part in the
outside staff ordering:

\version "2.19.80"
{
  \override Score.VoltaBracketSpanner.outside-staff-priority=##f
  \repeat volta 2 {R1}
  \alternative {
    {a4 a a a a'''' a a a}
    {R1}
  }
}

Trevor