Espressivo marks

[Martín Rincón Botero]

There's an old thread, where Thomas Morley came up with this script for longer \espressivo marks.

\version "2.17.15" \language "english"

\#(define ((longer-script x) grob) (let* ((stil (ly:script-interface::print grob))) (ly:stencil-scale stil x 1)))

scaleEspr = \#(define-event-function (parser location x-val)(number?) \#{ \tweak #'stencil #(longer-script x-val) \espressivo \#})

\relative c'' { c4 e f\scaleEspr #2 g | f e g f | }

This script however adds horizontal space before or after the note to make room for the longer "articulation". Is there any way to prevent it from doing that, for example by giving it more vertical space from the note?

Regards,

Martín.

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