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Node:Pedals, Next:Arpeggio, Previous:Manual staff switches, Up:Piano music
Pedals
Piano pedal instruction can be expressed using
\sustainDown, \sustainUp, \unaCorda,
\treCorde, \sostenutoDown and \sostenutoUp.
These identifiers are shorthands for spanner commands of the types
Sustain
, UnaCorda
and Sostenuto
:
c''4 \spanrequest \start "Sustain" c''4 c''4 \spanrequest \stop "Sustain"
![[picture of music]](lily-1739304255.png)
The symbols that are printed can be modified by setting
pedalXStrings, where X is one of the pedal
types. Refer to the generated documentation of PianoPedal
for
more information.
BUGS
Currently, brackets are not supported, only text markings (i.e. `*Ped' style).
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