Colored arrow - Revision history

Rudi Guggt at 09:13, 6 December 2025

2025-12-06T09:13:05Z

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	This snippet demonstrates drawing colored arrows in a score, e.g. for analysis purposes. These arrows have a fixed length and angle. If you prefer arrows that adapt to layout changes, please also have a look at snippet 962.		This snippet demonstrates drawing colored arrows in a score, e.g. for analysis purposes. These arrows have a fixed length and angle. If you prefer arrows that adapt to layout changes, please also have a look at snippet 962.

			See also [[Colored arrow (2)]].

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:25:26Z

New category

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	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	[[Category:Specific notation]]		[[Category:Specific notation]]
	[[Category:Syntax and expressions]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Syntax and expressions]]
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Lemzwerg at 22:49, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:49:47Z

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	[[Category:Specific notation]]		[[Category:Specific notation]]
	[[Category:Syntax and expressions]]		[[Category:Syntax and expressions]][[Category:Snippet]]

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:47:22Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	This snippet demonstrates drawing colored arrows in a score, e.g. for analysis purposes. These arrows have a fixed length and angle. If you prefer arrows that adapt to layout changes, please also have a look at snippet 962.		This snippet demonstrates drawing colored arrows in a score, e.g. for analysis purposes. These arrows have a fixed length and angle. If you prefer arrows that adapt to layout changes, please also have a look at snippet 962.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	#(define-markup-command (Arrow layout props color angle length moveX moveY)		#(define-markup-command (Arrow layout props color angle length moveX moveY)
	(color? number? number? number? number?)		(color? number? number? number? number?)

Jean Abou Samra: Remove old links

2025-11-02T21:16:32Z

Remove old links

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	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24.0">
	~~% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=961~~
	~~%% => http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/scheme-problem-colored-background-layers-tc169023.html~~

	#(define-markup-command (Arrow layout props color angle length moveX moveY)		#(define-markup-command (Arrow layout props color angle length moveX moveY)
	(color? number? number? number? number?)		(color? number? number? number? number?)

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:47:32Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

This snippet demonstrates drawing colored arrows in a score, e.g. for analysis purposes. These arrows have a fixed length and angle. If you prefer arrows that adapt to layout changes, please also have a look at snippet 962.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=961
%% => http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/scheme-problem-colored-background-layers-tc169023.html

#(define-markup-command (Arrow layout props color angle length moveX moveY)
(color? number? number? number? number?)
(interpret-markup layout props
#{
\markup {
\with-dimensions #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 0)
\translate #(cons moveX moveY)
\rotate #angle
\override #'(thickness . 5) % line thickness
\fontsize #10 % arrow-head size
\with-dimensions #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 0)
\with-color $color
\translate #(cons 0 (- 0 length))
\combine
\draw-line #(cons 0 length) % can be replaced by \draw-dashed-line or \draw-dotted-line
\translate-scaled #'(0 . -0.5) % might have to be adjusted if line thickness is changed
\with-color $color
\arrow-head #Y #DOWN ##t % ##t - filled arrow-head, ##f - empty arrow-head
}
#}))

{<<
\new Staff {R1*3}
\new Staff {
e'1-\tweak layer #-1 -\markup {\Arrow #green #138 #16 #2 #2 }
e'1-\tweak layer #-1 -\markup {\Arrow #cyan #255 #14 #-1 #2 }
e'1-\tweak layer #2 -\markup {\Arrow #red #172 #11 #1 #2 }
% To have the arrow behind the staff, choose a value below 0 for the layer.
% If you want the arrows to cover the notes, choose a value of 2 or more.
}
>>}
</lilypond>

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