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The <code>breakable</code> property does not affect manual breaks inserted with commands like <code>\break</code>.
The <code>breakable</code> property does not affect manual breaks inserted with commands like <code>\break</code>.


<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
<lilypond version="2.24">
glissandoSkipOn = {
glissandoSkipOn = {
   \override NoteColumn.glissando-skip = ##t
   \override NoteColumn.glissando-skip = ##t
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\paper {
\paper {
   line-width = 100\mm
   line-width = 100\mm
  indent = 0
  tagline = ##f
}
}
</lilypond>
</lilypond>


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[[Category:Staff notation]]
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[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 10 December 2025

Normally, LilyPond refuses to automatically break a line at places where a glissando crosses a bar line. This behavior can be changed by setting the Glissando.breakable property to #t. Also setting the after-line-breaking property to #t makes the glissando line continue after the break.

The breakable property does not affect manual breaks inserted with commands like \break.

\version "2.24"

glissandoSkipOn = {
  \override NoteColumn.glissando-skip = ##t
  \hide NoteHead
  \override NoteHead.no-ledgers = ##t
}

music = {
  \repeat unfold 16 f8 |
  f1\glissando |
  a4 r2. |
  \repeat unfold 16 f8 |
  f1\glissando \once\glissandoSkipOn |
  a2 a4 r4 |
  \repeat unfold 16 f8
}

\relative c'' {
  <>^\markup { \typewriter Glissando.breakable
               set to \typewriter "#t" }
  \override Glissando.breakable = ##t
  \override Glissando.after-line-breaking = ##t
  \music
}

\relative c'' {
  <>^\markup { \typewriter Glissando.breakable not set }
  \music
}

\paper {
  line-width = 100\mm
}