Positioning arpeggios

Revision as of 23:31, 21 November 2025 by Lemzwerg (talk | contribs) (New category)

If you need to extend or shorten an arpeggio, you can modify the upper and lower start positions independently.

\version "2.24"

\relative c' {
  <c e g b>1\arpeggio
  \once \override Arpeggio.positions = #'(-5 . 0)
  <c e g b>1\arpeggio
  \once \override Arpeggio.positions = #'(0 . 5)
  <c e g b>1\arpeggio
  \once \override Arpeggio.positions = #'(-5 . 5)
  <c e g b>1\arpeggio
}