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Changing the text for sustain markings

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Revision as of 22:49, 21 November 2025 by Lemzwerg (talk | contribs)

Staff.pedalSustainStrings can be used to set the text used for pedal down and up. Note that the only valid strings are those found in the list of pedal glyphs - the values used this snippet constitute an exhaustive list.

\version "2.24"

sustainNotes = { c4\sustainOn d e\sustainOff\sustainOn f\sustainOff }

\relative c' {
  \sustainNotes 
  \set Staff.pedalSustainStrings = #'("P" "P-" "-")
  \sustainNotes 
  \set Staff.pedalSustainStrings = #'("d" "de" "e")
  \sustainNotes 
  \set Staff.pedalSustainStrings = #'("M" "M-" "-")
  \sustainNotes 
  \set Staff.pedalSustainStrings = #'("Ped" "*Ped" "*")
  \sustainNotes 
}