Damping sign using a balloon help
Appearance
Without a breakable line.
\version "2.24.0"
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1096
% For version "2.19" and higher: dam = #(define-event-function () () etc.
\paper { tagline = ##f }
\new Voice \with { \consists "Balloon_engraver" }
{ <a
-\tweak annotation-balloon ##f
-\balloonText #'(6 . -1) \markup\musicglyph "pedal.*">1
R1
}