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Pedals

Piano pedal instruction can be expressed using \sustainDown, \sustainUp, \unaCorda, \treCorde, \sostenutoDown and \sostenutoUp.

These identifiers are shorthands for spanner commands of the types Sustain , UnaCorda and Sostenuto :

     c''4 \spanrequest \start "Sustain" c''4
     c''4 \spanrequest \stop "Sustain"
     

The symbols that are printed can be modified by setting pedalXStrings, where X is one of the pedal types: Sustain, Sostenuto or UnaCorda. Refer to the generated documentation of SustainPedal , for example, for more information.

Pedals can also be indicated by a sequence of brackets, by setting the pedal-type property of SustainPedal objects:

     \property Staff.SustainPedal \override #'pedal-type = #'bracket
     c''4 \sustainDown d''4 e''4 a'4
     \sustainUp \sustainDown
      f'4 g'4 a'4 \sustainUp
     

A third style of pedal notation is a mixture of text and brackets, obtained by setting pedal-type to mixed:

     \property Staff.SustainPedal \override #'pedal-type = #'mixed
     c''4 \sustainDown d''4 e''4 c'4
     \sustainUp \sustainDown
      f'4 g'4 a'4 \sustainUp
     

The default '*Ped' style for sustain and damper pedals corresponds to \pedal-type = #'text. However, mixed is the default style for a sostenuto pedal:

     c''4 \sostenutoDown d''4 e''4 c'4 f'4 g'4 a'4 \sostenutoUp
     

For fine-tuning of the appearance of a pedal bracket, the properties edge-width, edge-height, and shorten-pair of PianoPedalBracket objects (see the detailed documentation of PianoPedalBracket ) can be modified. For example, the bracket may be extended to the end of the note head.

     \property Staff.PianoPedalBracket \override
        #'shorten-pair = #'(0 . -1.0)
     c''4 \sostenutoDown d''4 e''4 c'4
     f'4 g'4 a'4 \sostenutoUp
     

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