Re: How to bending spanner for only one note in a chord of 2?

Thomas Morley <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:49:56 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general
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Am So., 26. Juli 2026 um 21:38 Uhr schrieb <[email protected]>:
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> Quoting Thomas Morley <[email protected]>:
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> > Am So., 26. Juli 2026 um 19:12 Uhr schrieb <[email protected]>:
> >>
> >> In the following score only the c' should be bent up to the d', but I
> >> can't disable the spanner coming from the f'. Putting the '\^' inside
> >> the chord doesn't work. Any hits?
> >>
> >> \version "2.24.1"
> >> \new TabStaff \fixed c { < c'-\3 f'-\2 >2 \^  < g'-\3 > }
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > \new TabStaff \fixed c { < c'-\3 \tweak bend-me ##f f'-\2 >2 \^  < d'-\3 > }
> >
> > HTH,
> >   Harm
>
> Thanks again.
> I remember reading that bend-me determined the target, but apparently
> it also applies to the source.
> Couldn't find it in the
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/internals/bendspanner
> part of the documentation.
> Turns out I had to look (why? :) in the spanner-engraver.
>
> cheers,
> harry
>
>

It's explicitly documented here:
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.26/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-strings#default-tablatures