sickVocalRange.ly

\paper {
    %% tiny page size
    #(set-paper-size "a9" 'landscape)
}

\header{
    piece = \markup  { \fontsize #-1 \bold "My vocal range with a cold" }

    %% tagline copied and modified from Lilypond.app/Contents/Resources/share/lilypond/current/ly/titling-init.py
    tagline = \markup {
        \fontsize #-9
        \pad-to-box #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 3)
        {  \with-url

            #"http://lilypond.org/"
            \line {

            %% 2014 = em dash.
            #(format #f "Music engraving by LilyPond ~a~awww.lilypond.org"
               (lilypond-version)
               (ly:wide-char->utf-8 #x2014)
               )
            }
        }
    }
}

\layout {
    \context {
        \Voice
        \override Stem.length = #0
    }
}


\absolute {
    \clef bass
    \omit Staff.TimeSignature

    d,_\markup{ \with-color #red \bold "Awesome!" }\glissando
    
    %% make second interval a dashed line
    \once \override Glissando.style = #'dashed-line

    f^\markup{ \halign #-0.5 \fontsize #-7 "weep." }\glissando 
    
    \parenthesize
    g'^\markup{ \halign #-2.5 \fontsize #-7 "cringe" }
    
    \bar "|"
}

\version "2.18.2"  % necessary for upgrading to future LilyPond versions.