%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=715 %% see also http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/laissezvibrertie %LSR From Robin Bannister http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2009-06/msg00302.html extendLV = #(define-music-function (further) (number?) #{ \once \override LaissezVibrerTie.X-extent = #'(0 . 0) \once \override LaissezVibrerTie.details.note-head-gap = #(/ further -2) \once \override LaissezVibrerTie.extra-offset = #(cons (/ further 2) 0) #}) \relative c' { \extendLV #2.5 e8 \laissezVibrer r16 r8 }