Changing the text for sustain markings
Staff.pedalSustainStrings
can be used to set the text used for
pedal down and up. Note that the only valid strings are those found in
the list of pedal glyphs - the values used this snippet constitute an
exhaustive list.
sustainNotes = { c4\sustainOn d e\sustainOff\sustainOn f\sustainOff }
\relative c' {
\sustainNotes
\set Staff.pedalSustainStrings = #'("P" "P-" "-")
\sustainNotes
\set Staff.pedalSustainStrings = #'("d" "de" "e")
\sustainNotes
\set Staff.pedalSustainStrings = #'("M" "M-" "-")
\sustainNotes
\set Staff.pedalSustainStrings = #'("Ped" "*Ped" "*")
\sustainNotes
}