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In vocal scores for a chorus the music for the soloists is sometimes omitted. In such cases a vocal cue can be inserted as a short ossia section.

In the snippet, you'll see that "s2" was used instead of "r2" as a placeholder to space it out a little bit. VoiceFollower ignores this -- when r2 was used it would try to draw a line from the rest to the note head, while philosophically interesting would be wrong.

An arpeggio can be drawn across notes in different voices on the same staff if the Span_arpeggio_engraver is added to the Staff context:

To create blank staves, generate empty measures then remove the Bar_number_engraver from the Score context, and the Time_signature_engraver, Clef_engraver and Bar_engraver from the Staff context.

In some jazz, pop, and rock lead sheets, complex chord rhythms are clarified with some small notes below the chords demonstrating the rhythm. This behavior can be easily implemented by creating a RhythmicStaff and copying the rhythms directly.

This draws a symbol for clarinet fingering indications (e.g., microtonal scales, multiphonic sounds).

Usage : \clFinger arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 arg5 arg6 arg7 arg8 arg9 arg10 arg11 arg12 arg13 arg14 arg15 arg16 arg17 arg18

All args are numbers with values of 0 or 1 except the last one which can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 34, 123, 124, 134 or 234

In a PianoStaff, it is possible to let an arpeggio cross between the staves by setting the property PianoStaff.connectArpeggios.

Cross-staff arpeggios can be created in contexts other than GrandStaff and its derived siblings (PianoStaff, ChoirStaff, and StaffGroup) if the Span_arpeggio_engraver is included in the Score context.

The following example shows how to create a dynamic marking, not included in the default list, and assign a specific value to it so that it affects MIDI output.

The dynamic mark \rfz gets value 0.9.

LilyPond supports custom key signatures. In this example, print for D minor with an extended range of printed flats.