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This snippet shows how to use Span_stem_engraver and \crossStaff to connect stems across staves automatically.

The stem length need not be specified, as the variable distance between noteheads and staves is calculated automatically. However, it is important that \crossStaff is applied to the correct voice or staff (i.e., on the opposite side of where a beam is or would be positioned) to get the desired effect.

Since \repeat tremolo expects exactly two musical arguments for chord tremolos, the note or chord which changes staff within a cross-staff tremolo should be placed inside curly braces together with its \change Staff command.

This snippet demonstrates how to create various types of staves where their lines actually cross other staves.

Making a cue containing lyrics. This is just a combination of solutions from the Notation Reference.

Curly bracket (or flat brace).

Curly end barline supports svg output.

Markup function to draw a curved arrow with variable dimension.

Syntax is \curvedArrow #'length #'height #'X-strait_length.

Custodes may be engraved in various styles.

For custom tuning in MIDI output, you define both the pitches of the basic scale (c d e f) and the pitch change for each alteration. Both the basic scale and the alteration contribute to the pitch adjustment in the MIDI output.

MIDI implements tuning as a "pitch-bend" adjustment from equal-temperament, changing with every note. Each MIDI channel has its own pitch-bend. You can put each voice on a separate MIDI channel, so each voice can have an independent pitch-bend.

You can use Scheme expressions to generate the pitches and alterations, or you can type the pitches as a list of numbers, in terms of cents or semitones.

Here is an example where you can hear the difference between quarter-comma meantone, 24-tone equal-temperament, etc.

There are two things you need to do to create arbitrary noteheads: <p>1. change the NoteHead stencil to the text-interface. <p>2. define the text attribute of the NoteHead. It accepts any markup. The easiest thing to do is to simply call a musicglyph, as in this example.