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Piano template with centered dynamics

Many piano scores have the dynamics centered between the two staves. This snippet demonstrates … …was achieved with older versions of LilyPond; the Dynamics context is now included by default (starting with …

…d } lower = \relative c { \clef bass a2 c } dynamics = { s2\fff\> s4 s\!\pp } pedal = { s2\sustainOn … …PianoStaff_pf" << \new Staff = "Staff_pfUpper" << \global \upper \dynamics \pedal >> \new Staff = "Staff_pfLower" << \global \lower \dynamics \pedal >> >> \midi { } }

Horizontally aligning custom dynamics (e.g. "sempre pp", "piu f", "subito p")

…expressions involve additional text, like sempre pp . Since dynamics are usually centered under the note, the \pp … …X-offset = #-9.2 before the note with the dynamics to manually shift it to the correct position. … …and does not allow any other markup or dynamics to be shown in that position. Shift the …

…Staff = "sG" \with { instrumentName = \markup \column { Shift inside dynamics} } << \relative c'' { \key es \major c4\semppG c\… …Staff = "sMII" \with { instrumentName = \markup \column { Alignment inside dynamics } } << \relative c'' { \key es \major % Setting to ##f (…

Dynamics with attributes aligned on dynamic sign (e.g. "…

Dynamics like "poco forte" should be aligned on the "…

…tweak X-offset 0 $dynamic #})) % define some attributed dynamics pocof = #(make-atr-dynamic-script "poco" "f") menof = #(make-atr-dynamic-script "…

…each voice separately. Thus, each voice has all dynamics, articulations, ornaments and markup text assigned. However, when … …choices: Remove the corresponding engravers, which created the dynamics, markups, etc. Filter out the events from the music that describe these dynamics, markups, etc. While the first approach is well-documented …

…here starts the snippet: \header { title = "Removing markup, dynamics etc. from voiceTwo" } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%% Description of the problem and … …its own staff => it needs all markups, % articulations, dynamics, etc. \score { \context StaffGroup << \context Staff = "first" \with { … …vstaff2" \mII >> \header { piece = "Each voice has full dynamics and markups" } } \paper { tagline = ##t }

Moving dynamics horizontally

Here are two functions to move dynamics easily. The first one moves the dynamics horizontally and drops / raises it closer to the … …With the second one you can move the dynamics also vertically.

Vertically aligning dynamics across multiple notes

Dynamics that occur at, begin on, or end on … …note will be vertically aligned. To ensure that dynamics are aligned when they do not occur on …

Combining dynamics with markup texts

Some dynamics may involve text indications (such as più forte …

Creating "real" parenthesized dynamics

…will behave like text markups, and not like dynamics. However, it is possible to create a similar …

Vertically aligned dynamics and textscripts

…staff-padding to a sufficiently large value aligns the dynamics. The same idea, together with \textLengthOn, is used …

…Here, the engraver has been added to a Dynamics context. This snippet presents a legacy method: starting …

\layout { \context { \Dynamics \consists #Measure_counter_engraver \override MeasureCounter.direction = #DOWN \… …#'italic % to control the distance of the Dynamics context from the staff: \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.padding = … …StaffGroup << \new Staff { \pattern } \new Staff { \pattern } \new Dynamics { \startMeasureCount s1*7 \stopMeasureCount } >>