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Automatically creating a drone part from a given melody

…create a "drone part" to go with a melody (for example, for a MIDI file of bagpipe … …drone pitch and a melody, and returns the melody as follows: (1) the pitch of each note … …a continuous drone sound, (3) rests in the melody are mirrored by rests in the drone part.

…also: scm/define-music-types.scm dronify = #(define-music-function (drone-pitch melody) (ly:pitch? ly:music?) (let ((artics '()) (prev-note-or-rest #{ #})) (music-map (… …R1 | c8 c c a c,2 } \score { << \melody \dronify g \melody >> \layout {} \midi {} }

Adding notes to the notes of a melody

…add notes to the existing notes of a melody (to make chords), you generally have to copy … …faster and simpler. The syntax is : \addNote \melody \newNotes Here : melody = \relative {c'4.-> d8-. c4(\p b8) …

…1+ (ly:duration-log dur)) (ly:duration-dot-count dur))) evt)))) music)) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% TESTS %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% melody = {c'4.-> d8-. c4(\p b8) r … …e s e } \score { << \new Staff \relative c' \melody \new Staff \addNote \melody \newNotes >> }

Piano template with melody and lyrics

…a typical song format: one staff with the melody and lyrics, with piano accompaniment underneath.

melody = \relative c'' { \clef treble \key c \major \time … …4 a2 c } \score { << \new Voice = "mel" { \autoBeamOff \melody } \new Lyrics \lyricsto mel \text \new PianoStaff << \new …

…direction of the middle note based on the melody

…on a staff so that it follows the melody, by adding the Melody_engraver to the Voice context. The context property …

…d c b c | } \layout { \context { \Voice \consists "Melody_engraver" \autoBeamOff } }

…pitch of the notes; the keys on the melody side of the accordion are placed in three … …so it is important to transpose a piano melody to match one of these keys. Transpose the … …direction. Considering this, decide which parts of the melody are the push-parts and which the pull-parts. For …

…c e] | s s s s s } } % Accordion melody in tabulator score % 1. Place a copy of … …dynamicUp % 1. Place a copy of the piano melody above % 2. Separate piano melody into pull- and push-parts % according to the staffTabLine …

Melody with chords. Chord diagrams described on top of …

…s f s g s a:m s b:dim } melody = \relative c'' { c } my_chords = \chordmode { c } \header { … …#CENTER } } } } } \score { << \new ChordNames \my_chords \new Staff \melody >> }

…overrides as necessary. This example shows the original melody and the blank-staff version.

…Ho ho, ho ho ho. Ha ha, ha. } melody = \relative c'' { r4 e8(-- \melisma f) \melismaEnd … …new ChordNames { \harmonies } \new Staff { \new Voice = "vocal" { \melody } } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "vocal" \text >> \layout { } } \score { << \new … …lowerChords \harmonies } \new Staff { \new Voice = "vocal" { \hideVoiceNotation \melody } } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "vocal" { \raiseLyrics \text } >> \layout { } }

This small template demonstrates a simple melody with lyrics. Cut and paste, add notes, then …

melody = \relative c' { \clef treble \key c \major \time … …Bee Cee Dee } \score{ << \new Voice = "one" { \autoBeamOff \melody } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text >> \layout { } \midi { } }

Want to prepare a lead sheet with a melody and chords? Look no further!

melody = \relative c' { \clef treble \key c \major \time … …new ChordNames { \set chordChanges = ##t \harmonies } \new Staff \melody >> \layout{ } \midi { } }

…template allows the preparation of a song with melody, words, and chords.

melody = \relative c' { \clef treble \key c \major \time … …set chordChanges = ##t \harmonies } \new Voice = "one" { \autoBeamOff \melody } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text >> \layout { } \midi { } }