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Piano "Half Sustain Pedal" Indications

When playing the piano, there a quite a few songs that require …

…are centered to the white keys. Even in piano teaching books keyboards are drawn this way. Black …

…are centered to the white keys %% even in piano teaching books keyboards are drawn this way %% this … …define black-key-width 15) %% the width of a black piano key #(define black-key-height 95) %% the height of a black piano key #(define black-key-y-start (- white-key-height black-key-height)) %% the …

Creating cross-staff arpeggios in a piano staff

…7 Editorial annotations Beethoven, Op. 31, No. 3 Piano sonata 18, Movt. II, Scherzo Measures 9–14

…include "english.ly" % Beethoven, Op. 31, No. 3 % Piano sonata 18, Movt II, Scherzo % Measures 9 - …

Removing brace on first line of piano score

…c2:min7+ d2:maj9 } guitar = { \global \clef treble << \gtr >> } %% ------ Piano ------ rhUpper = \relative c'' { \voiceOne \Key c1 | c | … …instrumentName = "Guitar" } \guitar \new PianoStaff = "piano" \with { instrumentName = "Piano" midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" } \piano \new Staff = "bass" \with { instrumentName = "Bass" } \bass \new …

…vspace#1 \fill-line { \score { \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "Piano " \new Staff = "upper" \upper \new Staff = "lower" \lower >> \… …fill-line { \column { \score { \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "Piano " \new Staff = "upper" \upper \new Staff = "lower" \lower >> \… …qui } } \column { \score { \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "Piano " \new Staff = "upper" \upper \new Staff = "lower" \lower >> \…

…mutopiatitle = "Napolitan Dance (Swan Lake)" mutopiacomposer = "TchaikovskyPI" mutopiainstrument = "Piano, Trumpet, Percussion" source = "New arrangement" style = "Classical" copyright = "… …instrumentName = "Tambourine" } << \tambourin >> \context PianoStaff = "prima" \with { instrumentName = "Piano" } << \context Staff = "uppera" \upper \context Staff = "lowera" \lower >> >> \… …trumpet" } \trompette \context DrumStaff = "tambourin" { \tambourin } \context Staff = "piano" << \upper \lower >> >> \midi { \tempo 4 = 72 } }

Here is an excerpt of Mozart's KV545 piano Sonata (as brought to Mutopia by A. Sierra), … …is rather frequent (if not systematic) in classical piano music, requires a rather precise typesetting: first the \…

…Staff.midiInstrument = "honky-tonk" \melody \set Staff.midiInstrument = "electric piano 1" \melody \set Staff.midiInstrument = "electric piano 2" \melody \set Staff.midiInstrument = "harpsichord" \melody \set …