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Ready-to-use LilyPond macros: advanced layout and titles, using a special stylesheet

…ily'; then just include it in your score and use the provided macros (see the end of … …it as a separate file named "book-titling.ily", and then include it in your scores), and at the bottom of the source code, a …

…currents current-is-lower) prev-result))) (let* ((ch1 (car rest-chars)) (ch2 (and (not (null? (cdr rest-chars))) (cadr rest-chars))) (this-char-string (string … …label-page (and (list? table) (assoc label table))) (page-number (and label-page (cdr label-page))) (prev-value (and page-number (assoc page-number page-header-table)))) (if (not prev-value) (set! …

stylesheet Titles Paper and layout Scheme language Syntax and expressions real music

tag manipulating functions and additional filter by tag functions

…collection of additional functions to modify the tags, and to filter by the tags. tag manipulating: \removeAllTags … …music Additional to \taggedRep the two tags 'start-tag-symbol' and 'end-tag-symbol' will be removed from the result to … …music is filtered again. \keepPart music, \keepScore music and \keepMidi music These are predefined \cleansedKeepOrRemoveWithTag commands. The …

…In the first repeat output keep @var{start-tag} and remove @var{end-tag} tagged elements, in the middle … …both, and at the end keep @var{end-tag} and remove @var{start-tag} tagged elements. Finally 'rub out' the remaining tags @var{start-tag} and @var{end-tag} from the music so they will …

Scheme language Syntax and expressions Rhythms

Print ChordNames with same root and different bass as slash and bass-note

…only differing in its bass note as slash and bass note use the here defined engraver. The …

…pitch-name (an integer), i.e. disregarding their octave and ;; their alteration (cond (bass (set! bass-pitch pitch)) (inversion (… …the sorted lists of this chord's ;; elements and the previous chord. Sorting is needed because ;; inverted … …of pitches. ;; `chord-changes' needs to be true (if (and bass-pitch chord-changes (equal? (sort chord-pitches car<) (sort last-chord-pitches …

Chords Staff notation Contexts and engravers Scheme language docs

Use custom font's flat (b) and sharp (#) symbols for chords

…LilyPond's behaviour to use the accidentals "#" and "b" from the currently selected font. This is …

…LSR/Item?id=750 % correct markup for "b" and "#" (use symbols from current font...) chordFlat = \markup { \…

Chords Tweaks and overrides Scheme language Symbols and glyphs Contemporary notation

Ossia staves with clefs and time signatures

…a separate staff is created for the ossia, and \context Staff="ossia" places notes on the ossia … …staff at the end of the first system, and both the clef and meter appear at the beginning of the second …

Staff notation Contexts and engravers Tweaks and overrides

Clarinet fingering chart and tablatures

…pairs composed by the name of the finger and the note that this finger produce when presses … …forefinger. Associated note: "dis" "fis" "ais" "b" "ees" and "bes" are allowed instead of "dis" and "ais") When you use "fis", the "dis" key …

…32 30 330 ellipse ~a ") % keys low f# and e #(define Rlittle2-str "1 setgray newpath 0.… …0) (make-halign-markup -0.4 ;% try to align notes and holes ... (make-override-markup (cons 'baseline-skip (* clarTabScale 11)) (make-column-markup (list (…

Winds Symbols and glyphs really cool

…#t #f #f ) A list containing booleans (#t and #f) indicates which lines are to be dashed. (… …normal and unchanged) The width of the dashes and the spacing between them can optionally be customized … …with staves that have different numbers of lines and/or different line positions.

…the default. If the length of the bool-list and the 'line-positions doesn't match a warning is printed. The width of the dashes and the spacing between them can be altered by … …markup #:path staff-line-thickness sample-path))) ;; width of both dash and space (dash-space-width (+ dash-width space-width)) ;; another way: get width …

Staff notation Tweaks and overrides Scheme language Symbols and glyphs Contemporary notation

…are two music functions that get defined, sustainHalfOn and sustainHalfOff. You can use these just like you … …can use any of the sustain pedal styles, and everything will work as expected. You do need … …of Una Corda pedals when you call sustainHalfOn, and changes it back when you call sustainHalfOff. We …

…easy, just add \sustainHalfOn %% in place of \sustainOn and \sustainHalfOff in place of \sustainOff %% %% This implementation fully supports 'mixed, 'text, and 'bracket pedal modes %% %% The new functions will honor … …of %% this is that having the UnaCorda pedal and 1/2 pedal active at the %% same time …

Scheme language Contexts and engravers Expressive marks workaround Tweaks and overrides

Positioning segno and coda (without line break)

…you want to place an exiting segno sign and add text like D.S. al Coda next …

…To Segno" on same level as "The Segno" and "To Coda" \once \override Score.RehearsalMark.break-visibility = #begin-of-line-invisible \… …indent %% --------------------------------------------- dontIndentTheCoda = { \startStaff \cadenzaOff % Resume bar count and show staff lines again \theCodaRMarkOnNewLine } codaNoNewLine = { } % merely to … …theCodaRMark = { \spacerNoNewLine \resumeStaff \showClefKey % Show up, you clef and key! \theCodaRMarkNoNewLine } % } % !!Active!! %% Choice Two: The Coda INDEED …

Repeats Symbols and glyphs

Printing both the ancient and the modern clef in vocal music

…replace the clef symbol by a \markup block, and that can only be done by overriding the '… …to define this text element as a markup, and insert in it the \musicglyph you need. Notice …

Vocal music Ancient notation Pitches Tweaks and overrides Symbols and glyphs