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Adding articulations from a template

Repeating the same articulations a great number of time can be a … …copyArticulations here, automates the job by copying the articulations from a pattern into your music. As the … …and \nSkipArti #2 skips 2 notes (so 2 articulations) in the pattern. Download the code of this …

…#(define (make-arti-list pattern) "Make a list of articulations " (let ((res '())) ; the list to fill (for-some-music ; see … …of all notes and chords, that will forbid articulations to be copied to these events." (map-some-music (lambda(… …in 'tags of second tied notes to forbid articulations to be copied." (let ((prev-was-tied #f)) (map-some-music (lambda(…

…voice separately. Thus, each voice has all dynamics, articulations, ornaments and markup text assigned. However, when combining … …same staff, each voice will print its dynamics, articulations, etc. resulting in them printed twice. To remove …

…voice separately. Thus, each voice has all dynamics, articulations, ornaments and markup text assigned. However, when combining … …mI } \context Voice = "v2" \with { % Dynamics, text markup, articulations, ornaments etc. can be % removed from one voice … …on its own staff => it needs all markups, % articulations, dynamics, etc. \score { \context StaffGroup << \context Staff = "first" \…

Abbreviations for articulations

Some articulations may be entered using an abbreviation.

Overriding articulations by type

…whole score. The following shows how to tweak articulations with a list of custom settings. One use-case …

…either the note n of chord chord, keeping articulations or if other numbers are specified in args, … …list of new notes (new-arti (cdr entry))) ; the articulations (append new-notes notes new-arti arti))))) ;; combine in chords, … …the first note or chord in `notes, including articulations, then continues to the second one, and so …

…#(define (make-arti-list pattern) "Make a list of articulations " (let ((res '())) ; the list to fill (for-some-music ; see … …of all notes and chords, that will forbid articulations to be copied to these events." (map-some-music (lambda(… …in 'tags of second tied notes to forbid articulations to be copied." (let ((prev-was-tied #f)) (map-some-music (lambda(…

…either the note n of chord chord, keeping articulations or if other numbers are specified in args, … …list of new notes (new-arti (cdr entry))) ; the articulations (append new-notes notes new-arti arti))))) ;; combine in chords, … …the first note or chord in `notes, including articulations, then continues to the second one, and so …

Adding or modifying Script articulations

…to 'elements)) (arti-from (if (null? es-from) (ly:music-property from 'articulations) (filter (lambda(x) (not (ly:duration? (ly:music-property x 'duration)))) … …samePitch section. #(define (del-arti note-or-chord) (ly:music-set-property! note-or-chord 'articulations '()) (ly:music-set-property! note-or-chord 'elements (filter (lambda(x) (and (ly:duration? (ly:music-property x 'duration)) (ly:music-set-property! x 'articulations '()))) (ly:music-property note-or-chord 'elements))) ; can be empty (music-map ;; del …

…elements)) (e (ly:music-property music 'element)) (as (ly:music-property music 'articulations)) (tags (ly:music-property music 'tags))) (if (not (eq? tags '())) (… …elements)) (e (ly:music-property music 'element)) (as (ly:music-property music 'articulations)) (tags (ly:music-property music 'tags))) (if (memq tag tags) (… …elements)) (e (ly:music-property music 'element)) (as (ly:music-property music 'articulations)) (tags (ly:music-property music 'tags))) (ly:music-set-property! music 'tags (filter (…