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Using the high bass clef

The high bass clef looks exactly the same as the standard … …the instrument transposition every time you use the bass clef or when you switch back to using … …more complex than the usage of the high bass clef .

…MusicInF = { c'1 \tag #'HornClefChanges { % the High Bass Clef _with_ Editoral Annotation \clef "bass^[8]" % As … …music" } \line { "is still using the old-fashioned high bass clef." } } } \clef treble \MusicInF } { s4*0^"sounds as" \clef bass \transpose c f, \removeWithTag #'HornClefChanges \MusicInF } >>

Drawing an accordion standard stradella bass system

…This example demonstrates how to draw a Stradella bass system as described here Stradella bass system . The Buttons Ab , C and E are … …4=major chord, 5=root note, 6=counter bass note) If the parameters are outside this range …

%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Drawing a standard Stradella Accordion Bass %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #(define (create-pitch-list by-pitch result count) "@var{result}… …markup \column { \vspace #2 "Draw a standard Accordion bass system using Markup-funcions of Lilypond." \line { "The Buttons … …4=major chord, 5=root note, 6=counter bass note)" "If the parameters are outside this range …

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

To print subsequent ChordNames only differing in its bass note as slash and bass note use the here defined engraver. The behaviour …

#(define Bass_changes_equal_root_engraver (lambda (ctx) "For sequential @… …e. disregarding their octave and ;; their alteration (cond (bass (set! bass-pitch pitch)) (inversion (set! bass-pitch pitch) (set! … …If subsequent chords are equal apart from their bass, ;; reset the 'text-property. ;; Equality is done by comparing …

Printing figured bass extender lines without a starting figure

In figured bass, the normal triads (<8 5 3> or simply <… …produce such a single extender line in figured bass is to declare a bass figure as implicit, using the implicitBassFigures property of …

…new Voice = "FiguredBass" { \fb } \new Voice = "Music" { \clef "bass" \music } >> % Using \set, this can be changed anywhere … …new Voice = "FiguredBass" { \fb } \new Voice = "Music" { \clef "bass" \music } >> >> }

Adding a figured bass above or below the notes

When writing a figured bass, you can place the figures above or below the bass notes, by defining the BassFigureAlignmentPositioning.direction property (exclusively …

bass = { \clef bass g4 b, c d e d8 c d2 } … …4. <4>8 <_+>4 } \score { << \new Staff = bassStaff \bass \context Staff = bassStaff \continuo >> }

Printing figured bass extender lines without a starting figure

In figured bass, the normal triads (<8 5 3> or simply <… …are not printed at all. However, sometimes, the bass moves, while the upper voices in the chord … …is shown. An alternative is to declare a bass figure as implicit, using the implicitBassFigures property of …

…new Voice = "FiguredBass" { \fb } \new Voice = "Music" { \clef "bass" \music } >> % Using \set, this can be changed anywhere … …new Voice = "FiguredBass" { \fb } \new Voice = "Music" { \clef "bass" \music } >> >> }

Demonstrating LilyPond support for figured bass

This snippet demonstrates how figured bass is supported in LilyPond. In addition to the … …you will learn how to add a figured bass with simple but powerful notation.

…it/LSR/Item?id=291 << \new Voice { \clef bass dis4 c d ais g fis e a …

Printing figured bass figures above rests in a Staff context

If figured bass is written using \figuremode inside a Staff context, …

…new Voice = "FiguredBass" { \fb } \new Voice = "Music" { \clef "bass" \music } >> % One has to set ignoreFiguredBassRest to ##t … …new Voice = "FiguredBass" { \fb } \new Voice = "Music" { \clef "bass" \music } >> >> }

Figured bass headword

Figured bass headword

% NR 2.7.3 Figured bass % Arcangelo Corelli, 12 Sonate da Camera, Op. 2 % … …Violone, \line { e Cembalo. } } } } { \time 4/4 \clef bass \partial 8 r16 d16 | d4 bes,4 a,…

…treble clef which has the properties of a bass clef by overriding the following properties: \set Staff.… …flat. Since we are effectively still in the bass clef, we have to input the octave E … …Debussy's L'Isle joyeuse in which the bass clef is faked. Finally, the fourth figure shows …

…Item?id=326 % Treble clef with properties of bass clef fakeTrebleClef = { \set Staff.clefGlyph = #"clefs.G" \… …new Staff \relative c \keepWithTag #'layout { \clef bass \key es \major r8. \stemDown <es es,>16 <… …smaller \override Staff.Clef.full-size-change = ##t % The faked bass clef, printed after the barline and next % to …