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Articulations

A variety of symbols can appear above and below notes to indicate different characteristics of the performance. These symbols can be added to a note with `note-\name'. Numerous symbols are defined in script.ly. Symbols can be forced to appear above or below the note by writing `note^\name' and `note_\name' respectively. Here is a chart showing symbols on notes, with the name of the corresponding symbol appearing underneath.

To save typing work, some shorthands are available:

Fingering instructions can also be entered in this shorthand.

      c'4-1 c'4-2 c'4-3 c'4-4

You can add scripts by editing scm/script.scm. This file contains a table, listing script definitions and aliases. The following syntax accesses a script definition from the table:

  \script alias

Usually the \script keyword is not used directly. Various helpful identifier definitions appear in script.ly.

Grobs for these objects are Script and Fingering .

BUGS

All of these note ornaments appear in the printed output but have no effect on the MIDI rendering of the music.

Unfortunately, there is no support for adding fingering instructions or ornaments to individual note heads. Some hacks exist, though. See input/test/script-horizontal.ly.

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