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Node:Top level, Next:Identifiers, Up:Syntactic details
Top level
This section describes what you may enter at top level.
Score
The output is generated combining a music expression with an output
definition. A score block has the following syntax:
\score { musicexpr outputdefs }
outputdefs are zero or more output definitions. If none is
supplied, the default \paper block will be added.
Default output
Default values for the \paper and \midi block are set by
entering such a block at the top level.
Header
A header describes bibliographic information of the file's contents. It
can also appear in a \score block. Tools like ly2dvi can
use this information for generating titles. Key values that are used by
ly2dvi are: title, subtitle, composer, opus, poet, instrument,
meter, arranger, piece and tagline.
The syntax is
\header { key1 = val1
key2 = val2 ... }
It is customary to put the \header at the top of the file.
Default output
A \midi or \paper block at top level sets the default
paper block for all scores that lack an explicit paper block.
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