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3 @settitle LilyPond Changes
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32 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
34 * LilyPond Changes: (lilypond-changes). Changes to recent versions.
37 @documentencoding utf-8
44 @top New features in 2.14 since 2.12
46 @allowcodebreaks false
54 * add new items at the top
56 * only show verbatim input for syntax/input changes
58 * try to be as brief possible in those cases
60 * don't try to provide real-world examples, they often get too big,
61 which scares away people.
63 * Write complete sentences.
65 * only show user-visible changes.
70 Lilypond now helps beams avoid collisions with other grobs! This feature
71 works completely with manual beams. It also works for all automatic beams
72 that do not end right before a change in staff. For this special case, please
76 The Articulate script by Peter Chubb, which is GPLv3 licensed, is now
77 a part of the distribution. It allows easy generation of improved
78 MIDI files that perform non-legato by default, legato slurs, staccato,
79 tempo markings, trills, etc.
82 \include "articulate.ly"
84 all the rest of the score...
89 Single beat repeats for sixteenth or shorter notes and beat repeats for
90 measures containing notes of varying durations are now supported.
92 @lilypond[fragment,relative=2]
93 \repeat percent 2 { c16 d }
94 \repeat percent 2 { c32 e }
95 \repeat percent 2 { c64 f }
96 \repeat percent 2 { c128 g' }
101 Lilypond now engraves woodwind fingering charts.
107 \woodwind-diagram #'bassoon #'((lh . (thumb-cis))
108 (cc . (one two three five six))
112 \woodwind-diagram #'oboe #'((rh . (c))
114 (cc . (one two three four five six)))
121 MIDI output has been improved
123 @item the option @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'voice} puts each voice on its own midi MIDI channel
124 @item the option @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'instrument} puts identical instruments on the same MIDI channel. This means that e.g. for a full orchestral score there are always 16 (15 plus percussion) differently sounding instruments available, unrestricted by the number of staves or voices. (Some MIDI players will cut off notes, however, if two voices play the same pitch simultaneously on the same channel.) This option also stores each voice in a separate track in the MIDI file.
125 @item the default, @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'staff}, assigns one MIDI channel per staff. This setting allows instrument changes (implemented as MIDI program changes) to re-use single MIDI channel.
126 @item dynamics are now rendered as note velocities, no longer as midi volume. This improves the sound on [high end] midi renderers.
130 MIDI-import through Midi2ly is improved
132 @item Midi2ly now also works on Windows systems
133 @item MIDI-files with more than 32 tracks are now handled
134 @item notes on certain simultaneous voices no longer ignored
135 @item notes overrunning a bar line are no longer truncated
136 @item initial key signature and time signature are respected
137 @item a problem with octaves in subsequent tracks/voices is fixed
138 @item initial support for multiple voices notated on one staff
139 @item the instrumentName is set from track data
140 @item new --skip option, rests are displayed by default
141 @item rests overrunning a bar line are not truncated
142 @item new --include-header option for setting titles
143 @item new --preview option for big MIDI-files
145 The first feature was sponsored by Valentin Villenave,
146 the other features were sponsored by Image-Line Software for FL Studio.
149 A new @code{Completion_rest_engraver} is available for automatically
150 converting long rests which overrun bar lines, matching the
151 @code{Completion_heads_engraver} for notes
156 \remove "Note_heads_engraver"
157 \consists "Completion_heads_engraver"
158 \remove "Rest_engraver"
159 \consists "Completion_rest_engraver"
163 This feature was sponsored by Image-Line Software for FL Studio.
166 Dots can be added to the table of contents items using:
169 tocItemMarkup = \tocItemWithDotsMarkup
174 New markup commands @code{\pattern} and @code{\fill-with-pattern} are available.
177 \pattern #3 #Y #0.3 \flat
179 \pattern #7 #X #2 \flat
180 \override #'(line-width . 40) \fill-with-pattern #1 #CENTER . left right
185 A minimal composer toolkit of modal transformations is provided.
186 A motif may be @notation{transposed}, @notation{inverted} and/or
187 converted to its @notation{retrograde} within any scale.
190 pentatonicScale = \relative a' { a c d f g }
191 motif = \relative c'' { d8 c f,4 <a f'> <a f'> }
198 \modalTranspose c a, \pentatonicScale \motif
199 \modalInversion d'' a' \pentatonicScale \motif
204 s4^"pentatonic scale"
215 Added minimal support for black mensural notation.
218 Enhanced support for obliqua shapes within white mensural ligatures.
221 \context MensuralStaff
225 \override NoteHead #'style = #'semipetrucci
227 \override NoteHead #'style = #'blackpetrucci
229 \revert NoteHead #'style
230 \override NoteHead #'ligature-flexa = ##t
231 \override NoteHead #'flexa-width = #3
234 \override NoteHead #'flexa-width = #5
237 \revert NoteHead #'style
244 New markup functions @code{\with-link} and @code{\page-link} that add
245 hyperlinks to a given label or a given page number. This works in the PDF
246 backend only. All entries to the table of contents now automatically add
247 hyperlinks to the pages they are referring to.
250 Compound time signatures are now supported by the @code{\compoundMeter} command,
251 which can be used instead of @code{\time}:
255 \compoundMeter #'(3 1 8)
257 \compoundMeter #'((2 8) (5 8))
259 \compoundMeter #'((1 2 3 8) (1 4) (3 8))
260 c8 c c c c c c4 c8 c c
265 Lyrics above a staff must have their @code{staff-affinity} set to
266 @code{DOWN} or must have their @code{alignAboveContext} property
267 set in order to be properly aligned. For more information, see
268 @ruser{Placing lyrics vertically}.
271 @code{stringTunings} property values have changed from a list of
272 semitones above middle C to a list of LilyPond pitch values.
273 convert-ly will handle the change automatically where the value
274 of @code{stringTunings} is set to a Scheme constant value.
276 New commands @code{makeStringTuning} and @code{contextStringTuning}
277 allow the creation of string tunings in the form of a Lilypond
281 By using @code{\cueDuringWithClef}, cue notes can now also have their own
282 clef, which is correctly reset at the end of the cue notes. At the begin
283 of each line, the standard clef is still displayed, but the cue clef is
284 shown after the time/key signature in smaller size.
287 vI = \relative c'' { \clef "treble" \repeat unfold 40 g4 }
288 \addQuote vIQuote { \vI }
292 \cueDuringWithClef #"vIQuote" #DOWN #"treble" { R1 } |
293 c4 \cueDuringWithClef #"vIQuote" #DOWN #"treble" {
297 \cueDuringWithClef #"vIQuote" #DOWN "soprano" { R1*2 \break R1 } |
303 \new Staff \new Voice \Solo
310 Note names can be selected with a new
311 @code{@bs{}language "italiano"} command, which
312 can be used in safe mode. The old
313 @code{@bs{}include "italiano.ly"} syntax is
314 still supported for now, but will be deprecated
318 autobeaming is now disabled by @code{\cadenzaOn} and enabled by
319 @code{\cadenzaOff}. Beaming in cadenzas should be indicated manually.
320 Also, if a cadenza is used in a piece with autobeaming disabled, it
321 will need to be disabled again after the cadenza.
324 The user is now able to specify the name of the predefined fretboard
325 table. This allows the use of multiple tables, with switching between them
329 The part-combiner's decision to combine/not combine notes can now be customized
331 @lilypond[quote,relative=2]
333 \relative c' { c2 \partcombineApart c | \partcombineChordsOnce e' e }
334 \relative c' { c2 \partcombineApart c | c c }
338 Tablature staves show fret numbers only by default. To get the
339 former style, @code{\tabFullNotation} is provided.
342 Funk-style and Walker-style shape notes have been added.
345 Rests will no longer keep a staff alive if @code{\RemoveEmptyStaffContext}
349 New option @code{-dinclude-settings=INCLUDEFILE.ly}, which causes lilypond
350 to include the given file before the score is processed. This allows the
351 user to change global settings without the need to change the score itself.
352 That way, several different editions/version (e.g. different page sizes)
353 can be generated from a file without having to modify the score for each
357 The autobeaming settings syntax has been changed. beatLength,
358 beatGrouping, beamSettings, and measureGrouping have all been eliminated.
359 Autobeaming is now controlled by baseMoment, beatStructure, and
360 beamExceptions. Default settings for each of these properties can be
361 stored for any time signature in time-signature-settings, so that
362 when the time signature is changed, the autobeaming will automatically
363 change. The new syntax should be much easier and require fewer
367 The SVG backend has optional support for
368 @uref{http://www.w3.org/Submission/WOFF, WOFF fonts}. Using the Scheme
369 option @code{-d svg-woff} together with the SVG backend selection
370 @code{-d backend=svg}, produces SVG output with CSS WOFF font selection.
373 The LilyPond G clef has been rotated 1.5 degrees clockwise for improved
374 balance. The old and new versions can be compared by looking at the
376 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/The-Feta-font.html#Clef-glyphs,
378 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/the-feta-font.html#Clef-glyphs,
383 Text crescendo spanners can now be added directly using @code{\cresc},
384 @code{\dim} and @code{\decresc}.
385 @lilypond[quote,relative=2]
392 The documented syntax of @samp{lilypond} environments in the @LaTeX{}
393 mode of @command{lilypond-book} has been changed to conform with
394 standard @LaTeX{} syntax: options now come after the environment name:
396 \begin@{lilypond@}[@var{options}] @dots{}
399 The previous syntax with options after @samp{\begin} is still accepted
400 by @command{lilypond-book} but deprecated. Something like
402 sed -i '/begin\[/s/begin\(\[[^]]*]\)\(@{lilypond@}\)/begin\2\1/'
405 might do the trick for conversion.
408 Aesthetics of shape note heads have been enhanced. Variable line thicknesses
409 have been implemented. All note widths have been made consistent.
410 Minor shape note commands that use the relative major key for scale steps
414 A variant of the Segno sign is provided:
415 @lilypond[quote,relative=2]
421 Context modifications (@code{\with} blocks) can be stored in variables and
422 inserted into contexts or other @code{\with} blocks:
423 @lilypond[quote,verbatim]
424 coloredheads = \with { \override NoteHead #'color = #red }
425 noclef = \with { \remove "Clef_engraver" }
428 \new Voice \with { \coloredheads } \relative c' { c4 e g c }
440 A half-open articulation was added:
441 @lilypond[quote,relative=2]
444 This is sometimes used to indicate half-open hi-hats.
447 The Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm is now fully supported for
448 single-line markup due to enhanced integration with Pango.
451 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3+.
454 In tablature, frets can be indicated with labels other than numbers:
456 @lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=1]
459 stringTunings = #`(,(ly:make-pitch 1 3 NATURAL)
460 ,(ly:make-pitch 1 1 NATURAL)
461 ,(ly:make-pitch 0 5 NATURAL)
462 ,(ly:make-pitch 0 3 NATURAL)
463 ,(ly:make-pitch 0 1 NATURAL)
464 ,(ly:make-pitch -1 5 NATURAL))
465 tablatureFormat = #fret-letter-tablature-format
468 \set fretLabels = #`(,(markup #:with-color red "a")
470 ,(markup #:italic #:smaller "c"))
471 <f d>4. <bes>8 <g e>4
476 Layout objects can be printed over a white background, which whites-out objects
477 in lower layers which lie beneath:
479 @lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=1]
481 \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'layer = #4
482 \once \override Tie #'layer = #2
484 \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'whiteout = ##t
485 \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'layer = #3
491 Chords can be repeated using the @code{q} shortcut:
493 @lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
498 With two-sided mode, margins for odd and even pages can be set using
499 @code{inner-margin} and @code{outer-margin}:
504 inner-margin = 10 \mm
505 outer-margin = 20 \mm
510 Paper margin defaults, as specified in @file{ly/paper@/-defaults-init.ly}, apply
511 to the default paper size (a4) and are automatically scaled according to the
515 All combinations of @code{left-margin}, @code{right-margin} and
516 @code{line-width} work now. There is no more need to set @code{line-width}
517 manually unless you explicitly want to.
520 Support for using an alternative music font, such as Gonville, is now
524 In addition to the existing @code{\hspace} markup command,
525 a new @code{\vspace} command has been added to provide an easy
526 and flexible way to add vertical space in markups.
529 The direction of manual beams can be set with @code{^[} and @code{_[}.
532 A version of the breve note head has been added with two vertical lines on each side.
533 @lilypond[quote,relative=2]
535 \override Staff.NoteHead #'style = #'altdefault
540 Instrument names and vocal names now take into account the extent of
541 system start delimiters in other staves for their positioning,
542 resulting in improved default alignment for left-, center- and
544 @lilypond[quote,indent=18\mm]
549 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Piccolo"
553 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Flute"
558 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Bassoon"
564 \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Piano"
565 \context Staff = "up" {
568 \context Staff = "down" {
577 Braces in markup can now be selected by point size using the markup commands
578 @code{\left-brace} and @code{\right-brace}.
588 Intermediate .ps files which are created by LilyPond
589 during compilation are now deleted by default. To keep them,
590 add the following line to your input files:
592 #(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #f)
596 Dashed and dotted slurs, phrasing slurs, and ties
597 have been made variable thickness, and
598 partially dashed slurs are now available:
599 @lilypond[quote,relative=2]
609 An eyeglasses markup was added, indicating strongly to look at the
610 conductor for instructions:
611 @lilypond[quote,relative=2]
612 \mark \markup { \eyeglasses }
613 c4_\markup { \eyeglasses }
617 A snap-pizzicato (also known as Bartok-pizzicato) articulation was added:
618 @lilypond[quote,relative=2]
623 Tuplet number formatting functions are now available to print other fractions
624 and to add notes to the number or fraction:
625 @lilypond[quote,relative=2]
626 \once \override TupletNumber #'text =
627 #(tuplet-number::non-default-tuplet-denominator-text 7)
628 \times 2/3 { c4. c4. c4. c4. }
630 \once \override TupletNumber #'text =
631 #(tuplet-number::non-default-tuplet-fraction-text 12 7)
632 \times 2/3 { c4. c4. c4. c4. }
633 \once \override TupletNumber #'text =
634 #(tuplet-number::append-note-wrapper
635 (tuplet-number::non-default-tuplet-fraction-text 12 7) "8")
636 \times 2/3 { c4. c4. c4. c4. }
638 \once \override TupletNumber #'text =
639 #(tuplet-number::append-note-wrapper tuplet-number::calc-denominator-text "4")
640 \times 2/3 { c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 }
641 \once \override TupletNumber #'text =
642 #(tuplet-number::append-note-wrapper tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text "4")
643 \times 2/3 { c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 }
645 \once \override TupletNumber #'text =
646 #(tuplet-number::fraction-with-notes "4." "8")
647 \times 2/3 { c4. c4. c4. c4. }
648 \once \override TupletNumber #'text =
649 #(tuplet-number::non-default-fraction-with-notes 12 "8" 4 "4")
650 \times 2/3 { c4. c4. c4. c4. }
654 FretBoards now have a chordChanges property to keep repeated FretBoard objects
658 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
659 it more flexible and easier to control.
660 The spacing between staves within a system can now change
661 to better use the space on the page.
662 User-defined contexts may participate in this flexible spacing,
663 depending on how their @code{staff-affinity} is defined.
664 Some page formatting variables (@code{page-top-space},
665 @code{between-system-space -padding}, and
666 @code{before- between- after-title-space}) have been replaced
667 by flexible vertical dimensions.
674 For older news, go to
675 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html},
676 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html},
677 or @uref{../,go back} to the Documentation index.