@c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*- @ignore Translation of GIT committish: FILL-IN-HEAD-COMMITTISH When revising a translation, copy the HEAD committish of the version that you are working on. See TRANSLATION for details. @end ignore @c \version "2.12.0" @node Wind instruments @section Wind instruments @lilypondfile[quote]{wind-headword.ly} This section includes some elements of music notation that arise when writing for winds. @menu * Common notation for wind instruments:: * Bagpipes:: @end menu @node Common notation for wind instruments @subsection Common notation for wind instruments This section discusses some issues common to most wind instruments. @menu * References for wind instruments:: * Fingerings:: @end menu @node References for wind instruments @unnumberedsubsubsec References for wind instruments @cindex wind instruments Many notation issues for wind instruments pertain to breathing and tonguing: @itemize @item Breathing can be specified by rests or @ref{Breath marks}. @item Legato playing is indicated by @ref{Slurs}. @item Different types of tonguings, ranging from legato to non-legato to stacatto are usually shown by articulation marks, sometimes combined with slurs, see @ref{Articulations and ornamentations} and @ref{List of articulations}. @item Flutter tonguing is usually indicated by placing a tremolo mark and a text markup on the note. See @ref{Tremolo repeats}. @end itemize There are also other aspects of musical notation that can apply to wind instruments: @itemize @item Many wind instruments are transposing intruments, see @ref{Instrument transpositions}. @item The slide glissando are characteristic of the trombone, but other winds may perform keyed or valved glissandi. See @ref{Glissando}. @item Harmonic series glissandi, which are possible on all brass instruments but common for French Horns, are usually written out as @ref{Grace notes}. @item Pitch inflections at the end of a note are discussed in @ref{Falls and doits}. @item Key slaps or valve slaps are often shown by the @code{cross} style of @ref{Special note heads}. @item Woodwinds can overblow low notes to sound harmonics. These are shown by the @code{flageolet} articulation. See @ref{List of articulations}. @item The use of brass mutes is usually indicated by a text markup, but where there are many rapid changes it is better to use the @code{stopped} and @code{open} articulations. See @ref{Articulations and ornamentations} and @ref{List of articulations}. @item Stopped horns are indicated by the @code{stopped} articulation. See @ref{Articulations and ornamentations}. @end itemize @snippets @lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,texidoc,doctitle] {changing--flageolet-mark-size.ly} @seealso Notation Reference: @ref{Breath marks}, @ref{Slurs}, @ref{Articulations and ornamentations}, @ref{List of articulations}, @ref{Tremolo repeats}, @ref{Instrument transpositions}, @ref{Glissando}, @ref{Grace notes}, @ref{Falls and doits}, @ref{Special note heads}, Snippets: @rlsr{Winds} @node Fingerings @unnumberedsubsubsec Fingerings @c TODO add link to LSR snippet by Libero Mureddo once he has added @c it (after August 15th). All wind instruments other than the trombone require the use of several fingers to produce each pitch. TBC @node Bagpipes @subsection Bagpipes This section includes extra information for writing for bagpipes. @menu * Bagpipe definitions:: * Bagpipe example:: @end menu @node Bagpipe definitions @unnumberedsubsubsec Bagpipe definitions @cindex bagpipe @cindex Scottish highland bagpipe @cindex grace notes @funindex \taor @funindex taor @funindex \hideKeySignature @funindex hideKeySignature @funindex \showKeySignature @funindex showKeySignature LilyPond contains special definitions for music for the Scottish highland bagpipe; to use them, add @example \include "bagpipe.ly" @end example @noindent at the top of your input file. This lets you add the special grace notes common to bagpipe music with short commands. For example, you could write @code{\taor} instead of @example \grace @{ \small G32[ d G e] @} @end example @code{bagpipe.ly} also contains pitch definitions for the bagpipe notes in the appropriate octaves, so you do not need to worry about @code{\relative} or @code{\transpose}. @lilypond[ragged-right,verbatim,quote,notime] \include "bagpipe.ly" { \grg G4 \grg a \grg b \grg c \grg d \grg e \grg f \grA g A } @end lilypond Bagpipe music nominally uses the key of D Major (even though that isn't really true). However, since that is the only key that can be used, the key signature is normally not written out. To set this up correctly, always start your music with @code{\hideKeySignature}. If you for some reason want to show the key signature, you can use @code{\showKeySignature} instead. Some modern music use cross fingering on c and f to flatten those notes. This can be indicated by @code{cflat} or @code{fflat}. Similarly, the piobaireachd high g can be written @code{gflat} when it occurs in light music. @seealso @rlsr{Winds} @node Bagpipe example @unnumberedsubsubsec Bagpipe example @cindex bagpipe example @cindex Amazing Grace bagpipe example This is what the well known tune Amazing Grace looks like in bagpipe notation. @lilypond[verbatim,quote] \include "bagpipe.ly" \layout { indent = 0.0\cm \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } } \header { title = "Amazing Grace" meter = "Hymn" arranger = "Trad. arr." } { \hideKeySignature \time 3/4 \grg \partial 4 a8. d16 \slurd d2 \grg f8[ e32 d16.] \grg f2 \grg f8 e \thrwd d2 \grg b4 \grG a2 \grg a8. d16 \slurd d2 \grg f8[ e32 d16.] \grg f2 \grg e8. f16 \dblA A2 \grg A4 \grg A2 f8. A16 \grg A2 \hdblf f8[ e32 d16.] \grg f2 \grg f8 e \thrwd d2 \grg b4 \grG a2 \grg a8. d16 \slurd d2 \grg f8[ e32 d16.] \grg f2 e4 \thrwd d2. \slurd d2 \bar "|." } @end lilypond @seealso @rlsr{Winds}