+This example demonstrates how to include guitar position and
+barring indications.
+
+@lilypond[quote,raggedright,fragment,verbatim,relative=0]
+\clef "G_8"
+b16 d16 g16 b16 e16
+\textSpannerDown
+\override TextSpanner #'edge-text = #'("XII " . "")
+ g16\startTextSpan
+ b16 e16 g16 e16 b16 g16\stopTextSpan
+e16 b16 g16 d16
+@end lilypond
+
+
+Stopped (X) note heads are used in guitar music to signal a place where the
+guitarist must play a certain note or chord, with its fingers just
+touching the strings instead of fully pressing them. This gives the sound a
+percussive noise-like sound that still maintains part of the original
+pitch. It is notated with cross noteheads; this is
+demonstrated in @ref{Special noteheads}.
+
+
+@node Bagpipe
+@section Bagpipe
+
+@cindex Bagpipe
+
+@menu
+* Bagpipe definitions::
+* Bagpipe example::
+@end menu
+
+
+@node Bagpipe definitions
+@subsection Bagpipe definitions
+
+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 gracenotes
+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 appropiate octaves, so you do not need to worry about
+@code{\relative} or @code{\transpose}.
+
+@lilypond[raggedright,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.
+
+
+@node Bagpipe example
+@subsection 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
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