+%% try \once \override Score.Beam.breakable = ##t
+
+%% rather name \newline, \pageBreak ?
+break = #(make-music 'LineBreakEvent 'break-permission 'force)
+noBreak = #(make-music 'LineBreakEvent 'break-permission '())
+%% \pageBreak, \noPageBreak, \pageTurn, \noPageTurn, \allowPageTurn are defined
+%% as music functions
+
+stopStaff = #(make-span-event 'StaffSpanEvent STOP)
+startStaff = #(make-span-event 'StaffSpanEvent START)
+
+
+%
+% Code articulation definitions
+%
+noBeam = #(make-music 'BeamForbidEvent)
+"|" = #(make-music 'BarCheck)
+"[" = #(make-span-event 'BeamEvent START)
+"]" = #(make-span-event 'BeamEvent STOP)
+"~" = #(make-music 'TieEvent)
+"(" = #(make-span-event 'SlurEvent START)
+")" = #(make-span-event 'SlurEvent STOP)
+"\\!" = #(make-span-event 'CrescendoEvent STOP)
+"\\(" = #(make-span-event 'PhrasingSlurEvent START)
+"\\)" = #(make-span-event 'PhrasingSlurEvent STOP)
+"\\>" = #(make-span-event 'DecrescendoEvent START)
+"\\<" = #(make-span-event 'CrescendoEvent START)
+"\\[" = #(make-span-event 'LigatureEvent START)
+"\\]" = #(make-span-event 'LigatureEvent STOP)
+"\\~" = #(make-music 'PesOrFlexaEvent)
+"\\\\" = #(make-music 'VoiceSeparator)