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-@c \version "2.12.0"
+@c \version "2.14.0"
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Tutorial guidelines: (different from policy.txt!)
Music Glossary: @rglos{accidental}, @rglos{key signature},
@rglos{pitch}, @rglos{flat}, @rglos{natural}, @rglos{sharp},
-@rglos{transposition}.
+@rglos{transposition}, @rglos{Pitch names}.
To determine whether to print an @notation{accidental}, LilyPond
examines the pitches and the @notation{key signature}. The key
note's @notation{pitch}! This is a feature that often causes
confusion to newcomers, so let us explain it in more detail.
-LilyPond makes a sharp distinction between musical content and
+LilyPond makes a clear distinction between musical content and
layout. The alteration (@notation{flat}, @notation{natural sign} or
@notation{sharp}) of a note is part of the pitch, and is therefore
musical content. Whether an accidental (a @emph{printed} flat,
@ruser{Automatic accidentals},
@ruser{Key signature}.
-Music Glossary:
-@rglos{Pitch names}.
-
@node Ties and slurs
@subsection Ties and slurs
@funindex GrandStaff
@funindex ChoirStaff
-Music Glossary: @rglos{brace}.
+Music Glossary:
+@rglos{brace},
+@rglos{staff},
+@rglos{system}.
Piano music is typeset in two staves connected by a
@notation{brace}.
@node Combining notes into chords
@subsection Combining notes into chords
+Music Glossary: @rglos{chord}
+
@cindex chords
@cindex note durations in chords
@funindex >
@funindex < ... >
-Music Glossary: @rglos{chord}.
-
We saw earlier how notes can be combined into @notation{chords} by
indicating they are simultaneous by enclosing them in double angle
brackets. However, the normal way of indicating a chord is to
ties with chords. They must be placed outside the angle brackets.
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
-r4 <c e g>8[ <c f a>]~ <c f a>2 |
-r4 <c e g>8( <c e g>\> <c e g>4 <c f a>\!) |
+r4 <c e g>~ <c f a>2 |
+<c e g>8[ <c f a> <c e g> <c f a>] <c e g>\>[ <c f a> <c f a> <c e g>]\! |
+r4 <c e g>8.\p <c f a>16( <c e g>4-. <c f a>) |
@end lilypond
+@seealso
+Notation Reference:
+@ruser{Chorded notes}.
+
@node Single staff polyphony
@subsection Single staff polyphony
Polyphonic music in lilypond, while not difficult, uses concepts
that we haven't discussed yet, so we're not going to introduce
-them here. Instead, the following sections introduce these concepts
+them here. Instead, the following sections introduce these concepts
and explain them thoroughly.
@seealso
>>
@end lilypond
-Note the curly brackets delimiting both the music and the lyrics.
-It is essential that the final syllable is separated from the
-terminating curly bracket by a space or a newline, or it will be
+@warning{It is essential that the final syllable is separated from
+the terminating curly bracket by a space or a newline, or it will be
assumed to be part of the syllable, giving rise to an obscure
-error, see @rprogram{Apparent error in ../ly/init.ly}.
+error, see @rprogram{Apparent error in ../ly/init.ly}.}
-Note also the double angle brackets @w{@code{<< ... >>}} around the
+Note the double angle brackets @w{@code{<< ... >>}} around the
whole piece to show that the music and lyrics are to occur at the
same time.
>>
@end lilypond
-We see the extra lyrics do not align properly with the notes. The
-word @notation{shine} should be sung on two notes, not one. This
-is called a @notation{melisma}, a single syllable sung to more
-than one note. There are several ways to spread a syllable over
-multiple notes, the simplest being to add a slur across them, for
-details, see @ref{Ties and slurs}:
+If you compile the code in the example above, you should see some
+warnings in the console output:
+
+@example
+song.ly:12:29: warning: barcheck failed at: 5/8
+ The | moon doth shine as
+ | bright as day; |
+song.ly:12:46: warning: barcheck failed at: 3/8
+ The | moon doth shine as | bright as day;
+ |
+@end example
+
+This is a good example of the usefulness of bar checks. Now,
+looking at the music, we see that the extra lyrics do not align
+properly with the notes. The word @notation{shine} should be sung
+on two notes, not one. This is called a @notation{melisma}, a
+single syllable sung to more than one note. There are several
+ways to spread a syllable over multiple notes, the simplest being
+to add a slur across them, for details, see @ref{Ties and slurs}:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
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