@cindex note lengths
@funindex \longa
-@funindex longa
@funindex \breve
-@funindex breve
@funindex \maxima
-@funindex maxima
Durations are designated by numbers and dots. Durations are entered
as their reciprocal values. For example, a quarter note is entered
proportional notation, see @ref{Proportional notation}.
@funindex \dotsUp
-@funindex dotsUp
@funindex \dotsDown
-@funindex dotsDown
@funindex \dotsNeutral
-@funindex dotsNeutral
Dots are normally moved up to avoid staff lines, except in
polyphonic situations. Dots may be manually placed above or below
@cindex triplets
@funindex \tuplet
-@funindex tuplet
Tuplets are made from a music expression with the @code{\tuplet}
command, multiplying the speed of the music expression by a fraction:
@cindex tuplet bracket placement
@funindex \tupletUp
-@funindex tupletUp
@funindex \tupletDown
-@funindex tupletDown
@funindex \tupletNeutral
-@funindex tupletNeutral
Tuplet brackets may be manually placed above or below the staff:
@cindex expanding music
@funindex \scaleDurations
-@funindex scaleDurations
Longer stretches of music may be compressed by a fraction in the
same way, as if every note, chord or rest had the fraction as a
@cindex ties and volta brackets
@funindex \repeatTie
-@funindex repeatTie
When a second alternative of a repeat starts with a tied note, you
have to specify the repeated tie as follows:
@cindex ties, laissez vibrer
@funindex \laissezVibrer
-@funindex laissezVibrer
@notation{L.v.}@: ties (@notation{laissez vibrer}) indicate that
notes must not be damped at the end. It is used in notation for
@cindex ties, placement
@funindex \tieUp
-@funindex tieUp
@funindex \tieDown
-@funindex tieDown
@funindex \tieNeutral
-@funindex tieNeutral
Ties may be made to curve up or down manually; see
@ref{Direction and placement}.
@cindex dotted ties
@funindex \tieDotted
-@funindex tieDotted
@funindex \tieDashed
-@funindex tieDashed
@funindex \tieSolid
-@funindex tieSolid
Ties may be made dashed, dotted, or a combination of solid and
dashed.
@cindex breve rest
@funindex \rest
-@funindex rest
@funindex r
@funindex \maxima
-@funindex maxima
@funindex \longa
-@funindex longa
@funindex \breve
-@funindex breve
Rests are entered like notes with the note name @code{r}.
Durations longer than a whole rest use the following predefined
@funindex s
@funindex \skip
-@funindex skip
An invisible rest (also called a @q{spacer rest}) can be entered
like a note with the note name@tie{}@code{s}:
@cindex whole rest for a full measure
@cindex rest, whole for a full measure
-@funindex compressMMRests
@funindex \compressMMRests
@funindex R
@cindex multi-measure rest with markup
@funindex \fermataMarkup
-@funindex fermataMarkup
@funindex MultiMeasureRestText
Markups can be added to multi-measure rests.
@funindex \textLengthOn
-@funindex textLengthOn
@funindex \textLengthOff
-@funindex textLengthOff
@funindex \fermataMarkup
-@funindex fermataMarkup
@funindex \compressMMRests
-@funindex compressMMRests
@predefined
@code{\textLengthOn},
@cindex meter
@funindex \time
-@funindex time
The time signature is set as follows:
@cindex meter style
@funindex \numericTimeSignature
-@funindex numericTimeSignature
@funindex \defaultTimeSignature
-@funindex defaultTimeSignature
The time signature symbol that is used in 2/2 and 4/4 time can be
changed to a numeric style:
@cindex metronome marking with text
@funindex \tempo
-@funindex tempo
A basic metronome mark is simple to write:
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@funindex \markLengthOn
-@funindex markLengthOn
@funindex \markLengthOff
-@funindex markLengthOff
In a part for an instrument with long periods of rests,
tempo indications sometimes follow each other closely.
@funindex measurePosition
@funindex \partial
-@funindex partial
Partial or pick-up measures, such as an @emph{anacrusis} or an
@emph{upbeat}, are entered using the @code{\partial} command:
@cindex beams, unmetered music
@funindex \cadenzaOn
-@funindex cadenzaOn
@funindex \cadenzaOff
-@funindex cadenzaOff
In metered music bar lines are inserted and bar numbers are calculated
automatically. In unmetered music (i.e. cadenzas), this is not
@funindex timeSignatureFraction
@funindex \scaleDurations
-@funindex scaleDurations
@funindex \tuplet
-@funindex tuplet
Polymetric notation is supported explicitly or by manually modifying the
visible time signature symbol and/or scaling note durations.
@funindex Pitch_squash_engraver
@funindex \improvisationOn
-@funindex improvisationOn
@funindex \improvisationOff
-@funindex improvisationOff
Guitar chord charts often show the strumming rhythms. This can
be done with the @code{Pitch_squash_engraver} and
@cindex beams, customizing rules
@funindex \autoBeamOn
-@funindex autoBeamOn
@funindex \autoBeamOff
-@funindex autoBeamOff
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@funindex autoBeaming
@funindex baseMoment
-@funindex beamExceptions
@funindex \beamExceptions
@funindex beatStructure
@funindex measureLength
@funindex \time
-@funindex time
@funindex \set
-@funindex set
When automatic beaming is enabled, the placement of automatic beams
is determined by three context properties:
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@funindex \noBeam
-@funindex noBeam
Individual notes may be marked with @code{\noBeam} to prevent them
from being beamed:
@cindex feathered beams
@funindex \featherDurations
-@funindex featherDurations
@funindex grow-direction
Feathered beams are used to indicate that a small group of notes
@cindex repeat bars
@funindex \bar
-@funindex bar
Bar lines delimit measures, and are also used to indicate
repeats. Normally, simple bar lines are automatically inserted
@ref{Normal repeats}.
@funindex \defineBarLine
-@funindex defineBarLine
@cindex bar lines, defining
@cindex defining bar lines
@funindex whichBar
@funindex defaultBarType
@funindex \bar
-@funindex bar
@funindex bartype
The command @samp{\bar @var{bartype}} is a shortcut for
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@funindex \barNumberCheck
-@funindex barNumberCheck
When copying large pieces of music, it can be helpful to check that
the LilyPond bar number corresponds to the original that you are
@cindex mark, rehearsal
@funindex \mark
-@funindex mark
To print a rehearsal mark, use the @code{\mark} command.
@cindex glyphs, music
@funindex \musicglyph
-@funindex musicglyph
Music glyphs (such as the segno sign) may be printed inside a
@code{\mark}
@cindex grace notes, following
@funindex \afterGrace
-@funindex afterGrace
If you want to end a note with a grace, use the @code{\afterGrace}
command. It takes two arguments: the main note, and the grace
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