-@c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
+@c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
@ignore
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-@c \version "2.11.61"
+@c \version "2.12.0"
@node Unfretted string instruments
@section Unfretted string instruments
+@lilypondfile[quote]
+{unfretted-headword.ly}
+
@cindex orchestral strings
+@cindex strings, orchestral
@cindex strings, writing for
This section provides information and references which are helpful
* References for unfretted strings::
* Bowing indications::
* Harmonics::
-* Snap (Bartók) pizzicato::
+* Snap (Bartok) pizzicato::
@end menu
@node References for unfretted strings
@itemize
-@item Texual indications such as @qq{pizz.} and @qq{arco} are
+@item Textual indications such as @qq{pizz.} and @qq{arco} are
added as simple text -- see @ref{Text scripts}.
@item Fingerings, including the thumb indication, are described
@end itemize
+
@seealso
Learning Manual:
@rlearning{String quartet}.
Snippets:
@rlsr{Unfretted strings}.
+
@node Bowing indications
@unnumberedsubsubsec Bowing indications
@funindex \upbow
@funindex \downbow
+@funindex \open
@cindex bowing indications
@cindex up bow indication
@cindex down bow indication
+@cindex open string indication
+@cindex string, indicating open
Bowing indications are created as articulations, which are
-described in @ref{Articulations and ornamentations}. The
-bowing commands, @code{\upbow} and @code{\downbow}, are used with
-slurs as follows:
+described in @ref{Articulations and ornamentations}.
+
+The bowing commands, @code{\upbow} and @code{\downbow}, are used
+with slurs as follows:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
c4(\downbow d) e(\upbow f)
@end lilypond
+@noindent
+and the following example shows three ways in which an open A
+string on a violin might be indicated:
-@seealso
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
+a4 \open
+a^\markup { \teeny "II" }
+a2^\markup { \small "sul A" }
+@end lilypond
+
+@predefined
+@code{\downbow},
+@code{\upbow},
+@code{\open}.
+@endpredefined
+
+
+@seealso
Notation Reference:
@ref{Articulations and ornamentations},
@ref{Slurs}.
+
@node Harmonics
@unnumberedsubsubsec Harmonics
<e a\harmonic>2 <c g'\harmonic>
@end lilypond
+
@seealso
Music Glossary:
@rglos{harmonics}.
@ref{Special note heads},
@ref{References for unfretted strings}.
-@node Snap (Bartók) pizzicato
+
+@node Snap (Bartok) pizzicato
@unnumberedsubsubsec Snap (Bartók) pizzicato
@cindex pizzicato, Bartók