X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fuser%2Fpitches.itely;h=7f39d91f1012d289542fd8443a01b20be60d6a55;hb=d44d9333d8318a9a1dee7a68ea8e9149877b7d4b;hp=6547f6ff5194b10032329abbcdb3f91162cd1a72;hpb=b90d668ecedabaa3d61e51a664c472d92aaf1da7;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/user/pitches.itely b/Documentation/user/pitches.itely index 6547f6ff51..7f39d91f10 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/pitches.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/pitches.itely @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ mode. In most cases, relative mode will be more convenient. @cindex pitches @cindex absolute @cindex absolute octave specification +@cindex absolute octave entry A pitch name is specified using lowercase letters@tie{}@code{a} through@tie{}@code{g}. The note names @code{c} to @code{b} are @@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ g a b c d e f g @end lilypond +@cindex octave changing mark @funindex ' @funindex , @@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ Snippets: @unnumberedsubsubsec Relative octave entry @cindex relative +@cindex relative octave entry @cindex relative octave specification @funindex \relative @@ -215,6 +218,8 @@ Internals Reference: @rinternals{RelativeOctaveMusic}. +@cindex relative octave entry and transposition +@cindex transposition and relative octave entry @funindex \transpose @funindex \chordmode @funindex \relative @@ -258,6 +263,7 @@ see @rlearning{Accidentals and key signatures}.} @cindex double flat @cindex flat, double @cindex natural sign +@cindex natural pitch A @notation{sharp} pitch is made by adding @code{is} to the note name, and a @notation{flat} pitch by adding @code{es}. As you @@ -312,6 +318,9 @@ natural signs. cis cis cis! cis? c c c! c? @end lilypond +@cindex accidental on tied note +@cindex tied note, accidental + Accidentals on tied notes are only printed at the beginning of a new system: @@ -355,6 +364,9 @@ Internals Reference: @rinternals{accidental-interface}. +@cindex accidental, quarter-tone +@cindex quarter-tone accidental + @knownissues There are no generally accepted standards for denoting @@ -366,14 +378,17 @@ any standard. @node Note names in other languages @unnumberedsubsubsec Note names in other languages +@cindex note names, other languages +@cindex pitch names, other languages +@cindex language, note names in other +@cindex language, pitch names in other + There are predefined sets of note names for various other languages. To use them, include the language-specific init file. For example, to use English notes names, add @w{@code{\include "english.ly"}} to the top of the input file. The available language files and the note names they define are: -@cindex note names, other languages -@cindex pitch names, other languages @smallexample @multitable {nederlands.ly} {do re mi fa sol la sib si} {-iss/-is} {-ess/-es} {-ss/-x/-sharpsharp} {-essess/-eses} @@ -433,6 +448,12 @@ a2 as e es a ases e eses @end lilypond +@cindex microtones +@cindex semi-sharp +@cindex semi-flat +@cindex sesqui-sharp +@cindex sesqui-flat + Some music uses microtones whose alterations are fractions of a @q{normal} sharp or flat. The note names for quarter-tones defined in the various language files are listed in the following @@ -492,8 +513,10 @@ This section discusses how to modify pitches. @cindex octave correction @cindex octave check +@cindex control pitch @funindex = @funindex \octaveCheck +@funindex controlpitch In relative mode, it is easy to forget an octave changing mark. Octave checks make such errors easier to find by displaying a @@ -561,8 +584,12 @@ Internals Reference: @unnumberedsubsubsec Transpose @cindex transpose +@cindex transposing @cindex transposition @cindex transposition of pitches +@cindex transposition of notes +@cindex pitches, transposition of +@cindex notes, transposition of @funindex \transpose A music expression can be transposed with @code{\transpose}. The @@ -592,6 +619,9 @@ automatically transposed as well. } @end lilypond +@cindex transposing instruments +@cindex instruments, transposing + If a part written in C (normal @notation{concert pitch}) is to be played on the A clarinet (for which an A is notated as a C and thus sounds a minor third lower than notated), the appropriate @@ -626,6 +656,7 @@ music = \relative c' { c d e f } @end lilypond @cindex transposing instruments +@cindex instruments, transposing @code{\transpose} may also be used in a different way, to input written notes for a transposing instrument. The previous examples @@ -849,6 +880,15 @@ at the start of the staff. The key signature may be altered: @funindex \dorian @cindex church modes @cindex modes +@cindex major +@cindex minor +@cindex ionian +@cindex locrian +@cindex aeolian +@cindex mixolydian +@cindex lydian +@cindex phrygian +@cindex dorian Here, @var{mode} should be @code{\major} or @code{\minor} to get a key signature of @var{pitch}-major or @var{pitch}-minor, @@ -904,19 +944,20 @@ Internals Reference: @cindex 8va @cindex 8ve @cindex octavation +@funindex set-octavation @notation{Ottava brackets} introduce an extra transposition of an octave for the staff: @lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2] a'2 b -#(set-octavation 1) +\ottava #1 a b -#(set-octavation 0) +\ottava #0 a b @end lilypond -The @code{set-octavation} function also takes -1 (for 8va bassa), +The @code{ottava} function also takes -1 (for 8va bassa), 2@tie{}(for 15ma), and -2 (for 15ma bassa) as arguments. @@ -948,6 +989,7 @@ Internals Reference: @cindex transposition, instrument @cindex transposing instrument @cindex MIDI +@cindex MIDI transposition @funindex \transposition When typesetting scores that involve transposing instruments, some @@ -1044,6 +1086,7 @@ Snippets: @cindex automatic accidentals @cindex default accidental style @funindex set-accidental-style +@funindex voice There are many different conventions on how to typeset accidentals. LilyPond provides a function to specify which @@ -1070,6 +1113,8 @@ style in all staves of the current @code{StaffGroup}, use: The following accidental styles are supported. To demonstrate each style, we use the following example: +@funindex default + @lilypond[verbatim,quote] musicA = { << @@ -1139,6 +1184,11 @@ both staves. @c don't use verbatim in this table. @table @code @item default + +@cindex default accidental style +@cindex accidental style, default +@funindex default + This is the default typesetting behavior. It corresponds to eighteenth-century common practice: accidentals are remembered to the end of the measure in which they occur and only in their own @@ -1193,6 +1243,15 @@ musicB = { @end lilypond @item voice + +@cindex accidental style, voice +@cindex voice accidental style +@cindex accidental style, modern +@cindex modern accidental style +@cindex accidental style, modern-cautionary +@cindex modern-cautionary accidental style +@funindex voice + The normal behavior is to remember the accidentals at @code{Staff}-level. In this style, however, accidentals are typeset individually for each voice. Apart from that, the rule is @@ -1255,9 +1314,10 @@ musicB = { @end lilypond @item modern + @cindex accidentals, modern style @cindex modern style accidentals -@funindex modern style accidentals +@funindex modern This rule corresponds to the common practice in the twentieth century. It prints the same accidentals as @code{default}, with @@ -1315,6 +1375,7 @@ musicB = { @end lilypond @item modern-cautionary + @cindex accidentals, modern cautionary style @cindex modern accidental style @cindex modern cautionary accidental style @@ -1376,6 +1437,7 @@ musicB = { @end lilypond @item modern-voice + @cindex accidental style, modern @cindex accidentals, modern @cindex accidentals, multivoice @@ -1443,6 +1505,7 @@ musicB = { @cindex accidental style, modern voice cautionary @cindex accidental style, voice, modern cautionary @funindex modern-voice-cautionary + @item modern-voice-cautionary This rule is the same as @code{modern-voice}, but with the extra @@ -1498,10 +1561,12 @@ musicB = { @end lilypond @item piano + @cindex accidental style, piano @cindex accidentals, piano @cindex piano accidental style @cindex piano accidentals +@funindex piano This rule reflects twentieth-century practice for piano notation. Its behavior is very similar to @code{modern} style, but here @@ -1558,7 +1623,8 @@ musicB = { @end lilypond @item piano-cautionary -@funindex #(set-accidental-style 'piano-cautionary) + +@funindex piano-cautionary @cindex accidentals, piano cautionary @cindex cautionary accidentals, piano @cindex piano cautionary accidentals @@ -1614,8 +1680,182 @@ musicB = { } @end lilypond + +@item neo-modern + +@funindex neo-modern +@cindex neo-modern accidental style +@cindex accidental style, neo-modern + +This rule reproduces a common practice in contemporary music: +accidentals are printed like with @code{modern}, but they are printed +again if the same note appears later in the same measure -- except +if the note is immediately repeated. + +@lilypond[quote] +musicA = { + << + \relative c' { + cis'8 fis, d'4 8 f bis4 | + cis2. 4 | + } + \\ + \relative c' { + ais'2 cis, | + fis8 b a4 cis2 | + } + >> +} + +musicB = { + \clef bass + \new Voice { + \voiceTwo \relative c' { + 4 + \change Staff = up + cis' + \change Staff = down + + \change Staff = up + dis' | + \change Staff = down + 4 gis 2 | + } + } +} + +\new PianoStaff { + << + \context Staff = "up" { + #(set-accidental-style 'neo-modern) + \musicA + } + \context Staff = "down" { + #(set-accidental-style 'neo-modern) + \musicB + } + >> +} +@end lilypond + +@item neo-modern-cautionary + +@funindex neo-modern-cautionary +@cindex neo-modern-cautionary accidental style +@cindex accidental style, neo-modern-cautionary + +This rule is similar to @code{neo-modern}, but the extra +accidentals are printed as cautionary accidentals. + +@lilypond[quote] +musicA = { + << + \relative c' { + cis'8 fis, d'4 8 f bis4 | + cis2. 4 | + } + \\ + \relative c' { + ais'2 cis, | + fis8 b a4 cis2 | + } + >> +} + +musicB = { + \clef bass + \new Voice { + \voiceTwo \relative c' { + 4 + \change Staff = up + cis' + \change Staff = down + + \change Staff = up + dis' | + \change Staff = down + 4 gis 2 | + } + } +} + +\new PianoStaff { + << + \context Staff = "up" { + #(set-accidental-style 'neo-modern-cautionary) + \musicA + } + \context Staff = "down" { + #(set-accidental-style 'neo-modern-cautionary) + \musicB + } + >> +} +@end lilypond + + +@item dodecaphonic + +@funindex dodecaphonic +@cindex dodecaphonic accidental style +@cindex dodecaphonic style, neo-modern + +This rule reflects a practice introduced by composers at +the beginning of the 20th century, in an attempt to +abolish the hierarchy between natural and non-natural notes. +With this style, @emph{every} note gets an accidental sign, +including natural signs. + +@lilypond[quote] +musicA = { + << + \relative c' { + cis'8 fis, d'4 8 f bis4 | + cis2. 4 | + } + \\ + \relative c' { + ais'2 cis, | + fis8 b a4 cis2 | + } + >> +} + +musicB = { + \clef bass + \new Voice { + \voiceTwo \relative c' { + 4 + \change Staff = up + cis' + \change Staff = down + + \change Staff = up + dis' | + \change Staff = down + 4 gis 2 | + } + } +} + +\new PianoStaff { + << + \context Staff = "up" { + #(set-accidental-style 'dodecaphonic) + \musicA + } + \context Staff = "down" { + #(set-accidental-style 'dodecaphonic) + \musicB + } + >> +} +@end lilypond + + @item no-reset -@funindex no-reset accidental style + +@funindex no-reset @cindex accidental style, no reset @cindex no reset accidental style @@ -1669,14 +1909,16 @@ musicB = { @end lilypond @item forget -@funindex forget accidental style + +@funindex forget @cindex forget accidental style @cindex accidental style, forget This is the opposite of @code{no-reset}: Accidentals are not remembered at all -- and hence all accidentals are typeset relative to the key signature, regardless of what came before in -the music: +the music. Unlike @code{dodecaphonic}, this rule never prints +any naturals. @lilypond[quote] musicA = { @@ -1858,6 +2100,9 @@ This section suggests ways of altering note heads. @cindex parlato note heads @cindex harmonic note heads @cindex guitar note heads +@cindex note head styles +@cindex styles, note heads +@funindex cross Note heads may be altered: @@ -1902,6 +2147,7 @@ Internals Reference: @unnumberedsubsubsec Easy notation note heads @cindex note heads, practice +@cindex practice note heads @cindex note heads, easy notation @cindex easy notation @cindex Hal Leonard @@ -1957,7 +2203,6 @@ Internals Reference: @cindex Aiken shape note heads @cindex sacred harp note heads @funindex \key -@funindex shapeNoteStyles @funindex \aikenHeads @funindex \sacredHarpHeads