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
@ruser{Automatic accidentals},
@ruser{Key signature}.
-Music Glossary:
-@rglos{Pitch names}.
-
@node Ties and slurs
@subsection Ties and slurs
@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
>>
@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.