touching the strings instead of fully pressing them. This gives the sound a
percussive noise-like sound that still maintains part of the original
pitch. It is notated with cross noteheads; this is
-demonstrated in @ref{Special noteheads}.
+demonstrated in @ref{Special note heads}.
@code{,,}@tie{} will alter the pitch by two octaves.
@item
-The pitch of the first note is relative to @code{@var{startpitch}.
+The pitch of the first note is relative to @code{@var{startpitch}}.
@end itemize
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Note that in some languages such as Norwegian and Swedish, the usual
-spelling for accidentals is a double q{s} such as in @code{ciss}
-or @{cess}. For both historical reasons and a greater simplicity,
+spelling for accidentals is a double @q{s} such as in @code{ciss}
+or @code{cess}. For both historical reasons and a greater simplicity,
LilyPond uses a single @q{s} for all these languages.
@noindent