From 56691afedddbbbbc6cf8abbc53c9f1753e3922e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Hohl Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:09:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: adding palm mute to fretted-strings.itely --- Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely b/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely index e4df5e027f..b89790fdde 100644 --- a/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely +++ b/Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely @@ -1499,6 +1499,33 @@ music = \relative c' { >> @end lilypond +Another playing technique (especially used on electic guitars) is +called @notation{palm mute}. The string is hereby partly muted by the +palm of the striking hand (hence the name). Lilypond supports +the notation of palm mute-style notes by changing the note head to a +triangle shape. + +@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim] +\new Voice { % Warning: explicit Voice instantiation is + % required to have palmMuteOff work properly + % when palmMuteOn comes at the beginning of + % the piece. + \relative c, { + \clef "G_8" + \palmMuteOn + e8^\markup { \musicglyph #"noteheads.u2do" = palm mute } + e e + \palmMuteOff + e e \palmMute e e e | + e8 \palmMute { e e e } e e e e | + \palmMuteOn + < e b' e >8 e e e < e b' e >2 + \palmMuteOff | + < \palmMute e b' e >8 \palmMute { e e e } < \palmMute e b' e >2 + } +} +@end lilypond + @seealso Snippets: @rlsr{Fretted strings}. -- 2.39.2