Application Usage:
@@rprogram@{blah@}.
+Essay on automated music engraving:
+@@ressay@{yadda@}.
+
Extending LilyPond:
@@rextend@{frob@}.
@funindex maj
@funindex m
-The table belows shows the actions of the quality modifiers on
+The table below shows the actions of the quality modifiers on
triads and seventh chords. The default seventh step added to
chords is a minor or flatted seventh, which makes the dominant
seventh the basic seventh chord. All alterations are relative to
system can be modified as described below. An alternate jazz
chord system has been developed using these modifications.
The Ignatzek and alternate
-Jazz notation are shown on the chart in @ref{Chord
-name chart}.
+Jazz notation are shown on the chart in @ref{Chord name chart}.
@c TODO -- Change this so we don't have a non-verbatim example.
@c Make short example in docs, then move longer example to
@ref{Chord name chart},
@ref{Common chord modifiers}.
+Essay on automated music engraving:
+@ressay{Literature list}.
+
Installed Files:
@file{scm/chords-ignatzek.scm},
@file{scm/chord-entry.scm},
Music for plucked string instruments is frequently notated using a
finger/touch notation or tablature. In contrast to traditional
notation pitches are not denoted with note heads, but by numbers (or
-letterlike symbols in historical intavolatura). The numbers
+letter-like symbols in historical intavolatura). The numbers
indicate on which string and fret a note must be played. The numbers
are printed on top of each other if they are to be played
simultaneously.
@funindex StringTunings
-LilyPond tabulature automatically calculates the fret for
+LilyPond tablature automatically calculates the fret for
a note based on the string to which the note is assigned.
In order to do this, the tuning of the strings must be
specified. The tuning of the strings is given in the
@funindex teaching
This rule is intended for students, and makes it easy to create
-scale sheets with automagically created cautionary accidentals.
+scale sheets with automatically created cautionary accidentals.
Accidentals are printed like with @code{modern}, but cautionary
accidentals are added for all sharp or flat tones specified by the
key signature, except if the note is immediately repeated.
Switching staves when a tie is active will not produce a slanted
tie.
-Changing clefs or octavations during a tie is not really
+Changing clefs or ottavations during a tie is not really
well-defined. In these cases, a slur may be preferable.
direction to the @code{Beam} property @code{grow-direction}.
If the placement of the notes and the sound in the MIDI output is to
-reflect the ritardando or accelerando indicated by the feathered beam
-the notes must be grouped as a music expression delimited by braces
-and preceded by a @code{featherDurations} command which specifies
+reflect the @emph{ritardando} or @emph{accelerando} indicated by the
+feathered beam the notes must be grouped as a music expression delimited
+by braces and preceded by a @code{featherDurations} command which specifies
the ratio between the durations of the first and last notes in the
group.
would otherwise collide with a stem from another voice, and only
if the colliding stems point in the same direction. The
@code{\shiftOff} command prevents this type of shifting from
-occuring.
+occurring.
By default, the outer voices (normally voices one and two) have
@code{\shiftOff} specified, while the inner voices (three and
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@end lilypond
-A @code{\break} occuring at a bar line is also ignored if the
+A @code{\break} occurring at a bar line is also ignored if the
previous measure ends in the middle of a note, such as when a
tuplet begins and ends in different measures. To allow
@code{\break} commands to work in these situations, remove the
In the @emph{Essay on automated music engraving}, it was explained
-that stem directions influence spacing (see @ressay{Optical
-spacing}). This is controlled with the
+that stem directions influence spacing (see
+@ressay{Optical spacing}). This is controlled with the
@code{stem-spacing-correction} property in the
@rinternals{NoteSpacing}, object. These are generated for every
@rinternals{Voice} context. The @code{StaffSpacing} object
@rinternals{StaffSpacing},
@rinternals{NonMusicalPaperColumn}.
+Essay on automated music engraving:
+@ressay{Optical spacing}.
+
@knownissues
Next we examine the effects of the @code{Separating_line_group_engraver} and
see why proportional scores frequently remove this engraver. The following
-example shows that there is a small amount of @qq{preferatory} space
+example shows that there is a small amount of @qq{prefatory} space
just before the first note in each system.
@lilypond[quote,verbatim,ragged-right]
@end lilypond
-The amount of this preferatory space is the same whether after a time
+The amount of this prefatory space is the same whether after a time
signature, a key signature or a clef. @code{Separating_line_group_engraver}
is responsible for this space. Removing @code{Separating_line_group_engraver}
reduces this space to zero.
}
@end lilypond
-Nonmusical elements like time signatures, key signatures, clefs and
+non-musical elements like time signatures, key signatures, clefs and
accidentals are problematic in proportional notation. None of these
elements has rhythmic duration. But all of these elements consume
horizontal space. Different proportional scores approach these
are exceptional and most proportional scores include at least some
time signatures. Clefs and accidentals are even more essential.
-So what strategies exist for spacing nonmusical elements in a
+So what strategies exist for spacing non-musical elements in a
proportional context? One good option is the @code{strict-note-spacing}
property of @code{SpacingSpanner}. Compare the two scores below:
dialogue to avoid running into the right margin. The final word of
the last measure on a line should also be separated out, as above.
-Here is an example illustating how this might be done.
+Here is an example illustrating how this might be done.
@c This should be a snippet, but it can't be as it needs to be
@c manually adjusted to suit the imposed line length. -td