LilyPond Snippets

Expressive marks 48
Expressive marks
These snippets illustrate Section “Expressive marks” in Notation Reference.
Adding beams, slurs, ties etc. when using tuplet and nontuplet
rhythms
LilyPond syntax can involve many unusual placements for parentheses, brackets etc., which
might sometimes have to be interleaved. For example, when entering a manual beam, the left
square bracket has to be placed after the starting note and its duration, not before. Similarly,
the right square bracket should directly follow the note which is to be at the end of the requested
beaming, even if this note happens to be inside a tuplet section. This snippet demonstrates how
to combine manual beaming, manual slurs, ties and phrasing slurs with tuplet sections (enclosed
within curly braces).
{
}
r16[ g16 \times 2/3 { r16 e'8] }
g16( a \times 2/3 { b d e') }
g8[( a \times 2/3 { b d') e'] ~ }
\time 2/4
\times 4/5 { e'32\( a b d' e' } a'4.\)
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Adding parentheses around an expressive mark or chordal note
The \parenthesize function is a special tweak that encloses objects in parentheses. The associated
grob is Score.ParenthesesItem.
\relative c' {
c2-\parenthesize ->
\override ParenthesesItem #'padding = #0.1
\override ParenthesesItem #'font-size = #-4
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}
Adjusting the shape of falls and doits
The shortest-duration-space property may have to be tweaked to adjust the shape of falls
and doits.
\relative c'' {
\override Score.SpacingSpanner #'shortest-duration-space = #4.0