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World music 360
World music
Section “World music” in Notation Reference
Arabic improvisation
For improvisations or taqasim which are temporarily free, the time signature can be omitted and
\cadenzaOn can be used. Adjusting the accidental style might be required, since the absence of
bar lines will cause the accidental to be marked only once. Here is an example of what could be
the start of a hijaz improvisation:
\include "arabic.ly"
\relative sol' {
\key re \kurd
\accidentalStyle "forget"
\cadenzaOn
sol4 sol sol sol fad mib sol1 fad8 mib re4. r8 mib1 fad sol
}
Makam example
Makam is a type of melody from Turkey using 1/9th-tone microtonal alterations. Consult the
initialization file ‘ly/makam.ly’ for details of pitch names and alterations.
% Initialize makam settings
\include "makam.ly"
\relative c' {
\set Staff.keySignature = #`((6 . ,(- KOMA)) (3 . ,BAKIYE))
c4 cc db fk
gbm4 gfc gfb efk
fk4 db cc c
}
Printing text from right to left
It is possible to print text from right to left in a markup object, as demonstrated here.
{
b1^\markup {
\line { i n g i r u m i m u s n o c t e }
}
f'_\markup {
\override #'(text-direction . -1)
\line { i n g i r u m i m u s n o c t e }
}