The first example demonstrates how to enter the most elementary piece of music, a scale. A note can be entered by typing its name, from a through g. So, if you enter
c d e f g a b
the result looks like this
The duration of a note is specified by a number after the note name. 1 for a whole note, 2 for a half note, 4 for a quarter note and so on
a1 a2 a4 a16 a32
If you do not specify a duration, the duration last entered is used; the duration of the first note defaults to a quarter
a a8 a a2 a
Rests are entered just like notes, but with the name “r
”
r2 r4 r8 r16
Add a dot . after the duration to get a dotted note
a2. a4 a8. a16
The
meter (or
time signature) can be set with the
\time
command
\time 3/4 \time 6/8 \time 4/4
The
clef can be set using the \clef
command
\clef treble \clef bass \clef alto \clef tenor
To recognize names like c
and d
as pitches, they have to
be entered inside a so-called \notes
block. This block is
formed by enclosing notes and commands are enclosed in curly braces
{ ... }
and adding the keyword \notes
before the
opening brace
\notes { \time 3/4 \clef bass c2 e4 g2. f4 e d c2 r4 }
Now the piece of music is almost ready to be printed. Enclose
the \notes
block in a \score
block
\score { \notes { \time 3/4 \clef bass c2 e4 g2. f4 e d c2 r4 } }
and the music will be converted to printable output.
In many examples in this manual, both \score
and \notes
and accompanying braces are left out for brevity. However, they must
be present when feeding the file to LilyPond.
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