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3.1.1 Notes

A note is printed by specifying its pitch and then its duration 1

     cis'4 d'8 e'16 c'16

[image of music]


Footnotes

[1] Notes constitute the most basic elements of LilyPond input, but they do not form valid input on their own without a \score block. However, for the sake of brevity and simplicity we will generally omit \score blocks and \paper declarations in this manual.


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