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A variety of symbols can appear above and below notes to indicate different characteristics of the performance. They are added to a note by adding a dash and the character signifying the articulation. They are demonstrated here:
The meanings of these shorthands can be changed: see
ly/script-init.ly
for examples.
The script is automatically placed, but if you need to force
directions, you can use _
to force them down, or ^
to
put them up:
c''4^^ c''4_^
Other symbols can be added using the syntax
note\
name, e.g. c4\fermata
. Again, they
can be forced up or down using ^
and _
,
eg.
c\fermata c^\fermata c_\fermata
\scriptUp
,
\scriptDown
,
\scriptBoth
.
These note ornaments appear in the printed output but have no effect on the MIDI rendering of the music.
This page is for LilyPond-2.0.1 (stable-branch).