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5.9.2 Entering percussion

Percussion notes may be entered in \drummode mode, which is similar to the standard mode for entering notes. Each piece of percussion has a full name and an abbreviated name, and both can be used in input files

     \drums {
       hihat hh bassdrum bd
     }

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The complete list of drum names is in the init file ly/drumpitch-init.ly.

See also

Program reference: DrumNoteEvent (lilypond-internals) .

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