World music
These snippets illustrate the Notation Reference,
section World music.
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
#(set-accidental-style '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
makam.ly
(see the ‘Learning Manual 2.12.2,
4.6.3 Other sources of information’ for the location of this file)
for details of pitch names and alterations.
% Initialize makam settings
\include "makam.ly"
\relative c' {
\set Staff.keySignature = #`((3 . ,BAKIYE) (6 . ,(- KOMA)))
c4 cc db fk
gbm4 gfc gfb efk
fk4 db cc c
}