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Articulations

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 the character signifying the articulation. They are demonstrated here.

[picture of music]

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_^
     
[picture of music]

Other symbols can be added using the syntax note-\name. Again, they can be forced up or down using ^ and _.

[picture of music]

Fingering instructions can also be entered in this shorthand. For finger changes, use markup texts:

           c'4-1 c'4-2 c'4-3 c'4-4
           c^\markup { \fontsize #-3 \number "2-3" }
     
[picture of music]

See also Script and Fingering .

BUGS

All of these note ornaments appear in the printed output but have no effect on the MIDI rendering of the music.

Unfortunately, there is no support for adding fingering instructions or ornaments to individual note heads. Some hacks exist, though. See input/test/script-horizontal.ly.

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