[ << Musical notation ] | [Top][Contents][Index][ ? ] | [ Specialist notation >> ] | ||
[ < Falls and doits ] | [ Up : Expressive marks ] | [ Glissando > ] |
1.3.3 Expressive marks as lines
This section explains how to create various expressive marks that follow a linear path: glissandos, arpeggios, and trills.
Glissando | ||
Arpeggio | ||
Trills |
[ << Musical notation ] | [Top][Contents][Index][ ? ] | [ Specialist notation >> ] | ||
[ < Expressive marks as lines ] | [ Up : Expressive marks as lines ] | [ Arpeggio > ] |
Glissando
A glissando is created by attaching \glissando
to a note:
g2\glissando g' c2\glissando c,
Different styles of glissandi can be created. For details, see Line styles.
Selected Snippets
Glissandi can skip grobs
NoteColumn
grobs can be skipped over by glissandi.
\relative c' { a2 \glissando \once \override NoteColumn #'glissando-skip = ##t f''4 d, }
Contemporary glissando
A contemporary glissando without a final note can be typeset using a hidden note and cadenza timing.
\relative c'' { \time 3/4 \override Glissando #'style = #'zigzag c4 c \cadenzaOn c4\glissando \hideNotes c,,4 \unHideNotes \cadenzaOff \bar "|" }
See also
Music Glossary: glissando.
Notation Reference: Line styles.
Snippets: Expressive marks.
Internals Reference: Glissando.
Known issues and warnings
Printing text over the line (such as gliss.) is not supported.
[ << Musical notation ] | [Top][Contents][Index][ ? ] | [ Specialist notation >> ] | ||
[ < Glissando ] | [ Up : Expressive marks as lines ] | [ Trills > ] |
Arpeggio
An arpeggio on a chord (also known as a broken chord)
is denoted by appending \arpeggio
to the chord construct:
<c e g c>1\arpeggio
Different types of arpeggios may be written.
\arpeggioNormal
reverts to a normal arpeggio:
<c e g c>2\arpeggio \arpeggioArrowUp <c e g c>2\arpeggio \arpeggioArrowDown <c e g c>2\arpeggio \arpeggioNormal <c e g c>2\arpeggio
Special bracketed arpeggio symbols can be created:
<c e g c>2 \arpeggioBracket <c e g c>2\arpeggio \arpeggioParenthesis <c e g c>2\arpeggio \arpeggioParenthesisDashed <c e g c>2\arpeggio \arpeggioNormal <c e g c>2\arpeggio
The dash properties of the parenthesis arpeggio are controlled
with the 'dash-details
property, which is described at Slurs.
Arpeggios can be explicitly written out with ties. For more information, see Ties.
Predefined commands
\arpeggio
,
\arpeggioArrowUp
,
\arpeggioArrowDown
,
\arpeggioNormal
,
\arpeggioBracket
,
\arpeggioParenthesis
\arpeggioParenthesisDashed
.
Selected Snippets
Creating cross-staff arpeggios in a piano staff
In a PianoStaff
, it is possible to let an arpeggio cross between
the staves by setting the property PianoStaff.connectArpeggios
.
\new PianoStaff \relative c'' << \set PianoStaff.connectArpeggios = ##t \new Staff { <c e g c>4\arpeggio <g c e g>4\arpeggio <e g c e>4\arpeggio <c e g c>4\arpeggio } \new Staff { \clef bass \repeat unfold 4 { <c,, e g c>4\arpeggio } } >>
Creating cross-staff arpeggios in other contexts
Cross-staff arpeggios can be created in contexts other than
GrandStaff
, PianoStaff
and StaffGroup
if the
Span_arpeggio_engraver
is included in the Score
context.
\score { \new ChoirStaff { \set Score.connectArpeggios = ##t << \new Voice \relative c' { <c e>2\arpeggio <d f>2\arpeggio <c e>1\arpeggio } \new Voice \relative c { \clef bass <c g'>2\arpeggio <b g'>2\arpeggio <c g'>1\arpeggio } >> } \layout { \context { \Score \consists "Span_arpeggio_engraver" } } }
Creating arpeggios across notes in different voices
An arpeggio can be drawn across notes in different voices on the same
staff if the Span_arpeggio_engraver
is added to the Staff
context:
\new Staff \with { \consists "Span_arpeggio_engraver" } \relative c' { \set Staff.connectArpeggios = ##t << { <e' g>4\arpeggio <d f> <d f>2 } \\ { <d, f>2\arpeggio <g b>2 } >> }
See also
Music Glossary: arpeggio.
Notation Reference: Slurs, Ties.
Snippets: Expressive marks.
Internals Reference: Arpeggio, Slur, PianoStaff.
Known issues and warnings
It is not possible to mix connected arpeggios and unconnected
arpeggios in one PianoStaff
at the same point in
time.
The parenthesis-style arpeggio brackets do not work for cross-staff arpeggios.
[ << Musical notation ] | [Top][Contents][Index][ ? ] | [ Specialist notation >> ] | ||
[ < Arpeggio ] | [ Up : Expressive marks as lines ] | [ Repeats > ] |
Trills
Short trills without an extender line are printed with
\trill
; see Articulations and ornamentations.
Longer trills with an extender line are made with
\startTrillSpan
and \stopTrillSpan
:
d1\startTrillSpan d1 c2\stopTrillSpan r2
A trill spanner crossing a line break will restart exactly above the first note on the new line.
d1\startTrillSpan \break d1 c2\stopTrillSpan r2
Consecutive trill spans will work without explicit
\stopTrillSpan
commands, since successive trill spanners will
automatically become the right bound of the previous trill.
d1\startTrillSpan d1 b1\startTrillSpan d2\stopTrillSpan r2
Trills can also be combined with grace notes. The syntax of this construct and the method to precisely position the grace notes are described in Grace notes.
d1~\afterGrace d1\startTrillSpan { c32[ d]\stopTrillSpan } c2 r2
Trills that require an auxiliary note with an explicit pitch can
be typeset with the \pitchedTrill
command. The first
argument is the main note, and the second is the trilled
note, printed as a stemless note head in parentheses.
\pitchedTrill d2\startTrillSpan fis d2 c2\stopTrillSpan r2
Subsequent accidentals of the same note in the same measure will need to be added manually. Only the accidental of the first pitched trill in a measure is printed.
\pitchedTrill eis4\startTrillSpan fis eis4\stopTrillSpan \pitchedTrill eis4\startTrillSpan cis eis4\stopTrillSpan \pitchedTrill eis4\startTrillSpan fis eis4\stopTrillSpan \pitchedTrill eis4\startTrillSpan fis! eis4\stopTrillSpan
Predefined commands
\startTrillSpan
,
\stopTrillSpan
.
See also
Music Glossary: trill.
Notation Reference: Articulations and ornamentations, Grace notes.
Snippets: Expressive marks.
Internals Reference: TrillSpanner.
[ << Musical notation ] | [Top][Contents][Index][ ? ] | [ Specialist notation >> ] | ||
[ < Arpeggio ] | [ Up : Expressive marks as lines ] | [ Repeats > ] |
Other languages: deutsch, español, français, italiano, 日本語.
About automatic language selection.