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The simplest way to enter percussion notes is to use the <code>\drums</code> command, which creates the correct context and entry mode for percussion: <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> \drums { hihat4 hh bassdrum bd } </pre> <p> <a href="../4c/lily-770e83ad.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../4c/lily-770e83ad.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p>This is shorthand for: <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> \new DrumStaff { \drummode { hihat4 hh bassdrum bd } } </pre> <p> <a href="../b1/lily-699be965.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../b1/lily-699be965.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Each piece of percussion has a full name and an abbreviated name, and both can be used in input files. The full list of percussion note names may be found in <a href="Percussion-notes.html#Percussion-notes">Percussion notes</a>. <p>Note that the normal notation of pitches (such as <code>cis4</code>) in a <code>DrumStaff</code> context will cause an error message. Percussion clefs are added automatically to a <code>DrumStaff</code> contex, but other clefs may also be used. <p>There are a few issues concerning MIDI support for percussion instruments; for details please see <a href="Percussion-in-MIDI.html#Percussion-in-MIDI">Percussion in MIDI</a>. <p class="noindent"> <h5 class="subsubheading">See also</h5> <p class="indent"> <p>Notation Reference: <a href="Percussion-in-MIDI.html#Percussion-in-MIDI">Percussion in MIDI</a>, <a href="Percussion-notes.html#Percussion-notes">Percussion notes</a>. <p>File: <samp><span class="file">ly/drumpitch-init.ly</span></samp> <p>Snippets: <a href="../../../input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Percussion.html#Percussion">Percussion</a>. <!-- footer_tag --><br><hr> <div class="node"> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Drum-rolls.html#Drum-rolls">Drum rolls</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="References-for-percussion.html#References-for-percussion">References for percussion</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Common-notation-for-percussion.html#Common-notation-for-percussion">Common notation for percussion</a> </div> <div style="background-color: #e8ffe8; padding: 2; border: #c0ffc0 1px solid;"> <p> <font size="-1"> This page is for LilyPond-2.11.57 (development-branch). <br> <address> Report errors to <a href="http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs">http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs</a>. </address> <br> Your <a href="http://lilypond.org/web/devel/participating/documentation-adding">suggestions for the documentation</a> are welcome. </font> </p> </div> <P> Other languages: <a href="Basic-percussion-notation.fr.html">français</a>, <a href="Basic-percussion-notation.es.html">español</a>, <a href="Basic-percussion-notation.de.html">deutsch</a>. <BR> </P> </BODY></html>