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<li><a name="toc_Top" href="index.html#Top">GNU LilyPond — The music typesetter</a>
<li><a name="toc_Musical-notation" href="Musical-notation.html#Musical-notation">1 Musical notation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Pitches.html#Pitches">1.1 Pitches</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Writing-pitches.html#Writing-pitches">1.1.1 Writing pitches</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Absolute-octave-entry.html#Absolute-octave-entry">Absolute octave entry</a>
<li><a href="Relative-octave-entry.html#Relative-octave-entry">Relative octave entry</a>
<li><a href="Accidentals.html#Accidentals">Accidentals</a>
<li><a href="Note-names-in-other-languages.html#Note-names-in-other-languages">Note names in other languages</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Changing-multiple-pitches.html#Changing-multiple-pitches">1.1.2 Changing multiple pitches</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Octave-checks.html#Octave-checks">Octave checks</a>
<li><a href="Transpose.html#Transpose">Transpose</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Displaying-pitches.html#Displaying-pitches">1.1.3 Displaying pitches</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Clef.html#Clef">Clef</a>
<li><a href="Key-signature.html#Key-signature">Key signature</a>
<li><a href="Ottava-brackets.html#Ottava-brackets">Ottava brackets</a>
<li><a href="Instrument-transpositions.html#Instrument-transpositions">Instrument transpositions</a>
<li><a href="Automatic-accidentals.html#Automatic-accidentals">Automatic accidentals</a>
<li><a href="Ambitus.html#Ambitus">Ambitus</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Note-heads.html#Note-heads">1.1.4 Note heads</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Special-note-heads.html#Special-note-heads">Special note heads</a>
<li><a href="Easy-notation-note-heads.html#Easy-notation-note-heads">Easy notation note heads</a>
<li><a href="Shape-note-heads.html#Shape-note-heads">Shape note heads</a>
<li><a href="Improvisation.html#Improvisation">Improvisation</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Rhythms.html#Rhythms">1.2 Rhythms</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Writing-rhythms.html#Writing-rhythms">1.2.1 Writing rhythms</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Durations.html#Durations">1.2.1.1 Durations</a>
<li><a href="Tuplets.html#Tuplets">1.2.1.2 Tuplets</a>
<li><a href="Scaling-durations.html#Scaling-durations">1.2.1.3 Scaling durations</a>
<li><a href="Ties.html#Ties">1.2.1.4 Ties</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Writing-rests.html#Writing-rests">1.2.2 Writing rests</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Rests.html#Rests">1.2.2.1 Rests</a>
<li><a href="Invisible-rests.html#Invisible-rests">1.2.2.2 Invisible rests</a>
<li><a href="Full-measure-rests.html#Full-measure-rests">1.2.2.3 Full measure rests</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Displaying-rhythms.html#Displaying-rhythms">1.2.3 Displaying rhythms</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Time-signature.html#Time-signature">1.2.3.1 Time signature</a>
<li><a href="Upbeats.html#Upbeats">1.2.3.2 Upbeats</a>
<li><a href="Unmetered-music.html#Unmetered-music">1.2.3.3 Unmetered music</a>
<li><a href="Polymetric-notation.html#Polymetric-notation">1.2.3.4 Polymetric notation</a>
<li><a href="Automatic-note-splitting.html#Automatic-note-splitting">1.2.3.5 Automatic note splitting</a>
<li><a href="Showing-melody-rhythms.html#Showing-melody-rhythms">1.2.3.6 Showing melody rhythms</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Beams.html#Beams">1.2.4 Beams</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Automatic-beams.html#Automatic-beams">1.2.4.1 Automatic beams</a>
<li><a href="Setting-automatic-beam-behavior.html#Setting-automatic-beam-behavior">1.2.4.2 Setting automatic beam behavior</a>
<li><a href="Manual-beams.html#Manual-beams">1.2.4.3 Manual beams</a>
<li><a href="Feathered-beams.html#Feathered-beams">1.2.4.4 Feathered beams</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Bars.html#Bars">1.2.5 Bars</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Bar-lines.html#Bar-lines">1.2.5.1 Bar lines</a>
<li><a href="Bar-numbers.html#Bar-numbers">1.2.5.2 Bar numbers</a>
<li><a href="Bar-and-bar-number-checks.html#Bar-and-bar-number-checks">1.2.5.3 Bar and bar number checks</a>
<li><a href="Rehearsal-marks.html#Rehearsal-marks">1.2.5.4 Rehearsal marks</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Special-rhythmic-concerns.html#Special-rhythmic-concerns">1.2.6 Special rhythmic concerns</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Grace-notes.html#Grace-notes">1.2.6.1 Grace notes</a>
<li><a href="Aligning-to-cadenzas.html#Aligning-to-cadenzas">1.2.6.2 Aligning to cadenzas</a>
<li><a href="Time-administration.html#Time-administration">1.2.6.3 Time administration</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Expressive-marks.html#Expressive-marks">1.3 Expressive marks</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Attached-to-notes.html#Attached-to-notes">1.3.1 Attached to notes</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Articulations-and-ornamentations.html#Articulations-and-ornamentations">Articulations and ornamentations</a>
<li><a href="Dynamics.html#Dynamics">Dynamics</a>
<li><a href="New-dynamic-marks.html#New-dynamic-marks">New dynamic marks</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Curves.html#Curves">1.3.2 Curves</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Slurs.html#Slurs">Slurs</a>
<li><a href="Phrasing-slurs.html#Phrasing-slurs">Phrasing slurs</a>
<li><a href="Breath-marks.html#Breath-marks">Breath marks</a>
<li><a href="Falls-and-doits.html#Falls-and-doits">Falls and doits</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Lines.html#Lines">1.3.3 Lines</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Glissando.html#Glissando">Glissando</a>
<li><a href="Arpeggio.html#Arpeggio">Arpeggio</a>
<li><a href="Trills.html#Trills">Trills</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Repeats.html#Repeats">1.4 Repeats</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Long-repeats.html#Long-repeats">1.4.1 Long repeats</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Normal-repeats.html#Normal-repeats">Normal repeats</a>
<li><a href="Manual-repeat-marks.html#Manual-repeat-marks">Manual repeat marks</a>
<li><a href="Written_002dout-repeats.html#Written_002dout-repeats">Written-out repeats</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Short-repeats.html#Short-repeats">1.4.2 Short repeats</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Percent-repeats.html#Percent-repeats">Percent repeats</a>
<li><a href="Tremolo-repeats.html#Tremolo-repeats">Tremolo repeats</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Simultaneous-notes.html#Simultaneous-notes">1.5 Simultaneous notes</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Single-voice.html#Single-voice">1.5.1 Single voice</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Chorded-notes.html#Chorded-notes">Chorded notes</a>
<li><a href="Clusters.html#Clusters">Clusters</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Multiple-voices.html#Multiple-voices">1.5.2 Multiple voices</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Single_002dstaff-polyphony.html#Single_002dstaff-polyphony">Single-staff polyphony</a>
<li><a href="Voice-styles.html#Voice-styles">Voice styles</a>
<li><a href="Collision-resolution.html#Collision-resolution">Collision resolution</a>
<li><a href="Automatic-part-combining.html#Automatic-part-combining">Automatic part combining</a>
<li><a href="Writing-music-in-parallel.html#Writing-music-in-parallel">Writing music in parallel</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Staff-notation.html#Staff-notation">1.6 Staff notation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Displaying-staves.html#Displaying-staves">1.6.1 Displaying staves</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Instantiating-new-staves.html#Instantiating-new-staves">Instantiating new staves</a>
<li><a href="Grouping-staves.html#Grouping-staves">Grouping staves</a>
<li><a href="Deeper-nested-staff-groups.html#Deeper-nested-staff-groups">Deeper nested staff groups</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Modifying-single-staves.html#Modifying-single-staves">1.6.2 Modifying single staves</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Staff-symbol.html#Staff-symbol">Staff symbol</a>
<li><a href="Ossia-staves.html#Ossia-staves">Ossia staves</a>
<li><a href="Hiding-staves.html#Hiding-staves">Hiding staves</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Writing-parts.html#Writing-parts">1.6.3 Writing parts</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Metronome-marks.html#Metronome-marks">Metronome marks</a>
<li><a href="Instrument-names.html#Instrument-names">Instrument names</a>
<li><a href="Quoting-other-voices.html#Quoting-other-voices">Quoting other voices</a>
<li><a href="Formatting-cue-notes.html#Formatting-cue-notes">Formatting cue notes</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Editorial-annotations.html#Editorial-annotations">1.7 Editorial annotations</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Inside-the-staff.html#Inside-the-staff">1.7.1 Inside the staff</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Selecting-notation-font-size.html#Selecting-notation-font-size">Selecting notation font size</a>
<li><a href="Fingering-instructions.html#Fingering-instructions">Fingering instructions</a>
<li><a href="Hidden-notes.html#Hidden-notes">Hidden notes</a>
<li><a href="Coloring-objects.html#Coloring-objects">Coloring objects</a>
<li><a href="Parentheses.html#Parentheses">Parentheses</a>
<li><a href="Stems.html#Stems">Stems</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Outside-the-staff.html#Outside-the-staff">1.7.2 Outside the staff</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Balloon-help.html#Balloon-help">Balloon help</a>
<li><a href="Grid-lines.html#Grid-lines">Grid lines</a>
<li><a href="Analysis-brackets.html#Analysis-brackets">Analysis brackets</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Text.html#Text">1.8 Text</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Writing-text.html#Writing-text">1.8.1 Writing text</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Text-scripts.html#Text-scripts">1.8.1.1 Text scripts</a>
<li><a href="Text-spanners.html#Text-spanners">1.8.1.2 Text spanners</a>
<li><a href="Text-marks.html#Text-marks">1.8.1.3 Text marks</a>
<li><a href="Separate-text.html#Separate-text">1.8.1.4 Separate text</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Formatting-text.html#Formatting-text">1.8.2 Formatting text</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Text-markup-introduction.html#Text-markup-introduction">1.8.2.1 Text markup introduction</a>
<li><a href="Selecting-font-and-font-size.html#Selecting-font-and-font-size">1.8.2.2 Selecting font and font size</a>
<li><a href="Text-alignment.html#Text-alignment">1.8.2.3 Text alignment</a>
<li><a href="Graphic-notation-inside-markup.html#Graphic-notation-inside-markup">1.8.2.4 Graphic notation inside markup</a>
<li><a href="Music-notation-inside-markup.html#Music-notation-inside-markup">1.8.2.5 Music notation inside markup</a>
<li><a href="Multi_002dpage-markup.html#Multi_002dpage-markup">1.8.2.6 Multi-page markup</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Fonts.html#Fonts">1.8.3 Fonts</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Entire-document-fonts.html#Entire-document-fonts">1.8.3.1 Entire document fonts</a>
<li><a href="Single-entry-fonts.html#Single-entry-fonts">1.8.3.2 Single entry fonts</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Specialist-notation" href="Specialist-notation.html#Specialist-notation">2 Specialist notation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Vocal-music.html#Vocal-music">2.1 Vocal music</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Common-notation-for-vocals.html#Common-notation-for-vocals">2.1.1 Common notation for vocals</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="References-for-vocal-music.html#References-for-vocal-music">2.1.1.1 References for vocal music</a>
<li><a href="Setting-simple-songs.html#Setting-simple-songs">2.1.1.2 Setting simple songs</a>
<li><a href="Entering-lyrics.html#Entering-lyrics">2.1.1.3 Entering lyrics</a>
<li><a href="Working-with-lyrics-and-variables.html#Working-with-lyrics-and-variables">2.1.1.4 Working with lyrics and variables</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Aligning-lyrics-to-a-melody.html#Aligning-lyrics-to-a-melody">2.1.2 Aligning lyrics to a melody</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Automatic-syllable-durations.html#Automatic-syllable-durations">2.1.2.1 Automatic syllable durations</a>
<li><a href="Manual-syllable-durations.html#Manual-syllable-durations">2.1.2.2 Manual syllable durations</a>
<li><a href="Multiple-syllables-to-one-note.html#Multiple-syllables-to-one-note">2.1.2.3 Multiple syllables to one note</a>
<li><a href="Multiple-notes-to-one-syllable.html#Multiple-notes-to-one-syllable">2.1.2.4 Multiple notes to one syllable</a>
<li><a href="Skipping-notes.html#Skipping-notes">2.1.2.5 Skipping notes</a>
<li><a href="Extenders-and-hyphens.html#Extenders-and-hyphens">2.1.2.6 Extenders and hyphens</a>
<li><a href="Lyrics-and-repeats.html#Lyrics-and-repeats">2.1.2.7 Lyrics and repeats</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Placement-of-lyrics.html#Placement-of-lyrics">2.1.3 Placement of lyrics</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Divisi-lyrics.html#Divisi-lyrics">2.1.3.1 Divisi lyrics</a>
<li><a href="Lyrics-independent-of-notes.html#Lyrics-independent-of-notes">2.1.3.2 Lyrics independent of notes</a>
<li><a href="Chants.html#Chants">2.1.3.3 Chants</a>
<li><a href="Spacing-out-syllables.html#Spacing-out-syllables">2.1.3.4 Spacing out syllables</a>
<li><a href="Centering-lyrics-between-staves.html#Centering-lyrics-between-staves">2.1.3.5 Centering lyrics between staves</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Stanzas.html#Stanzas">2.1.4 Stanzas</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Adding-stanza-numbers.html#Adding-stanza-numbers">2.1.4.1 Adding stanza numbers</a>
<li><a href="Adding-dynamics-marks-to-stanzas.html#Adding-dynamics-marks-to-stanzas">2.1.4.2 Adding dynamics marks to stanzas</a>
<li><a href="Adding-singers_0027-names-to-stanzas.html#Adding-singers_0027-names-to-stanzas">2.1.4.3 Adding singers' names to stanzas</a>
<li><a href="Stanzas-with-different-rhythms.html#Stanzas-with-different-rhythms">2.1.4.4 Stanzas with different rhythms</a>
<li><a href="Printing-stanzas-at-the-end.html#Printing-stanzas-at-the-end">2.1.4.5 Printing stanzas at the end</a>
<li><a href="Printing-stanzas-at-the-end-in-multiple-columns.html#Printing-stanzas-at-the-end-in-multiple-columns">2.1.4.6 Printing stanzas at the end in multiple columns</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Keyboard-instruments.html#Keyboard-instruments">2.2 Keyboard instruments</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Common-notation-for-keyboards.html#Common-notation-for-keyboards">2.2.1 Common notation for keyboards</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="References-for-keyboards.html#References-for-keyboards">References for keyboards</a>
<li><a href="Changing-staff-manually.html#Changing-staff-manually">Changing staff manually</a>
<li><a href="Changing-staff-automatically.html#Changing-staff-automatically">Changing staff automatically</a>
<li><a href="Staff_002dchange-lines.html#Staff_002dchange-lines">Staff-change lines</a>
<li><a href="Cross_002dstaff-stems.html#Cross_002dstaff-stems">Cross-staff stems</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Piano.html#Piano">2.2.2 Piano</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Piano-pedals.html#Piano-pedals">Piano pedals</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Accordion.html#Accordion">2.2.3 Accordion</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Discant-symbols.html#Discant-symbols">Discant symbols</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Unfretted-string-instruments.html#Unfretted-string-instruments">2.3 Unfretted string instruments</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Common-notation-for-unfretted-strings.html#Common-notation-for-unfretted-strings">2.3.1 Common notation for unfretted strings</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="References-for-unfretted-strings.html#References-for-unfretted-strings">2.3.1.1 References for unfretted strings</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Bowed-instruments.html#Bowed-instruments">2.3.2 Bowed instruments</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="References-for-bowed-strings.html#References-for-bowed-strings">2.3.2.1 References for bowed strings</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Plucked-instruments.html#Plucked-instruments">2.3.3 Plucked instruments</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Harp.html#Harp">2.3.3.1 Harp</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Fretted-string-instruments.html#Fretted-string-instruments">2.4 Fretted string instruments</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Common-notation-for-fretted-strings.html#Common-notation-for-fretted-strings">2.4.1 Common notation for fretted strings</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="References-for-fretted-strings.html#References-for-fretted-strings">References for fretted strings</a>
<li><a href="String-number-indications.html#String-number-indications">String number indications</a>
<li><a href="Default-tablatures.html#Default-tablatures">Default tablatures</a>
<li><a href="Custom-tablatures.html#Custom-tablatures">Custom tablatures</a>
<li><a href="Fret-diagram-markups.html#Fret-diagram-markups">Fret diagram markups</a>
<li><a href="Predefined-fret-diagrams.html#Predefined-fret-diagrams">Predefined fret diagrams</a>
<li><a href="Automatic-fret-diagrams.html#Automatic-fret-diagrams">Automatic fret diagrams</a>
<li><a href="Right_002dhand-fingerings.html#Right_002dhand-fingerings">Right-hand fingerings</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Guitar.html#Guitar">2.4.2 Guitar</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Indicating-position-and-barring.html#Indicating-position-and-barring">Indicating position and barring</a>
<li><a href="Indicating-harmonics-and-dampened-notes.html#Indicating-harmonics-and-dampened-notes">Indicating harmonics and dampened notes</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Banjo.html#Banjo">2.4.3 Banjo</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Banjo-tablatures.html#Banjo-tablatures">Banjo tablatures</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Percussion.html#Percussion">2.5 Percussion</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Common-notation-for-percussion.html#Common-notation-for-percussion">2.5.1 Common notation for percussion</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="References-for-percussion.html#References-for-percussion">2.5.1.1 References for percussion</a>
<li><a href="Basic-percussion-notation.html#Basic-percussion-notation">2.5.1.2 Basic percussion notation</a>
<li><a href="Drum-rolls.html#Drum-rolls">2.5.1.3 Drum rolls</a>
<li><a href="Pitched-percussion.html#Pitched-percussion">2.5.1.4 Pitched percussion</a>
<li><a href="Percussion-staves.html#Percussion-staves">2.5.1.5 Percussion staves</a>
<li><a href="Custom-percussion-staves.html#Custom-percussion-staves">2.5.1.6 Custom percussion staves</a>
<li><a href="Ghost-notes.html#Ghost-notes">2.5.1.7 Ghost notes</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Wind-instruments.html#Wind-instruments">2.6 Wind instruments</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Common-notation-for-wind-instruments.html#Common-notation-for-wind-instruments">2.6.1 Common notation for wind instruments</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="References-for-wind-instruments.html#References-for-wind-instruments">References for wind instruments</a>
<li><a href="Fingerings.html#Fingerings">Fingerings</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Bagpipes.html#Bagpipes">2.6.2 Bagpipes</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Bagpipe-definitions.html#Bagpipe-definitions">Bagpipe definitions</a>
<li><a href="Bagpipe-example.html#Bagpipe-example">Bagpipe example</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Chord-notation.html#Chord-notation">2.7 Chord notation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Chord-mode.html#Chord-mode">2.7.1 Chord mode</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Chord-mode-overview.html#Chord-mode-overview">Chord mode overview</a>
<li><a href="Common-chords.html#Common-chords">Common chords</a>
<li><a href="Extended-and-altered-chords.html#Extended-and-altered-chords">Extended and altered chords</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Displaying-chords.html#Displaying-chords">2.7.2 Displaying chords</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Printing-chord-names.html#Printing-chord-names">Printing chord names</a>
<li><a href="Customizing-chord-names.html#Customizing-chord-names">Customizing chord names</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Figured-bass.html#Figured-bass">2.7.3 Figured bass</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Introduction-to-figured-bass.html#Introduction-to-figured-bass">Introduction to figured bass</a>
<li><a href="Entering-figured-bass.html#Entering-figured-bass">Entering figured bass</a>
<li><a href="Displaying-figured-bass.html#Displaying-figured-bass">Displaying figured bass</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Ancient-notation.html#Ancient-notation">2.8 Ancient notation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Introduction-to-ancient-notation.html#Introduction-to-ancient-notation">2.8.1 Introduction to ancient notation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Ancient-notation-supported.html#Ancient-notation-supported">2.8.1.1 Ancient notation supported</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Alternative-note-signs.html#Alternative-note-signs">2.8.2 Alternative note signs</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Ancient-note-heads.html#Ancient-note-heads">2.8.2.1 Ancient note heads</a>
<li><a href="Ancient-accidentals.html#Ancient-accidentals">2.8.2.2 Ancient accidentals</a>
<li><a href="Ancient-rests.html#Ancient-rests">2.8.2.3 Ancient rests</a>
<li><a href="Ancient-clefs.html#Ancient-clefs">2.8.2.4 Ancient clefs</a>
<li><a href="Ancient-flags.html#Ancient-flags">2.8.2.5 Ancient flags</a>
<li><a href="Ancient-time-signatures.html#Ancient-time-signatures">2.8.2.6 Ancient time signatures</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Additional-note-signs.html#Additional-note-signs">2.8.3 Additional note signs</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Ancient-articulations.html#Ancient-articulations">2.8.3.1 Ancient articulations</a>
<li><a href="Custodes.html#Custodes">2.8.3.2 Custodes</a>
<li><a href="Divisiones.html#Divisiones">2.8.3.3 Divisiones</a>
<li><a href="Ligatures.html#Ligatures">2.8.3.4 Ligatures</a>
<li><a href="White-mensural-ligatures.html#White-mensural-ligatures">2.8.3.5 White mensural ligatures</a>
<li><a href="Gregorian-square-neumes-ligatures.html#Gregorian-square-neumes-ligatures">2.8.3.6 Gregorian square neumes ligatures</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Pre_002ddefined-contexts.html#Pre_002ddefined-contexts">2.8.4 Pre-defined contexts</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Gregorian-chant-contexts.html#Gregorian-chant-contexts">2.8.4.1 Gregorian chant contexts</a>
<li><a href="Mensural-contexts.html#Mensural-contexts">2.8.4.2 Mensural contexts</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Transcribing-ancient-music.html#Transcribing-ancient-music">2.8.5 Transcribing ancient music</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Ancient-and-modern-from-one-source.html#Ancient-and-modern-from-one-source">2.8.5.1 Ancient and modern from one source</a>
<li><a href="Incipits.html#Incipits">2.8.5.2 Incipits</a>
<li><a href="Mensurstriche-layout.html#Mensurstriche-layout">2.8.5.3 Mensurstriche layout</a>
<li><a href="Transcribing-Gregorian-chant.html#Transcribing-Gregorian-chant">2.8.5.4 Transcribing Gregorian chant</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Editorial-markings.html#Editorial-markings">2.8.6 Editorial markings</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Annotational-accidentals.html#Annotational-accidentals">2.8.6.1 Annotational accidentals</a>
<li><a href="Baroque-rhythmic-notation.html#Baroque-rhythmic-notation">2.8.6.2 Baroque rhythmic notation</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="World-music.html#World-music">2.9 World music</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Arabic-music.html#Arabic-music">2.9.1 Arabic music</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="References-for-Arabic-music.html#References-for-Arabic-music">References for Arabic music</a>
<li><a href="Arabic-note-names.html#Arabic-note-names">Arabic note names</a>
<li><a href="Arabic-key-signatures.html#Arabic-key-signatures">Arabic key signatures</a>
<li><a href="Arabic-time-signatures.html#Arabic-time-signatures">Arabic time signatures</a>
<li><a href="Arabic-music-example.html#Arabic-music-example">Arabic music example</a>
<li><a href="Further-reading.html#Further-reading">Further reading</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_General-input-and-output" href="General-input-and-output.html#General-input-and-output">3 General input and output</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Input-structure.html#Input-structure">3.1 Input structure</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Structure-of-a-score.html#Structure-of-a-score">3.1.1 Structure of a score</a>
<li><a href="Multiple-scores-in-a-book.html#Multiple-scores-in-a-book">3.1.2 Multiple scores in a book</a>
<li><a href="File-structure.html#File-structure">3.1.3 File structure</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Titles-and-headers.html#Titles-and-headers">3.2 Titles and headers</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Creating-titles.html#Creating-titles">3.2.1 Creating titles</a>
<li><a href="Custom-titles.html#Custom-titles">3.2.2 Custom titles</a>
<li><a href="Reference-to-page-numbers.html#Reference-to-page-numbers">3.2.3 Reference to page numbers</a>
<li><a href="Table-of-contents.html#Table-of-contents">3.2.4 Table of contents</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Working-with-input-files.html#Working-with-input-files">3.3 Working with input files</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Including-LilyPond-files.html#Including-LilyPond-files">3.3.1 Including LilyPond files</a>
<li><a href="Different-editions-from-one-source.html#Different-editions-from-one-source">3.3.2 Different editions from one source</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Using-variables.html#Using-variables">Using variables</a>
<li><a href="Using-tags.html#Using-tags">Using tags</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Text-encoding.html#Text-encoding">3.3.3 Text encoding</a>
<li><a href="Displaying-LilyPond-notation.html#Displaying-LilyPond-notation">3.3.4 Displaying LilyPond notation</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Controlling-output.html#Controlling-output">3.4 Controlling output</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Extracting-fragments-of-music.html#Extracting-fragments-of-music">3.4.1 Extracting fragments of music</a>
<li><a href="Skipping-corrected-music.html#Skipping-corrected-music">3.4.2 Skipping corrected music</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="MIDI-output.html#MIDI-output">3.5 MIDI output</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Creating-MIDI-files.html#Creating-MIDI-files">3.5.1 Creating MIDI files</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Creating-MIDI-files.html#Creating-MIDI-files">Instrument names</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="MIDI-block.html#MIDI-block">3.5.2 MIDI block</a>
<li><a href="What-goes-into-the-MIDI-output_003f.html#What-goes-into-the-MIDI-output_003f">3.5.3 What goes into the MIDI output?</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="What-goes-into-the-MIDI-output_003f.html#What-goes-into-the-MIDI-output_003f">Supported in MIDI</a>
<li><a href="What-goes-into-the-MIDI-output_003f.html#What-goes-into-the-MIDI-output_003f">Unsupported in MIDI</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Repeats-in-MIDI.html#Repeats-in-MIDI">3.5.4 Repeats in MIDI</a>
<li><a href="Controlling-MIDI-dynamics.html#Controlling-MIDI-dynamics">3.5.5 Controlling MIDI dynamics</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Controlling-MIDI-dynamics.html#Controlling-MIDI-dynamics">Dynamic marks</a>
<li><a href="Controlling-MIDI-dynamics.html#Controlling-MIDI-dynamics">Overall MIDI volume</a>
<li><a href="Controlling-MIDI-dynamics.html#Controlling-MIDI-dynamics">Equalizing different instruments (i)</a>
<li><a href="Controlling-MIDI-dynamics.html#Controlling-MIDI-dynamics">Equalizing different instruments (ii)</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Percussion-in-MIDI.html#Percussion-in-MIDI">3.5.6 Percussion in MIDI</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Spacing-issues" href="Spacing-issues.html#Spacing-issues">4 Spacing issues</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Paper-and-pages.html#Paper-and-pages">4.1 Paper and pages</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Paper-size.html#Paper-size">4.1.1 Paper size</a>
<li><a href="Page-formatting.html#Page-formatting">4.1.2 Page formatting</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Music-layout.html#Music-layout">4.2 Music layout</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Setting-the-staff-size.html#Setting-the-staff-size">4.2.1 Setting the staff size</a>
<li><a href="Score-layout.html#Score-layout">4.2.2 Score layout</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Breaks.html#Breaks">4.3 Breaks</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Line-breaking.html#Line-breaking">4.3.1 Line breaking</a>
<li><a href="Page-breaking.html#Page-breaking">4.3.2 Page breaking</a>
<li><a href="Optimal-page-breaking.html#Optimal-page-breaking">4.3.3 Optimal page breaking</a>
<li><a href="Optimal-page-turning.html#Optimal-page-turning">4.3.4 Optimal page turning</a>
<li><a href="Minimal-page-breaking.html#Minimal-page-breaking">4.3.5 Minimal page breaking</a>
<li><a href="Explicit-breaks.html#Explicit-breaks">4.3.6 Explicit breaks</a>
<li><a href="Using-an-extra-voice-for-breaks.html#Using-an-extra-voice-for-breaks">4.3.7 Using an extra voice for breaks</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Vertical-spacing.html#Vertical-spacing">4.4 Vertical spacing</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Vertical-spacing-inside-a-system.html#Vertical-spacing-inside-a-system">4.4.1 Vertical spacing inside a system</a>
<li><a href="Vertical-spacing-between-systems.html#Vertical-spacing-between-systems">4.4.2 Vertical spacing between systems</a>
<li><a href="Explicit-staff-and-system-positioning.html#Explicit-staff-and-system-positioning">4.4.3 Explicit staff and system positioning</a>
<li><a href="Two_002dpass-vertical-spacing.html#Two_002dpass-vertical-spacing">4.4.4 Two-pass vertical spacing</a>
<li><a href="Vertical-collision-avoidance.html#Vertical-collision-avoidance">4.4.5 Vertical collision avoidance</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Horizontal-spacing.html#Horizontal-spacing">4.5 Horizontal Spacing</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Horizontal-spacing-overview.html#Horizontal-spacing-overview">4.5.1 Horizontal spacing overview</a>
<li><a href="New-spacing-area.html#New-spacing-area">4.5.2 New spacing area</a>
<li><a href="Changing-horizontal-spacing.html#Changing-horizontal-spacing">4.5.3 Changing horizontal spacing</a>
<li><a href="Line-length.html#Line-length">4.5.4 Line length</a>
<li><a href="Proportional-notation.html#Proportional-notation">4.5.5 Proportional notation</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages.html#Fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages">4.6 Fitting music onto fewer pages</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Displaying-spacing.html#Displaying-spacing">4.6.1 Displaying spacing</a>
<li><a href="Changing-spacing.html#Changing-spacing">4.6.2 Changing spacing</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Changing-defaults" href="Changing-defaults.html#Changing-defaults">5 Changing defaults</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Interpretation-contexts.html#Interpretation-contexts">5.1 Interpretation contexts</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Contexts-explained.html#Contexts-explained">5.1.1 Contexts explained</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Score-_002d-the-master-of-all-contexts.html#Score-_002d-the-master-of-all-contexts">Score - the master of all contexts</a>
<li><a href="Top_002dlevel-contexts-_002d-staff-containers.html#Top_002dlevel-contexts-_002d-staff-containers">Top-level contexts - staff containers</a>
<li><a href="Intermediate_002dlevel-contexts-_002d-staves.html#Intermediate_002dlevel-contexts-_002d-staves">Intermediate-level contexts - staves</a>
<li><a href="Bottom_002dlevel-contexts-_002d-voices.html#Bottom_002dlevel-contexts-_002d-voices">Bottom-level contexts - voices</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Creating-contexts.html#Creating-contexts">5.1.2 Creating contexts</a>
<li><a href="Modifying-context-plug_002dins.html#Modifying-context-plug_002dins">5.1.3 Modifying context plug-ins</a>
<li><a href="Changing-context-default-settings.html#Changing-context-default-settings">5.1.4 Changing context default settings</a>
<li><a href="Defining-new-contexts.html#Defining-new-contexts">5.1.5 Defining new contexts</a>
<li><a href="Aligning-contexts.html#Aligning-contexts">5.1.6 Aligning contexts</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Explaining-the-Internals-Reference.html#Explaining-the-Internals-Reference">5.2 Explaining the Internals Reference</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Navigating-the-program-reference.html#Navigating-the-program-reference">5.2.1 Navigating the program reference</a>
<li><a href="Layout-interfaces.html#Layout-interfaces">5.2.2 Layout interfaces</a>
<li><a href="Determining-the-grob-property.html#Determining-the-grob-property">5.2.3 Determining the grob property</a>
<li><a href="Naming-conventions.html#Naming-conventions">5.2.4 Naming conventions</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Modifying-properties.html#Modifying-properties">5.3 Modifying properties</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Overview-of-modifying-properties.html#Overview-of-modifying-properties">5.3.1 Overview of modifying properties</a>
<li><a href="The-set-command.html#The-set-command">5.3.2 The <code>\set</code> command</a>
<li><a href="The-override-command.html#The-override-command">5.3.3 The <code>\override</code> command</a>
<li><a href="The-tweak-command.html#The-tweak-command">5.3.4 The <code>\tweak</code> command</a>
<li><a href="set-versus-override.html#set-versus-override">5.3.5 <code>\set</code> vs. <code>\override</code></a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Useful-concepts-and-properties.html#Useful-concepts-and-properties">5.4 Useful concepts and properties</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Input-modes.html#Input-modes">5.4.1 Input modes</a>
<li><a href="Direction-and-placement.html#Direction-and-placement">5.4.2 Direction and placement</a>
<li><a href="Distances-and-measurements.html#Distances-and-measurements">5.4.3 Distances and measurements</a>
<li><a href="Spanners.html#Spanners">5.4.4 Spanners</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Common-properties.html#Common-properties">5.5 Common properties</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Controlling-visibility-of-objects.html#Controlling-visibility-of-objects">5.5.1 Controlling visibility of objects</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Removing-the-stencil.html#Removing-the-stencil">Removing the stencil</a>
<li><a href="Making-objects-transparent.html#Making-objects-transparent">Making objects transparent</a>
<li><a href="Painting-objects-white.html#Painting-objects-white">Painting objects white</a>
<li><a href="Using-break_002dvisibility.html#Using-break_002dvisibility">Using break-visibility</a>
<li><a href="Special-considerations.html#Special-considerations">Special considerations</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Line-styles.html#Line-styles">5.5.2 Line styles</a>
<li><a href="Rotating-objects.html#Rotating-objects">5.5.3 Rotating objects</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Rotating-layout-objects.html#Rotating-layout-objects">Rotating layout objects</a>
<li><a href="Rotating-markup.html#Rotating-markup">Rotating markup</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Aligning-objects.html#Aligning-objects">5.5.4 Aligning objects</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Advanced-tweaks.html#Advanced-tweaks">5.6 Advanced tweaks</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Vertical-grouping-of-grobs.html#Vertical-grouping-of-grobs">5.6.1 Vertical grouping of grobs</a>
<li><a href="Modifying-ends-of-spanners.html#Modifying-ends-of-spanners">5.6.2 Modifying ends of spanners</a>
<li><a href="Modifying-stencils.html#Modifying-stencils">5.6.3 Modifying stencils</a>
<li><a href="Modifying-shapes.html#Modifying-shapes">5.6.4 Modifying shapes</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Modifying-ties-and-slurs.html#Modifying-ties-and-slurs">Modifying ties and slurs</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Discussion-of-specific-tweaks.html#Discussion-of-specific-tweaks">5.7 Discussion of specific tweaks</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="old-Contexts-explained.html#old-Contexts-explained">5.7.1 old Contexts explained</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Interfaces-for-programmers" href="Interfaces-for-programmers.html#Interfaces-for-programmers">6 Interfaces for programmers</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Music-functions.html#Music-functions">6.1 Music functions</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Overview-of-music-functions.html#Overview-of-music-functions">6.1.1 Overview of music functions</a>
<li><a href="Simple-substitution-functions.html#Simple-substitution-functions">6.1.2 Simple substitution functions</a>
<li><a href="Paired-substitution-functions.html#Paired-substitution-functions">6.1.3 Paired substitution functions</a>
<li><a href="Mathematics-in-functions.html#Mathematics-in-functions">6.1.4 Mathematics in functions</a>
<li><a href="Void-functions.html#Void-functions">6.1.5 Void functions</a>
<li><a href="Functions-without-arguments.html#Functions-without-arguments">6.1.6 Functions without arguments</a>
<li><a href="Overview-of-available-music-functions.html#Overview-of-available-music-functions">6.1.7 Overview of available music functions</a>
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<li><a href="Programmer-interfaces.html#Programmer-interfaces">6.2 Programmer interfaces</a>
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<li><a href="Input-variables-and-Scheme.html#Input-variables-and-Scheme">6.2.1 Input variables and Scheme</a>
<li><a href="Internal-music-representation.html#Internal-music-representation">6.2.2 Internal music representation</a>
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<li><a href="Building-complicated-functions.html#Building-complicated-functions">6.3 Building complicated functions</a>
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<li><a href="Displaying-music-expressions.html#Displaying-music-expressions">6.3.1 Displaying music expressions</a>
<li><a href="Music-properties.html#Music-properties">6.3.2 Music properties</a>
<li><a href="Doubling-a-note-with-slurs-_0028example_0029.html#Doubling-a-note-with-slurs-_0028example_0029">6.3.3 Doubling a note with slurs (example)</a>
<li><a href="Adding-articulation-to-notes-_0028example_0029.html#Adding-articulation-to-notes-_0028example_0029">6.3.4 Adding articulation to notes (example)</a>
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<li><a href="Markup-programmer-interface.html#Markup-programmer-interface">6.4 Markup programmer interface</a>
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<li><a href="Markup-construction-in-Scheme.html#Markup-construction-in-Scheme">6.4.1 Markup construction in Scheme</a>
<li><a href="How-markups-work-internally.html#How-markups-work-internally">6.4.2 How markups work internally</a>
<li><a href="New-markup-command-definition.html#New-markup-command-definition">6.4.3 New markup command definition</a>
<li><a href="New-markup-list-command-definition.html#New-markup-list-command-definition">6.4.4 New markup list command definition</a>
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<li><a href="Contexts-for-programmers.html#Contexts-for-programmers">6.5 Contexts for programmers</a>
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<li><a href="Context-evaluation.html#Context-evaluation">6.5.1 Context evaluation</a>
<li><a href="Running-a-function-on-all-layout-objects.html#Running-a-function-on-all-layout-objects">6.5.2 Running a function on all layout objects</a>
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<li><a href="Scheme-procedures-as-properties.html#Scheme-procedures-as-properties">6.6 Scheme procedures as properties</a>
<li><a href="TODO-moved-into-scheme.html#TODO-moved-into-scheme">6.7 TODO moved into scheme</a>
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<li><a href="Using-Scheme-code-instead-of-_005ctweak.html#Using-Scheme-code-instead-of-_005ctweak">6.7.1 Using Scheme code instead of <code>\tweak</code></a>
<li><a href="Difficult-tweaks.html#Difficult-tweaks">6.7.2 Difficult tweaks</a>
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<li><a name="toc_Literature-list" href="Literature-list.html#Literature-list">Appendix A Literature list</a>
<li><a name="toc_Notation-manual-tables" href="Notation-manual-tables.html#Notation-manual-tables">Appendix B Notation manual tables</a>
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<li><a href="Chord-name-chart.html#Chord-name-chart">B.1 Chord name chart</a>
<li><a href="Common-chord-modifiers.html#Common-chord-modifiers">B.2 Common chord modifiers</a>
<li><a href="Predefined-fretboard-diagrams.html#Predefined-fretboard-diagrams">B.3 Predefined fretboard diagrams</a>
<li><a href="MIDI-instruments.html#MIDI-instruments">B.4 MIDI instruments</a>
<li><a href="List-of-colors.html#List-of-colors">B.5 List of colors</a>
<li><a href="The-Feta-font.html#The-Feta-font">B.6 The Feta font</a>
<li><a href="Note-head-styles.html#Note-head-styles">B.7 Note head styles</a>
<li><a href="Text-markup-commands.html#Text-markup-commands">B.8 Text markup commands</a>
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<li><a href="Font.html#Font">B.8.1 Font</a>
<li><a href="Align.html#Align">B.8.2 Align</a>
<li><a href="Graphic.html#Graphic">B.8.3 Graphic</a>
<li><a href="Music.html#Music">B.8.4 Music</a>
<li><a href="Instrument-Specific-Markup.html#Instrument-Specific-Markup">B.8.5 Instrument Specific Markup</a>
<li><a href="Other.html#Other">B.8.6 Other</a>
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<li><a href="Text-markup-list-commands.html#Text-markup-list-commands">B.9 Text markup list commands</a>
<li><a href="List-of-articulations.html#List-of-articulations">B.10 List of articulations</a>
<li><a href="Percussion-notes.html#Percussion-notes">B.11 Percussion notes</a>
<li><a href="All-context-properties.html#All-context-properties">B.12 All context properties</a>
<li><a href="Layout-properties.html#Layout-properties">B.13 Layout properties</a>
<li><a href="Identifiers.html#Identifiers">B.14 Identifiers</a>
<li><a href="Scheme-functions.html#Scheme-functions">B.15 Scheme functions</a>
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<li><a name="toc_Cheat-sheet" href="Cheat-sheet.html#Cheat-sheet">Appendix C Cheat sheet</a>
<li><a name="toc_GNU-Free-Documentation-License" href="GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">Appendix D GNU Free Documentation License</a>
<li><a name="toc_LilyPond-command-index" href="LilyPond-command-index.html#LilyPond-command-index">Appendix E LilyPond command index</a>
<li><a name="toc_LilyPond-index" href="LilyPond-index.html#LilyPond-index">Appendix F LilyPond index</a>
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