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Voice-level contexts initialise certain properties and start appropriate engravers. Being bottom-level contexts, they cannot contain other contexts.
Voice
Corresponds to a voice on a staff. This context handles the conversion of dynamic signs, stems, beams, super- and sub-scripts, slurs, ties, and rests. You have to instantiate this explicitly if you require multiple voices on the same staff.
VaticanaVoice
Same as Voice
, except that it is designed for typesetting
a piece in gregorian style.
MensuralVoice
Same as Voice
, with modifications for typesetting a piece in
mensural style.
Lyrics
Corresponds to a voice with lyrics. Handles the printing of a single line of lyrics.
DrumVoice
The voice context used in a percussion staff.
FiguredBass
The context in which BassFigure
objects are created from
input entered in \figuremode
mode.
TabVoice
The voice context used within a TabStaff
context. Usually
left to be created implicitly.
ChordNames
Typesets chord names.
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