About the Notation Reference
This book explains all the LilyPond commands which produce
notation. It assumes that readers are familiar with the concepts
in the Learning Manual.
- Musical notation:
discusses topics grouped by notation construct. This section
gives details about basic notation that will be useful in almost
any notation project.
- Specialist notation:
discusses topics grouped by notation construct. This section
gives details about special notation that will only be useful for
particular instrument (or vocal) groups.
- General input and output:
discusses general information about LilyPond input files and
controlling output.
- Spacing issues:
discusses issues which affect the global output, such as selecting
paper size or specifying page breaks.
- Changing defaults:
explains how to tweak LilyPond to produce exactly the notation you
want.
- Interfaces for programmers:
explains how to create music functions with scheme.
The Notation Reference also contains appendices with useful
reference charts.
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