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Snap (Bartók) pizzicato

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Snap-pizzicato markup ("Bartok pizzicato")

A snap-pizzicato (also known as "Bartok pizzicato") is a "strong pizzicato where the string is plucked vertically by snapping and rebounds off the fingerboard of the instrument" (Wikipedia). It is denoted by a cicle with a vertical line going from the center upwards outside the circle. While Lilypond does not have a pre-defined command to created this markup, it is easy to create a definition and place it directly into the lilypond file.

     
     #(define-markup-command (snappizz layout props) ()
       (interpret-markup layout props
         (markup #:stencil
           (ly:stencil-translate-axis
             (ly:stencil-add
               (make-circle-stencil 0.7 0.1 #f)
               (ly:make-stencil
                 (list 'draw-line 0.1 0 0.1 0 1)
                 '(-0.1 . 0.1) '(0.1 . 1)))
             0.7 X))))
     
     snapPizzicato = \markup \snappizz
     
     % now it can be used as \snappizzicato after the note/chord
     % Note that a direction (-, ^ or _) is required.
     \relative c' {
       c4^\snapPizzicato
       % This does NOT work:
       %<c e g>\snapPizzicato
       <c' e g>-\snapPizzicato
       <c' e g>^\snapPizzicato
       <c, e g>_\snapPizzicato
     }

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