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Unfolding tremolo repeats

2025-12-23T22:20:25Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: removed "tweaks and overrides" cat

Under normal circumstances, <code><note>:<duration></code>, the shortcut of <code>\repeat tremolo</code> is not unfolded by <code>\unfoldRepeats</code>. This function works around that:
<lilypond version="2.24">
fixTremolos =
#(define-music-function (music) (ly:music?)
(music-map
(lambda (m)
(let ((event (any (lambda (a)
(and (music-is-of-type? a 'tremolo-event)
a))
(ly:music-property m 'articulations))))
(if event
(let* ((total-tremolo-duration (ly:music-property m 'duration))
(tremolo-type (ly:music-property event 'tremolo-type))
(one-tremolo-note-duration (ly:make-duration (ly:intlog2 tremolo-type)))
(tremolo-note-count (/ tremolo-type (expt 2 (ly:duration-log total-tremolo-duration)))))
(set! (ly:music-property m 'duration)
one-tremolo-note-duration)
(set! (ly:music-property m 'articulations)
(delete! event (ly:music-property m 'articulations)))
(make-music 'TremoloRepeatedMusic
'repeat-count tremolo-note-count
'element m))
m)))
music))

unfoldRepeats = \unfoldRepeats #'() \fixTremolos \etc

music = { \repeat tremolo 8 c'16 c'2:16 }

{
\unfoldRepeats \music
}
</lilypond>
[[Category:Repeats]]

Giving fingerings extra space

2025-12-23T22:19:36Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: Created page with "Fingerings placed to the left of note heads can sometimes look too close to previous note heads. It is possible to use the <code>extra-spacing-width</code> property to fix this: <lilypond version="2.24"> \paper { indent = #0 ragged-right = ##t } \relative c'' { \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left) c4 c c <cis-3> \break c4 c c <cis \tweak Fingering.extra-spacing-width #'(-1 . 0) -3> } </lilypond> Category:Tweaks and overrides Category:Chords Cat..."

Fingerings placed to the left of note heads can sometimes look too close to previous note heads. It is possible to use the <code>extra-spacing-width</code> property to fix this:

<lilypond version="2.24">
\paper {
indent = #0
ragged-right = ##t
}

\relative c'' {
\set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
c4 c c <cis-3>
\break
c4 c c
<cis \tweak Fingering.extra-spacing-width #'(-1 . 0) -3>
}
</lilypond>
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
[[Category:Chords]]
[[Category:Editorial annotations]]

Aligning text marks to notes

2025-12-23T22:07:17Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: added "really simple" cat

By default, <code>TextMark</code> objects are aligned to the left edge of the staff. They can be aligned to the first note of the line instead by setting the <code>non-musical</code> property to false.

<lilypond version="2.24">
\paper {
indent = #0
ragged-right = ##t
}

{
\textMark "mark a"
c'1 |
\break
\override Score.TextMark.non-musical = ##f
\textMark "mark b"
c' |
}
</lilypond>
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
[[Category:Text]]
[[Category:Really simple]]

Unfolding tremolo repeats

2025-12-23T22:06:35Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: added categories

Unfolding tremolo repeats

2025-12-23T22:04:28Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: Created page with "Under normal circumstances, <code><note>:<duration></code>, the shortcut of <code>\repeat tremolo</code> is not unfolded by <code>\unfoldRepeats</code>. This function works around that: <lilypond version="2.24"> fixTremolos = #(define-music-function (music) (ly:music?) (music-map (lambda (m) (let ((event (any (lambda (a) (and (music-is-of-type? a 'tremolo-event) a)) (ly:music-pr..."

Aligning text marks to notes

2025-12-23T21:19:17Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: added categories

Aligning text marks to notes

2025-12-23T21:16:48Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: Created page with "By default, <code>TextMark</code> objects are aligned to the left edge of the staff. They can be aligned to the first note of the line instead by setting the <code>non-musical</code> property to false. <lilypond version="2.24"> \paper { indent = #0 ragged-right = ##t } { \textMark "mark a" c'1 | \break \override Score.TextMark.non-musical = ##f \textMark "mark b" c' | } </lilypond>"

Talk:Making all custodes point up

2025-11-27T20:31:37Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: /* notes/observations */ Reply

== notes/observations ==

- sheet music render needs to be bigger. idk how to do it though :(

- might want to add the "Really Simple" cat, I wasn't sure

- <code>style = #'mensural</code> is purely for clarity since the mensural custodes have the big-ass tails so easier to see

- thanks to Xavier Scheuer on the mailing list for making me aware of this tweak! :) [[User:Schrodinger-s-kitten|Schrodinger-s-kitten]] ([[User talk:Schrodinger-s-kitten|talk]]) 18:25, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

:To make the example bigger, increase the global staff size. However, I think this isn't necessary, since the created images are in SVG format and thus arbitrarily scalable (i.e., you can simply zoom in) -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 19:07, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::ah ok thanks :) I figured there was some way to resize just the render in the wiki page without changing the code, but what you said makes sense. thanks also for the edits [[User:Schrodinger-s-kitten|Schrodinger-s-kitten]] ([[User talk:Schrodinger-s-kitten|talk]]) 20:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Making all custodes point up

2025-11-27T18:27:01Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: /* notes/observations */

Talk:Making all custodes point up

2025-11-27T18:25:07Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: /* notes/observations */ new section

== notes/observations ==

- idk how to make the sheet music bigger but that's needed

- might want to add the "Really Simple" cat, I wasn't sure

- <code>style = #'mensural</code> is purely for clarity since the mensural custodes have the big-ass tails so easier to see

- thanks to Xavier Scheuer on the mailing list for making me aware of this tweak! :) [[User:Schrodinger-s-kitten|Schrodinger-s-kitten]] ([[User talk:Schrodinger-s-kitten|talk]]) 18:25, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Making all custodes point up

2025-11-27T18:20:22Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: added categories

It's possible to make all custodes point up by setting the <code>neutral-position</code> property to a high enough number.

<lilypond version="2.25.30">
\paper {
indent = #0
ragged-right = ##t
}

\score {

\new Staff \with { \consists Custos_engraver } {
\override Staff.Custos.style = #'mensural
\repeat unfold 3 { e''1 \break }
\override Staff.Custos.neutral-position = #20
\repeat unfold 2 { e'' \break }
}

}
</lilypond>
[[Category:Ancient notation]]
[[Category:Snippet]]
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]

Making all custodes point up

2025-11-27T18:14:07Z

Schrodinger-s-kitten: Created page with "It's possible to make all custodes point up by setting the <code>neutral-position</code> property to a high enough number. <lilypond version="2.25.30"> \paper { indent = #0 ragged-right = ##t } \score { \new Staff \with { \consists Custos_engraver } { \override Staff.Custos.style = #'mensural \repeat unfold 3 { e''1 \break } \override Staff.Custos.neutral-position = #20 \repeat unfold 2 { e'' \break } } } </lilypond>"