Adding metronome ticks to a piece of music - Revision history

Lemzwerg: New category

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Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:52:03Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	If you need to produce a piece of music with metronome ticks, optionally only in the midi, you can use this boilerplate code. Note that it sounds nicer than it looks :) .		If you need to produce a piece of music with metronome ticks, optionally only in the midi, you can use this boilerplate code. Note that it sounds nicer than it looks :) .

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=876		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=876

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:49:56Z

Import snippet from LSR

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If you need to produce a piece of music with metronome ticks, optionally only in the midi, you can use this boilerplate code. Note that it sounds nicer than it looks :) .

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=876

% LilyPond example to produce a piece of music with metronome ticks.
% The metronome ticks will (optionally) only be included in the midi file, not in
% the printed document.

% Global settings for each staff.
global = {
\time 4/4
\tempo 4 = 120
}

% Repeats one bar of music for the length of a reference piece.
% From: "Neil Puttock" <n.puttock@gmail.com>
% Usage: \makeUnfold \refPiece \oneBarOfMusic
makeUnfold =
#(define-music-function (name mus) (ly:music? ly:music?)
(let ((r (make-music 'UnfoldedRepeatedMusic)))
(set! (ly:music-property r 'element) mus)
(set! (ly:music-property r 'repeat-count)
(ly:moment-main-numerator (ly:music-length name)))
r))

% Chords staff.
harmonics = \chordmode {
c2 g | c g | f1 | c2 g |
}

% Create metronome ticks. This example assumes 4/4 .
ticktock = \drummode {
% Note that \makeUnfold \unfoldRepeats \harmonics basically is a way
% repeat something for the duration of \harmonics. If you know the
% number of bars you might as well write \repeat unfold ...
\makeUnfold \unfoldRepeats \harmonics {
hiwoodblock 4 lowoodblock lowoodblock lowoodblock
}
}

% Everything combined.
allMusic = {
<<
\new ChordNames = Chords {

\set ChordNames.midiInstrument = "percussive organ"
\set ChordNames.midiMaximumVolume = #0.5
\set chordChanges = ##t

\global
\harmonics
}

% Uncomment the next line if you want the ticks to be in the
% MIDI file only.
% \tag #'midiOnly
\new DrumStaff = TickTock <<
\new DrumVoice = "ticktock" {

\set DrumStaff.instrumentName = "TickTock"
\set DrumStaff.midiMaximumVolume = #0.8

\global
\ticktock
}
>>
>>
}

%% Generate the printed score.
\score {
\removeWithTag #'midiOnly \allMusic
\layout {
}
}

%% Generate the MIDI.
\score {
\removeWithTag #'scoreOnly \unfoldRepeats \allMusic
\midi {
}
}
</lilypond>

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[[Category:Percussion]]