Bach's Accent steigend and Accent fallend - Revision history

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2025-11-16T18:52:50Z

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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	In the "15 Inventions and 15 Symphonies" (aka "Two- and Three-Part Inventions"), Bach uses an articulation sign, called "Accent steigend" or "Accent fallend," to indicate a grace-like note ascending or descending to the articulated note. The sign is placed about where the head of a grace note would go. It looks like a large backwards comma, or small left parenthesis. This articulation occurs in Inventio 3, shown in the third bar of the example. I defined a variable, \BachAccentFallendFromGrace that modifies an appropriately placed grace note to look like the Accent fallend. The Accent steigend should have the vertical placement adjusted slightly differently.		In the "15 Inventions and 15 Symphonies" (aka "Two- and Three-Part Inventions"), Bach uses an articulation sign, called "Accent steigend" or "Accent fallend," to indicate a grace-like note ascending or descending to the articulated note. The sign is placed about where the head of a grace note would go. It looks like a large backwards comma, or small left parenthesis. This articulation occurs in Inventio 3, shown in the third bar of the example. I defined a variable, \BachAccentFallendFromGrace that modifies an appropriately placed grace note to look like the Accent fallend. The Accent steigend should have the vertical placement adjusted slightly differently.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=656		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=656

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:44:47Z

Import snippet from LSR

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In the "15 Inventions and 15 Symphonies" (aka "Two- and Three-Part Inventions"), Bach uses an articulation sign, called "Accent steigend" or "Accent fallend," to indicate a grace-like note ascending or descending to the articulated note. The sign is placed about where the head of a grace note would go. It looks like a large backwards comma, or small left parenthesis. This articulation occurs in Inventio 3, shown in the third bar of the example. I defined a variable, \BachAccentFallendFromGrace that modifies an appropriately placed grace note to look like the Accent fallend. The Accent steigend should have the vertical placement adjusted slightly differently.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=656

BachAccentFallendFromGrace =
{
\once \override NoteHead.stencil =
#(lambda (grob)
(grob-interpret-markup grob
(markup #:raise 0.2 #:large #:musicglyph "scripts.lcomma")))
\once \override Stem.stencil = ##f
\once \override Flag.stencil = ##f
\once \override Stem.length = #0
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

timeKey = {
\key d \major
\time 3/8
}

firstPart = {
a'16( g' fis' e' fis' d') |
a'8( b' cis''16\mordent d'') |

%%%%%%%%% Here is the example use

cis''8
\BachAccentFallendFromGrace

\grace b'8^( a'8) d'' |

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

d''8 d' d'' |
d''8 d' d'' |
\bar "|."
}

secondPart = {
r8 r8 d16 e |
fis16( e g fis e d) |
a16( g fis e fis d) |
a16( fis b g fis e) |
a16( fis g e d cis) |
\bar "|."
}

\score {
\new PianoStaff = Keyboard <<
\new Staff = "upper" <<
\timeKey
\clef treble
\new Voice = "first" { \firstPart \bar "|." }
>>

\new Staff = "lower" <<
\timeKey
\clef bass
\new Voice = "second" { \secondPart \bar "|." }
>>
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
% Prevents hidden grace from influencing spacing in lower staff
% but can be left out if other grace notes are affected
\override SpacingSpanner.strict-grace-spacing = ##t
}
}
}
</lilypond>

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