Hymn template - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 05:23, 13 December 2025

2025-12-13T05:23:53Z

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	This code shows one way of setting out a hymn tune ~~when~~ each line starts and ends with a partial measure. It also shows how to add the verses as stand-alone text under the music.		This code shows one way of setting out a hymn tune where each line starts and ends with a partial measure. It also shows how to add the verses as stand-alone text under the music.

	<lilypond version="2.24" ~~full~~>		<lilypond version="2.24">
	Timeline = {		Timeline = {
	\time 4/4		\time 4/4
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	}		}

	BassMusic = \relative g {		BassMusic = \relative g {
	g4 g \| g g g g \| g g g g \| g g g g \| g2		g4 g \| g g g g \| g g g g \| g g g g \| g2
	g4 g \| g g g g \| g g g g \| g g g g \| g2		g4 g \| g g g g \| g g g g \| g g g g \| g2
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	\score { % Start score		\score { % Start score
	<<		\new PianoStaff << % Start pianostaff
	\new PianoStaff << % Start pianostaff		\new Staff << % Start Staff = RH
	\new Staff << % Start Staff = RH		\global
	\global		\clef "treble"
	\clef "treble"		\new Voice = "Soprano" << % Start Voice = "Soprano"
	\new Voice = "Soprano" << % Start Voice = "Soprano"		\Timeline
	\Timeline		\voiceOne
	\voiceOne		\SopranoMusic
	\SopranoMusic		>> % End Voice = "Soprano"
	>> % End Voice = "Soprano"		\new Voice = "Alto" << % Start Voice = "Alto"
	\new Voice = "Alto" << % Start Voice = "Alto"		\Timeline
	\Timeline		\voiceTwo
	\voiceTwo		\AltoMusic
	\AltoMusic		>> % End Voice = "Alto"
	>> % End Voice = "Alto"		>> % End Staff = RH
	>> % End Staff = RH
	\new Staff << % Start Staff = LH		\new Staff << % Start Staff = LH
	\global		\global
	\clef "bass"		\clef "bass"
	\new Voice = "Tenor" << % Start Voice = "Tenor"		\new Voice = "Tenor" << % Start Voice = "Tenor"
	\Timeline		\Timeline
	\voiceOne		\voiceOne
	\TenorMusic		\TenorMusic
	>> % End Voice = "Tenor"		>> % End Voice = "Tenor"
	\new Voice = "Bass" << % Start Voice = "Bass"		\new Voice = "Bass" << % Start Voice = "Bass"
	\Timeline		\Timeline
	\voiceTwo		\voiceTwo
	\BassMusic		\BassMusic
	>> % End Voice = "Bass"		>> % End Voice = "Bass"
	>> % End Staff = LH		>> % End Staff = LH
	>> % End pianostaff		>> % End pianostaff
	>>
	} % End score		} % End score

	\markup {		\markup \fill-line {
	\fill-line {		\left-column {
	""		"This is line one of the first verse"
	{		"This is line two of the same"
	~~\column {~~		\null
	\left-~~align~~ {		"And here's line one of the second verse"
	"This is line one of the first verse"		"And the next line of the same"
	"This is line two of the same"
	"And here's line ~~three~~ of the ~~first~~ verse"
	"And the ~~last~~ line of the same"
	}
	}
	}
	""
	}		}
	}		}
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	\paper { % Start paper block		\paper { % Start paper block
	indent = 0 % don't indent first system		indent = 0 % don't indent first system
	line-width = 130 % shorten line length to suit music		line-width = 130 % shorten line length to suit music
	tagline = ##f % Don't print tag line, can be removed		tagline = ##f % Don't print tag line, can be removed
	} % End paper block		} % End paper block
	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

			[[Category:Template]]
	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	~~[[Category:Template]]~~
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:31:19Z

New category

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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Template]]		[[Category:Template]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:54, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:54:48Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:54, 21 November 2025
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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Template]]		[[Category:Template]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]

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

2025-11-16T18:56:41Z

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

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:56, 16 November 2025
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	This code shows one way of setting out a hymn tune when each line starts and ends with a partial measure. It also shows how to add the verses as stand-alone text under the music.		This code shows one way of setting out a hymn tune when each line starts and ends with a partial measure. It also shows how to add the verses as stand-alone text under the music.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	Timeline = {		Timeline = {
	\time 4/4		\time 4/4

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:45:37Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

This code shows one way of setting out a hymn tune when each line starts and ends with a partial measure. It also shows how to add the verses as stand-alone text under the music.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
Timeline = {
\time 4/4
\tempo 4=96
\partial 2
s2 | s1 | s2 \breathe s2 | s1 | s2 \caesura \break
s2 | s1 | s2 \breathe s2 | s1 | s2 \fine
}

SopranoMusic = \relative g' {
g4 g | g g g g | g g g g | g g g g | g2
g4 g | g g g g | g g g g | g g g g | g2
}

AltoMusic = \relative c' {
d4 d | d d d d | d d d d | d d d d | d2
d4 d | d d d d | d d d d | d d d d | d2
}

TenorMusic = \relative a {
b4 b | b b b b | b b b b | b b b b | b2
b4 b | b b b b | b b b b | b b b b | b2
}

BassMusic = \relative g {
g4 g | g g g g | g g g g | g g g g | g2
g4 g | g g g g | g g g g | g g g g | g2
}

global = {
\key g \major
}

\score { % Start score
<<
\new PianoStaff << % Start pianostaff
\new Staff << % Start Staff = RH
\global
\clef "treble"
\new Voice = "Soprano" << % Start Voice = "Soprano"
\Timeline
\voiceOne
\SopranoMusic
>> % End Voice = "Soprano"
\new Voice = "Alto" << % Start Voice = "Alto"
\Timeline
\voiceTwo
\AltoMusic
>> % End Voice = "Alto"
>> % End Staff = RH
\new Staff << % Start Staff = LH
\global
\clef "bass"
\new Voice = "Tenor" << % Start Voice = "Tenor"
\Timeline
\voiceOne
\TenorMusic
>> % End Voice = "Tenor"
\new Voice = "Bass" << % Start Voice = "Bass"
\Timeline
\voiceTwo
\BassMusic
>> % End Voice = "Bass"
>> % End Staff = LH
>> % End pianostaff
>>
} % End score

\markup {
\fill-line {
""
{
\column {
\left-align {
"This is line one of the first verse"
"This is line two of the same"
"And here's line three of the first verse"
"And the last line of the same"
}
}
}
""
}
}

\layout {
\context {
\Score
caesuraType = #'((bar-line . "||"))
fineBarType = "||"
}
}

\paper { % Start paper block
indent = 0 % don't indent first system
line-width = 130 % shorten line length to suit music
tagline = ##f % Don't print tag line, can be removed
} % End paper block
</lilypond>

[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Template]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]