Incipit - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 18:28, 6 December 2025

2025-12-06T18:28:00Z

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	When transcribing mensural music, an incipit at the beginning of the piece is useful to indicate the original key and tempo. While today musicians are used to bar lines in order to faster recognize rhythmic patterns, bar lines were not yet invented during the period of mensural music; in fact, the meter often changed after every few notes. As a compromise, bar lines are often printed between the staves rather than on the staves.		When transcribing mensural music, an incipit at the beginning of the piece is useful to indicate the original key and tempo. While today musicians are used to bar lines in order to faster recognize rhythmic patterns, bar lines were not yet invented during the period of mensural music; in fact, the meter often changed after every few notes. As a compromise, bar lines are often printed between the staves rather than on the staves.

	<lilypond version="2.24" ~~full~~>		<lilypond version="2.24">
	~~%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%~~
	% A short excerpt from the Jubilate Deo by Orlande de Lassus		% A short excerpt from the Jubilate Deo by Orlande de Lassus
	~~%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%~~

	~~\header { tagline = ##f }~~

	global = {		global = {
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	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

			[[Category:Ancient notation]]
	[[Category:Staff notation]]		[[Category:Staff notation]]
	~~[[Category:Ancient notation]]~~
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:22:07Z

New category

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Lemzwerg at 22:54, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:54:52Z

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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

2025-11-16T18:56:38Z

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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	When transcribing mensural music, an incipit at the beginning of the piece is useful to indicate the original key and tempo. While today musicians are used to bar lines in order to faster recognize rhythmic patterns, bar lines were not yet invented during the period of mensural music; in fact, the meter often changed after every few notes. As a compromise, bar lines are often printed between the staves rather than on the staves.		When transcribing mensural music, an incipit at the beginning of the piece is useful to indicate the original key and tempo. While today musicians are used to bar lines in order to faster recognize rhythmic patterns, bar lines were not yet invented during the period of mensural music; in fact, the meter often changed after every few notes. As a compromise, bar lines are often printed between the staves rather than on the staves.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%		%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
	% A short excerpt from the Jubilate Deo by Orlande de Lassus		% A short excerpt from the Jubilate Deo by Orlande de Lassus

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:37:39Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

When transcribing mensural music, an incipit at the beginning of the piece is useful to indicate the original key and tempo. While today musicians are used to bar lines in order to faster recognize rhythmic patterns, bar lines were not yet invented during the period of mensural music; in fact, the meter often changed after every few notes. As a compromise, bar lines are often printed between the staves rather than on the staves.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% A short excerpt from the Jubilate Deo by Orlande de Lassus
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\header { tagline = ##f }

global = {
\set Score.skipBars = ##t
\key g \major
\time 4/4

% the actual music
\skip 1*8

% let finis bar go through all staves
\override Staff.BarLine.transparent = ##f

% finis bar
\bar "|."
}

discantusIncipit = {
\clef "neomensural-c1"
\key f \major
\time 2/2
c''1.
}

discantusNotes = {
\transpose c' c'' {
\clef "treble"
d'2. d'4 |
b e' d'2 |
c'4 e'4.( d'8 c' b |
a4) b a2 |
b4.( c'8 d'4) c'4 |
\once \hide NoteHead
c'1 |
b\breve |
}
}

discantusLyrics = \lyricmode {
Ju -- bi -- la -- te De -- o,
om -- nis ter -- ra, __ om-
"..."
-us.
}

altusIncipit = {
\clef "neomensural-c3"
\key f \major
\time 2/2
r1 f'1.
}

altusNotes = {
\transpose c' c'' {
\clef "treble"
r2 g2. e4 fis g |
a2 g4 e |
fis g4.( fis16 e fis4) |
g1 |
\once \hide NoteHead
g1 |
g\breve |
}
}

altusLyrics = \lyricmode {
Ju -- bi -- la -- te
De -- o, om -- nis ter -- ra,
"..."
-us.
}

tenorIncipit = {
\clef "neomensural-c4"
\key f \major
\time 2/2
r\longa
r\breve
r1 c'1.
}

tenorNotes = {
\transpose c' c' {
\clef "treble_8"
R1 |
R1 |
R1 |
% two measures
r2 d'2. d'4 b e' |
\once \hide NoteHead
e'1 |
d'\breve |
}
}

tenorLyrics = \lyricmode {
Ju -- bi -- la -- te
"..."
-us.
}

bassusIncipit = {
\clef "mensural-f"
\key f \major
\time 2/2
r\maxima
f1.
}

bassusNotes = {
\transpose c' c' {
\clef "bass"
R1 |
R1 |
R1 |
R1 |
g2. e4 |
\once \hide NoteHead
e1 |
g\breve |
}
}

bassusLyrics = \lyricmode {
Ju -- bi-
"..."
-us.
}

\score {
<<
\new StaffGroup = choirStaff <<
\new Voice = "discantusNotes" <<
\set Staff.instrumentName = "Discantus"
\incipit \discantusIncipit
\global
\discantusNotes
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto discantusNotes { \discantusLyrics }
\new Voice = "altusNotes" <<
\set Staff.instrumentName = "Altus"
\global
\incipit \altusIncipit
\altusNotes
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto altusNotes { \altusLyrics }
\new Voice = "tenorNotes" <<
\set Staff.instrumentName = "Tenor"
\global
\incipit \tenorIncipit
\tenorNotes
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto tenorNotes { \tenorLyrics }
\new Voice = "bassusNotes" <<
\set Staff.instrumentName = "Bassus"
\global
\incipit \bassusIncipit
\bassusNotes
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto bassusNotes { \bassusLyrics }
>>
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
%% no bar lines in staves or lyrics
\hide BarLine
}
%% the next two instructions keep the lyrics between the bar lines
\context {
\Lyrics
\consists "Bar_engraver"
\consists "Separating_line_group_engraver"
}
\context {
\Voice
%% no slurs
\hide Slur
%% Comment in the below "\remove" command to allow line
%% breaking also at those bar lines where a note overlaps
%% into the next measure. The command is commented out in this
%% short example score, but especially for large scores, you
%% will typically yield better line breaking and thus improve
%% overall spacing if you comment in the following command.
%%\remove "Forbid_line_break_engraver"
}
indent = 6\cm
incipit-width = 4\cm
}
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Staff notation]]
[[Category:Ancient notation]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]