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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

2025-11-16T18:54:15Z

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 have lots of triplets and want to save some typing, you can define your own \triplet command. This is a simple illustration of how to define your own Scheme function with embedded LilyPond code. The example shows two possible implementations, one (\triplet) where you have to enclose the triplet notes withing curly braces and one (\trip) that takes the following three music expressions and combines them into a triplet. The latter alternative saves even more typing, since you don't need the curly braces. On the other hand, it makes the input file slightly harder to read and if you have a triplet with more than three notes (see the example) you need to add some curly braces to get exactly three arguments to the function.		If you have lots of triplets and want to save some typing, you can define your own \triplet command. This is a simple illustration of how to define your own Scheme function with embedded LilyPond code. The example shows two possible implementations, one (\triplet) where you have to enclose the triplet notes withing curly braces and one (\trip) that takes the following three music expressions and combines them into a triplet. The latter alternative saves even more typing, since you don't need the curly braces. On the other hand, it makes the input file slightly harder to read and if you have a triplet with more than three notes (see the example) you need to add some curly braces to get exactly three arguments to the function.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=328		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=328

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:39:59Z

Import snippet from LSR

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If you have lots of triplets and want to save some typing, you can define your own \triplet command. This is a simple illustration of how to define your own Scheme function with embedded LilyPond code. The example shows two possible implementations, one (\triplet) where you have to enclose the triplet notes withing curly braces and one (\trip) that takes the following three music expressions and combines them into a triplet. The latter alternative saves even more typing, since you don't need the curly braces. On the other hand, it makes the input file slightly harder to read and if you have a triplet with more than three notes (see the example) you need to add some curly braces to get exactly three arguments to the function.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=328

% Many many thanks to Mats for this useful snippet!

% First version, with a single argument, i.e. the
% syntax is \triplet{ c d e }
triplet = #(define-music-function (music) (ly:music?)
#{ \tuplet 3/2 $music #})

% Second version, with three arguments, i.e. the
% syntax is \trip c d e
trip = #(define-music-function (m1 m2 m3)
(ly:music? ly:music? ly:music?)
#{ \tuplet 3/2 { $m1 $m2 $m3 } #})

\score{
\relative c'{
% Using \triplet
c4 \triplet { d8 e f } g4 \triplet { f8 e d16 e } |
% Using \trip. Note the last beat, where you have to
% add curly braces to get exactly three arguments to \trip
c4 \trip d8 e f g4 \trip f8 e { d16 e } |
}
}
</lilypond>

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