Snap pizzicato markup (“Bartok pizzicato”) (obsolete in 2.24) - Revision history

Lemzwerg: Lemzwerg moved page Snap-pizzicato markup ("Bartok pizzicato") to Snap pizzicato markup (“Bartok pizzicato”) (obsolete in 2.24) without leaving a redirect

2025-12-03T14:58:22Z

Lemzwerg moved page Snap-pizzicato markup ("Bartok pizzicato") to Snap pizzicato markup (“Bartok pizzicato”) (obsolete in 2.24) without leaving a redirect

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Lemzwerg: New category

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Lemzwerg at 23:00, 21 November 2025

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Lemzwerg at 05:48, 19 November 2025

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	A snap-pizzicato (also known as “Bartok pizzicato”) is a <~~code~~>strong pizzicato where the string is plucked vertically by snapping and rebounds off the fingerboard of the instrument</~~code~~> (Wikipedia). It is denoted by a circle with a vertical line going from the center upwards outside the circle. While Lilypond does not have a pre-defined command to created this markup, it is easy to create a definition and place it directly into the lilypond file.		A snap-pizzicato (also known as “Bartok pizzicato”) is a <q>strong pizzicato where the string is plucked vertically by snapping and rebounds off the fingerboard of the instrument</q> (Wikipedia). It is denoted by a circle with a vertical line going from the center upwards outside the circle. While Lilypond does not have a pre-defined command to created this markup, it is easy to create a definition and place it directly into the lilypond file.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">

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

2025-11-16T18:56:11Z

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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	A snap-pizzicato (also known as “Bartok pizzicato”) is a <code>strong pizzicato where the string is plucked vertically by snapping and rebounds off the fingerboard of the instrument</code> (Wikipedia). It is denoted by a circle with a vertical line going from the center upwards outside the circle. While Lilypond does not have a pre-defined command to created this markup, it is easy to create a definition and place it directly into the lilypond file.		A snap-pizzicato (also known as “Bartok pizzicato”) is a <code>strong pizzicato where the string is plucked vertically by snapping and rebounds off the fingerboard of the instrument</code> (Wikipedia). It is denoted by a circle with a vertical line going from the center upwards outside the circle. While Lilypond does not have a pre-defined command to created this markup, it is easy to create a definition and place it directly into the lilypond file.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=335		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=335
	%% see also http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=827		%% see also http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=827

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:40:16Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

A snap-pizzicato (also known as “Bartok pizzicato”) is a <code>strong pizzicato where the string is plucked vertically by snapping and rebounds off the fingerboard of the instrument</code> (Wikipedia). It is denoted by a circle with a vertical line going from the center upwards outside the circle. While Lilypond does not have a pre-defined command to created this markup, it is easy to create a definition and place it directly into the lilypond file.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=335
%% see also http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=827

%LSR Wilbert Berendsen and Han-Wen Nienhuys; see http://www.mail-archive.com/lilypond-user%40gnu.org/msg30785.html

#(define-markup-command (snappizz layout props) ()
(interpret-markup layout props
(markup #:stencil
(ly:stencil-translate-axis
(ly:stencil-add
(make-circle-stencil 0.7 0.1 #f)
(ly:make-stencil
(list 'draw-line 0.1 0 0.1 0 1)
'(-0.1 . 0.1) '(0.1 . 1)))
0.7 X))))

snapPizzicato = \markup \snappizz

% now it can be used as \snappizzicato after the note/chord
% Note that a direction (-, ^ or _) is required.
\relative c' {
c4^\snapPizzicato
% This does NOT work:
%<c e g>\snapPizzicato
<c' e g>-\snapPizzicato
<c' e g>^\snapPizzicato
<c, e g>_\snapPizzicato
}
</lilypond>

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[[Category:Expressive marks]]
[[Category:Unfretted strings]]
[[Category:Specific notation]]
[[Category:Contemporary notation]]
[[Category:Version-specific]]
[[Category:Workaround]]