Engraving music using Scheme expressions

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You can engrave music using just Scheme expressions. Although those expressions reflect the inner mechanism of LilyPond, they are rather clumsy to use, so avoid them, if possible.

\version "2.24.0"

%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=122


#(define (make-note-req p d)
   (make-music 'NoteEvent
    'duration d
    'pitch p))

#(define (make-note elts)
   (make-music 'EventChord
    'elements elts))

#(define (seq-music-list elts)
   (make-music 'SequentialMusic
    'elements elts))

fooMusic = #(seq-music-list
             (list (make-note (list (make-note-req (ly:make-pitch 1 0 0) (ly:make-duration 2 0))))
                   (make-note (list (make-note-req (ly:make-pitch 1 1 0) (ly:make-duration 2 0))))))
     
\score { 
  \fooMusic 
}