4.7.7 Articulations

A variety of symbols can appear above and below notes to indicate different characteristics of the performance. They are added to a note by adding a dash and the character signifying the articulation. They are demonstrated here:

The meanings of these shorthands can be changed: see ly/script-init.ly for examples.

The script is automatically placed, but if you need to force directions, you can use _ to force them down, or ^ to put them up:

       c''4^^ c''4_^

Other symbols can be added using the syntax note\name, e.g. c4\fermata. Again, they can be forced up or down using ^ and _, eg.

       c\fermata c^\fermata c_\fermata

Predefined commands

\scriptUp, \scriptDown, \scriptBoth.

See also

ScriptEvent (lilypond-internals), and Script (lilypond-internals).

Bugs

These note ornaments appear in the printed output but have no effect on the MIDI rendering of the music.

This page is for LilyPond-2.0.3 (stable-branch). Report errors to <bug-lilypond@gnu.org>.