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@settitle LilyPond Notation Reference
@documentencoding UTF-8
@documentlanguage en
@afourpaper

@macro manualIntro
This manual provides a reference for all notation that can be
produced with LilyPond version @version{}.  It assumes that
the reader is familiar with the material in the @rlearning{Top}.
@end macro

@c 'Notation Reference' was born 1998-08-14 with this commit:
@c release: 1.0.2
@c author: Han-Wen Nienhuys
@c commit: a3a44f9f3c581b6824b3a65f9039656693e09bbf
@c   file: Documentation/tex/refman.yo

@macro copyrightDeclare
Copyright @copyright{} 1998--2026 by the authors.
@end macro

@dircategory LilyPond -- the music typesetter
@direntry
* Notation: (lilypond-notation).        Notation reference.
@end direntry

@set FDL
@include en/macros.itexi
@iftex
@include en/hyphenation.itexi
@end iftex


@lilyTitlePage{Notation Reference}


@ifnottex

@menu
Musical notation

* Pitches::               Writing and display the pitches of notes.
* Rhythms::               Writing and displaying the durations of notes.
* Expressive marks::      Adding expression to notes.
* Repeats::               Repeat music.
* Simultaneous notes::    More than one note at once.
* Staff notation::        Displaying staves.
* Editorial annotations:: Special notation to increase legibility.
* Text::                  Adding text to scores.

Specialist notation

* Vocal music::           Lyrics, operas, and more.
* Keyboard and other multi-staff instruments::
                          Piano, harp, etc.
* Unfretted string instruments::
                          Violin and friends.
* Fretted string instruments::
                          Guitar, Lute, etc.
* Percussion::            Drums and friends.
* Wind instruments::      Woodwinds, brass, and more.
* Chord notation::        Chords and figured bass.
* Contemporary music::    Also graphical notation.
* Ancient notation::      Mensural music, Gregorian and Kievan chant, etc.
* World music::           Non-Western music

General input and output

* Input modes::           Note mode, Lyrics mode, Markup mode, etc.
* Input structure::       How a LilyPond input file looks like.
* Titles and headers::    Also footnotes, table of contents, etc.
* Working with input files::
                          Including files, tagging music, and more.
* Controlling output::    Music extraction and skipping, output formats,
                            embedding files in PDF, etc.
* Creating MIDI output::  Notation support, dynamics, instruments, channels,
                            and more.
* Extracting musical information::
                          Displaying LilyPond data structures.

Spacing issues

* Page layout::           Paper size, fixed and vertical spacing,
                            @code{\paper} variables.
* Score layout::          Staff size, the @code{\layout} block.
* Breaks::                Line and page breaking.
* Vertical spacing::      Spacing and positioning of vertical staves
                            and systems.
* Horizontal spacing::    Spacing sections, strict note spacing, and more.
* Fitting music onto fewer pages::
                          Displaying and changing vertical spacing.

Changing defaults

* Tuning output::         A first overview.
* Interpretation contexts::
                          Creating and referencing contexts, and more.
* Explaining the Internals Reference::
                          How to find descriptions for grobs, properties,
                          engravers, and more.
* Modifying properties::  @code{\set}, @code{\override}, @code{\tweak}, etc.
* Useful concepts and properties::
                          How grobs and their properties are classified.

Appendices

* Markup commands::       Detailed description of all markup commands.
* Notation manual tables::
                          Tables and charts.
* Cheat sheet::           Summary of LilyPond syntax.
* GNU Free Documentation License::
                          License of this document.
* Index of commands and concepts::
@end menu

@docMain
@end ifnottex

@contents

@include en/notation/notation.itely
@include en/notation/specialist.itely

@include en/notation/input.itely
@include en/notation/spacing.itely

@include en/notation/changing-defaults.itely


@include en/notation/notation-appendices.itely
@include en/notation/cheatsheet.itely


@include en/fdl.itexi


@node Index of commands and concepts
@appendix Index

In addition to all the LilyPond commands and keywords, this index lists
musical terms and words that relate to each of them, with links to
those sections of the manual that describe or discuss that topic.
@ifhtml
Each link is in two parts.  The first part points to the exact location
in the manual where the topic appears; the second part points to the
start of the section of the manual where that topic is discussed.
@end ifhtml

@printindex cp

@bye
