Re: It is possible to add the note name below the note symbol ?

[Glen Larsen]

On 12/28/2011 10:57 AM, Dimitrios Glentadakis wrote:
> Ok i add this in each header of each instrument and it shows the notes names
>
> How can i use the snippets repository? I did nt understand what to do with eg 
> the:
>
> scale = \relative c' {
>    a4 b c d
>    e4 f g a
> }
>
> \new Staff {
>    <<
>      \scale
>      \context NoteNames {
>        \set printOctaveNames = ##f
>        \scale
>      }
>    >>
>    R1
>    <<
>      \scale
>      \context NoteNames {
>        \set printOctaveNames = ##t
>        \scale
>      }
>    >>
> }
>
>
> from :
> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=672
Dimitrios,

You need reference material for Lilypond:

Lilypond web site: http://lilypond.org/website/index.html
Lilypond Snippets Repository (LSR): http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/

The Lilypond site has links to a nice learning, reference, and internals 
manual.

The LSR is a searchable collection of short but complete examples. In 
the example above,

- a short macro called 'scale' is defined to be a series of notes.
- a Staff is created in (default 4/4 time) containing,
    * 2 measures containing the notes (executing the macro \scale)
    * the NoteNames context is then used to add note names to that 
scale without the octave names
    * a full measure rest of one measure (R1)
    * 2 more measures with the octave names

Frescobaldi is a constructive piece of software that integrates Lilypond 
with tools like a context-sensitive editor, PDF viewer, log viewer, midi 
player, etc. It will help you write Lilypond and may shorten your 
learning curve of Lilypond somewhat but, like any powerful typesetting 
language, it requires you to learn the language.

-glen