Should I use British or American note value terminology?
Feb 23, 2022 · One thing you don't need is an apostrophe before "round." Another thing to consider is that "croche" in French is not the same as "crotchet" in English (it means "quaver" or "eighth note"), …
LilyPond: Can time signatures be made to span the whole system?
Nov 6, 2025 · By default, LilyPond places time signatures in every staff in the system. Is there some way to override this and get one ridiculously engorged system-spanning time signature? A crude mockup:
What is the time signature in Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters"
Apr 3, 2024 · The song is very popular and has been notated countless times, in all possible ways. What note values and time signature should be used to notate the music? The main six note guitar pattern: …
In lilypond, how can I create a cover page to a book that has the title ...
Aug 1, 2025 · The way I did it with a similar project (in 2.24.0) was to put something like the following into my \paper{} block: bookTitleMarkup = \markup \when-property #'header:title \column { \combine …
Rules for key changes - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
May 4, 2020 · On reading my new theory book I have come across a very interesting passage on Keys Change. Here are the rules: When the music changes keys, it changes to a closely related key …
Should a second volta appear at the end or beginning of a line?
Dec 30, 2023 · Given a single-measure second ending that fits comfortably at the end of one line or the beginning of the next, what is the convention or best practice (allowing there is one) on the preferred …
practice - Are there any Linux GUI applications that can generate ...
Apr 9, 2024 · I'm looking for an application -- or perhaps a plugin to something like Audacity -- that would allow a user to place cue point marks graphically, and then generate and export a filename.cue cue …
lilypond - Frescobaldi does not create files - Music: Practice & Theory ...
Oct 2, 2021 · I am using LilyPond with Frescobaldi editor. It sometimes happens that Frescobaldi stops working, that is: If I change something in the .ly file (e.g. some string) and hit the Lilypond button (or p...
Lilypond: Single bar, multiple repeat - Music: Practice & Theory Stack ...
Dec 4, 2022 · I've been able to do this in LilyPond by defining a function like so: make_percent = #(define-music-function ()() "Make a percent repeat spanning one bar" (make-music 'PercentEvent …
Transfering audio recordings from reel-to-reel to PC
Apr 5, 2017 · My PC doesn't have a "line-in" jack - only USB and HDMI. How do I connect the stereo RCA output from my reel-to-reel deck to my PC to transfer the audio to the PC?