lilypond-notation: Cheat sheet
Appendix B Cheat sheet
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Syntax Description Example
‘1 2 8 16’ durations [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘c4. c4..’ augmentation dots [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘c d e f g a b ’ scale [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘fis bes’ alteration [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘\clef treble \clef clefs [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
bass ’
‘\time 3/4 \time 4/4 ’ time signature [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘r4 r8’ rest [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘d ~ d’ tie [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘\key es \major ’ key signature [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
NOTE‘'’ raise octave [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
NOTE‘,’ lower octave [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘c( d e)’ slur [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘c\( c( d) e\)’ phrasing slur [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘a8[ b]’ beam [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘<< \new Staff ... >>’ more staves [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘c-> c-.’ articulations [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘c2\mf c\sfz’ dynamics [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘a\< a a\!’ crescendo [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘a\> a a\!’ decrescendo [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘< >’ chord [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘\partial 8’ pickup / upbeat [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘\tuplet 3/2 {f g a}’ triplets [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘\grace’ grace notes [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘\lyricmode { twinkle entering lyrics twinkle
}’
‘\new Lyrics’ printing lyrics [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘twin -- kle’ lyric hyphen [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘\chordmode { c:dim chords [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
f:maj7 }’
‘\context ChordNames’ printing chord names [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘<<{e f} \\ {c d}>>’ polyphony [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ]
‘s4 s8 s16’ spacer rests
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