Scale going up 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1' Accidentals 1 #1 2 b2 1 Octaves 1,, 1, 1 1' 1'' Shortcuts for 1’ and 2’ 8 9 Semiquaver, quaver, crotchet (16/8/4th notes) s1 q1 1 Dotted versions of the above (50% longer) s1. q1. 1. Demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver (32/64th notes) d1 h1 Minims (half notes) use dashes 1 - Dotted minim 1 - - Semibreve (whole note) 1 - - - Time signature 4/4 Time signature with quaver anacrusis (8th-note pickup) 4/4,8 Key signature (major) 1=Bb Key signature (minor) 6=F# Tempo 4=85 Lyrics L: here are the syl- la- bles (all on one line) Lyrics (verse 1) L: 1. Here is verse one Lyrics (verse 2) L: 2. Here is verse two Hanzi lyrics (auto space) H: hanzi (with or without spaces) Lilypond headers title=the title (on a line of its own) Multiple parts NextPart Instrument of current part instrument=Flute (on a line of its own) Multiple movements NextScore Prohibit page breaks until end of this movement OnePage Suppress bar numbers NoBarNums Old-style time signature SeparateTimesig 1=C 4/4 Indonesian ‘not angka’ style angka Add a Western staff doubling the tune WithStaff Tuplets 3[ q1 q1 q1 ] Grace notes before g[#45] 1 Grace notes after 1 ['1]g Simple chords 135 1 13 1 Da capo 1 1 Fine 1 1 1 1 1 1 DC Repeat (with alternate endings) R{ 1 1 1 } A{ 2 | 3 } Short repeats (percent) R4{ 1 2 } Ties (like Lilypond’s, if you don’t want dashes) 1 ~ 1 Slurs (like Lilypond’s) 1 ( 2 ) Erhu fingering (applies to previous note) Fr=0 Fr=4 Erhu symbol (applies to previous note) souyin harmonic up down bend tilde Tremolo 1/// - 1///5 - Rehearsal letters letterA letterB Multibar rest R*8 Dynamics (applies to previous note) \p \mp \f Other 1-word Lilypond \ commands \fermata \> \! \( \) etc Text ^"above note" _"below note" Other Lilypond code LP: (block of code) :LP (each delimeter at start of its line) Ignored % a comment
