The music parser understand a language, similar to the languate used by GNU Lilypond.
An example will tell more than I can explain:
\staff{ c, g cisis' < e' g' cis'' > cis'' }
Apostroph (') and comma (,) is used to tell what octave the note
is in. Notenames are: c d e f g a b, with endings like this to get
accidentals: ceses ces cis cisis eses es eis eisis
. Rests are
entered with an r
. Notes to be stacked as a chord is inside
'less than' and 'greater than' chars: <c e g>
\relative
A very useful \relative
mode, like what you find in Lilypond,
saves you from typing lots of commas and apostrophes. The parser will
look at what octave the previous tone is, and place the note in the
octave that make the interval smallest possible. See the next two
examples:
\staff\relative c'{ \key d \time 3/4 d a a | a2 fis8 a | d4 b b | b2 }
\staff\relative c'{ c e g c e g c e g }
Tuplets should work exactly like GNU Lilypond.
\times fraction musicexpression
for example
c4 \times 2/3 { d8 d d } e4
Use the \tupletUp
and \tupletDown
commands to
force the tuplets to be placed above or below the staff.
\tupletBoth
let Solfege decide where to place the tuplets.
(Unfortunately, the tuplet code is not finished yet, so for now,
\tupletBoth
give the same result as \tupletUp
.)
You can set the clef with the \clef clefname
command.
The default clef is violin
clef. The following clefs
are supported:
violin
(also called treble
)
bass
subbass
baritone
varbaritone
tenor
alto
mezzosoprano
soprano
french
A simple example:
\staff{ \clef bass c e g <c e g c'> }
You use the \key
command to set the key signature:
\key c \major \key e \minor
(fes is the key with the most flats, and eis is the key with the most sharps that are allowed)
You use the \time
command to set the time signature:
\staff{ \time 7/8 [c8 c c] d4 e }
\addvoice
Use addvoice
to enter polyphonic music:
\staff\relative c'{ \stemup c d e f | g2 g } \addvoice\relative c'{ \stemdown c4 b c2 e2 e }
Tie notes together using the tilde ~
character.
An example:
\staff\relative c''{ g ~ [g8 e] f4~ <g f c> ~ <g e c> }
If you use the notename s, a gap will be left for
the skipped time without any notes printed. An example
\staff\relative c'{ c d e f g } \addvoice\relative c'{ \stemDown s2 c4 s e4 }