Menu Description

Menu "File"

Saved buffer

Use this function to recover any saved version of buffer for a maximum of 100. The counter of file version is reset to 0 at opening a new file or an existing file - new in version 0.2.5

Menu "Templates"

New Quick Score

Creates a new score with one instrument. should be inserted into an empty file.

Inser in score

You can use these menu items, if you want add into an existing lilypond music score, a new instrument, or a new group of instruments.

Insert new instr
Insert new combined instr
insert new plucked instr - new in version 0.2.5
Insert new Piano stave
Drum stave including single voice - new in version 0.2.5
Drum stave including two voices - new in version 0.2.5

All items above should be inserted into an empty group, or immediately after / before another instrument

Insert new group - should be inserted immediately after / before another group.

Solo Piano Template

Creates a new score for solo piano. should be inserted into an empty file.

Quartet Template

Creates a new score for four intrument. Should be inserted into an empty file.

Quartet and Piano Template

Creates a new score with two groups of instruments (Quartet and Piano). Should be inserted into an empty file.

Sextet Template

Creates a new score for six intruments. Should be inserted into an empty file.

Sextet and Piano Template

Creates a new music score with two groups of instruments (Sextet and Piano). Should be inserted into an empty file.

Menu "Top & Braces"

Version

Inserts the Lilypond version as memorized in Edit-> Settings. Should be inserted outside of any block (delimited by braces: {})

Staff size

Resizes all staves. Should be inserted outside of any block.

Markupdefs

Pizzicato Bartok - Defines Bartok Pizz. Should be inserted outside any block. To use it select Music->Attacks->Bartok Pizz inside a music block.
Make your dynamic - Defines a new dynamic. Should be inserted outside any block. After defined the new dynamic, you can use it as each other dynamics. E.g.
```
 sffzp = #(make-dynamic-script "sfzzp") %define this outside of any blocks.
%......
c1 \sffz % use new dynamic inside a "\score{}" block 
```
Composite tempo - inserts a markup to defines composite tempo.

book{} - inserts an empty "'\book{}" block. A "\book{}" block, encloses inside a Lilypond music score, with a single movement, or multiple movements.
Header - Click on the top item to insert an empty header block (inside the "\book{}" block). The other items should be inserted into the "\header{}" block.
Score statement->score{} - should be inserted outside the "\book{\header{}}" block, but inside the "\book{}" block. The other items: Book->Score statement->header should be inserted inside the "\score{}" block, piece and opus should be inserted inside the "\score{\header{}}" block. E.g.:
```
\book {
\header {
}  
\score {
\header {
piece = ""
opus =""
}
%music here
}
}
```

Menu "Music"

All the following items should be inserted within a

 \staff {}

block

Spacing

Text spanner padding
Distribution: biscroma
Distribution: semicroma
Distribution: croma
Distribution: semiminima
Between score items
Vertical between staves
Symbols by stave
Dynamics x-y
Dynamics from stave
Octave bracket padding
Markup text padding
Trills padding
breathe x-y
phrasing slurs x-y
phrasing slurs top h value
Tuplets
metronome x-y

Pitches

Full pitches (list)
Full tonals chords - new in version 0.2.5
Insert an example cluster
Insert an empty chord
An octave above
An octave below
Octave above/below end
Arpeggio - new in version 0.2.5

Key signatures

Full list of Key signatures

Note heads

Modern pitches
Ancient pitches (*new in version 0.2.5)
Drum (*new in version 0.2.5)
String harmonics
Font size (note head size)

Clefs

Modern clefs list
Ancient clefs list - new in version 0.2.5
Hide clef

Accidentals

Single accidentals (quarter of tone included)
Modern accidental styles
Ancient accidental styles - new in version 0.2.5
Disable extra natural - new in version 0.2.5
Enable extra natural - new in version 0.2.5
Enable key cancellation - new in version 0.2.5
Disable key cancellation - new in version 0.2.5

Attacks

Several modes of attacks:

staccato
staccatissimo
marcato
espressivo
portato
portato + staccato
tenuto
flageolet
lheel
thumb
lheel
ltoe
rtoe
stopped
Bartok Pizz.
Bow down
Bow up
Open string

Durations

Split durations block - allows the automatic splitting of note durations - new in version 0.2.5
Rythmic values (list)
Single note tremolo (list)
Tremolo between two notes (list)

Rests

Ancient styles - new in version 0.2.5
Rests values (list)

Tuplets

terzina
quintina
sestina
settimina
nonina
Show fractions on tuplets

Dynamics

Dyn. as markup below - Adds a text markup with the same fonts of dynamics below the stave.
Dyn. as markup above - Adds a text markup with the same fonts of dynamics above the stave.
dynamics definitions from pppp to ffff
beggin crescendo
beggin diminuendo
end cresc/dim.

Tempo

Remove time signature from the end of line - new in version 0.2.5

Remove time signature from staves. E.g:

 \new Staff ="staff name" \with {\remove "Time_signature_engraver"}

Composite
Time signature from 1/4 to 5/4 (as examples)
Ancient styles - new in version 0.2.5
Hide time signature - Hides the time signature for a single measure or for a group of measures .
Unhide time signature.

Metronome

croma = 60
semiminima = 60
minima = 60

Slur, Ties, Beams...

insert dur tie
tie to previous note
laissez vibrer
start slur
end slur
slur as dotted
slur as dashed
slur as solid
slur direction UP
slur direction DOWN
slur direction NEUTRAL
start phrasing slur
end phrasing slur
auto beam
break beam
set beams as transparent - new in version 0.2.5
set beams size - new in version 0.2.5
set stems direction UP
set stems direction DOWN
set stems direction NEUTRAL
set stems as transparent
set stems lenght

Trills, grace notes...

Single trill
Start trill
End trill
single grace note
group of grace notes
single acciaccatura
acciaccatura group
single appoggiatura
appoggiatura group
glissando
glissando zig-zag style
arpeggio
repeat (slash symbol)

Bars and Measures

Bars position in measures (list)
Bars default style (list)
Measure numbers settings
Start no bars music (cadenzaOn)
End no bars music (cadenzaOff)
Measure delimiter (inside a music block)

Staves

Insert line break
Number of lines per stave
Segno new in version 0.2.5
Corona (fermata) on meausre bar new in version 0.2.5
Coda new in version 0.2.5
Text spanner
Text spanner solid line
Text spanner arrow style
Start text spanner - new in version 0.2.5
End text spanner - new in version 0.2.5
instrument name
short instrument name
multiline instrument name
multiline short instrument name
Hide notes On
Hide notes Off
Draw text box. -Draws a text box around the next text markup.
Add text over
Add text under
Add multiline text over
Add multiline text under
Polyphony (adds sections with two, three, four voices)

Add Lyrics

Add lyrics add lyrics Should be inserted inside the context of an instrument

Piano specifics

Connect arpeggio between staves on - new in version 0.2.5
Connect arpeggio between staves off - new in version 0.2.5
Piano pedal styles (list)
Piano pedal down/up (list)
Adjust pedal brackets

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