GregorianTranscriptionVoice

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Corresponds to a voice on a staff. This context handles the conversion of dynamic signs, stems, beams, super- and subscripts, slurs, ties, and rests.

You have to instantiate this explicitly if you want to have multiple voices on the same staff.

This context also accepts commands for the following context(s):

Voice

This context creates the following layout objects:

Arpeggio, Beam, BreathingSign, ClusterSpannerBeacon, ClusterSpanner, CombineTextScript, Dots, DoublePercentRepeatCounter, DoublePercentRepeat, DynamicLineSpanner, DynamicText, Fingering, Glissando, Hairpin, LaissezVibrerTieColumn, LaissezVibrerTie, MultiMeasureRestNumber, MultiMeasureRestText, MultiMeasureRest, NoteColumn, NoteHead, NoteSpacing, PercentRepeatCounter, PercentRepeat, PhrasingSlur, RepeatSlash, RepeatTieColumn, RepeatTie, Rest, ScriptColumn, Script, Slur, StemTremolo, Stem, TextScript, TextSpanner, TieColumn, Tie, TrillPitchAccidental, TrillPitchGroup, TrillPitchHead, TrillSpanner, TupletBracket, TupletNumber and VoiceFollower.

This context sets the following properties:

Set grob-property edge-text in TextSpanner to '( . ).
Set grob-property enclose-bounds in TextSpanner to 1.
Set grob-property padding in TextSpanner to -0.1.
Set grob-property edge-height in TextSpanner to '(0 . 0).
Set grob-property style in TextSpanner to 'line.
Set grob-property dash-fraction in TextSpanner to '().
Set translator property autoBeaming to #f
Set grob-property padding in Script to 0.5.
Set grob-property transparent in LigatureBracket to #t.
Set translator property localKeySignature to '()

This context is a `bottom' context; it can not contain other contexts.

This context is built from the following engravers:

Skip_event_swallow_translator

Swallow \skip.

Music types accepted:

skip-event

Grace_engraver

Set font size and other properties for grace notes.

Properties (read)

graceSettings (list): Overrides for grace notes. This property should be manipulated through the add-grace-property function.

Tuplet_engraver

Catch Time_scaled_music and generate appropriate bracket

Music types accepted:

time-scaled-music

Properties (read)

tupletNumberFormatFunction (procedure)

Function taking a music as input, producing a string. This function is called to determine the text to print on a tuplet bracket.

tupletSpannerDuration (moment)

Normally a tuplet bracket is as wide as the \times expression that gave rise to it. By setting this property, you can make brackets last shorter. Example

               @lilypond[verbatim,fragment]
               context Voice \times 2/3 {
                 property Voice.tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
                 c-[8 c c-] c-[ c c-]
               }
               @end lilypond

tupletFullLength (boolean)

If set, the tuplet is printed upto the start of the next note.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: TupletBracket and TupletNumber.

Tie_engraver

Generate ties between noteheads of equal pitch.

Music types accepted:

tie-event

Properties (read)

tieWaitForNote (boolean): If true, tied notes do not have to follow each other directly. This can be used for writing out arpeggios

Properties (write)

tieMelismaBusy (boolean): Signal whether a tie is present.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Tie and TieColumn.

Slur_engraver

Build slur grobs from slur events

Music types accepted:

slur-event

Properties (read)

slurMelismaBusy (boolean): Signal if a slur is present.
doubleSlurs (boolean): When set, two slurs are created for every slurred note, one above and one below the chord.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Slur.

Cluster_spanner_engraver

Engraves a cluster using Spanner notation

Music types accepted:

cluster-note-event and busy-playing-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: ClusterSpanner and ClusterSpannerBeacon.

Phrasing_slur_engraver

Print phrasing slurs. Similar to Slur_engraver

Music types accepted:

phrasing-slur-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: PhrasingSlur.

Rhythmic_column_engraver

Generates NoteColumn, an objects that groups stems, noteheads and rests.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: NoteColumn and NoteSpacing.

Script_column_engraver

This engraver creates the following layout objects: ScriptColumn.

Script_engraver

Handles note scripted articulations.

Music types accepted:

script-event and articulation-event

Properties (read)

scriptDefinitions (list): Description of scripts. This is used by Script_engraver for typesetting note-super/subscripts. See scm/script.scm for more information

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Script.

Fingering_engraver

Create fingering-scripts

Music types accepted:

fingering-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Fingering.

Dynamic_engraver

This engraver creates hairpins, dynamic texts, and their vertical alignments. The symbols are collected onto a DynamicLineSpanner grob which takes care of vertical positioning.

Music types accepted:

absolute-dynamic-event, crescendo-event and decrescendo-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: DynamicLineSpanner, DynamicText, Hairpin and TextSpanner.

Text_engraver

Create text-scripts

Music types accepted:

text-script-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: TextScript.

Part_combine_engraver

Part combine engraver for orchestral scores: Print markings a2, Solo, Solo II, and unisono

Music types accepted:

part-combine-event

Properties (read)

printPartCombineTexts (boolean): set Solo/A due texts in the part combiner?
soloText (string): text for begin of solo when part-combining.
soloIIText (string): text for begin of solo for voice “two” when part-combining.
aDueText (string): Text to print at a unisono passage.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: CombineTextScript.

Melisma_translator

This translator collects melisma information about ties, beams, and user settings (melismaBusy, and signals it to the ddlyrics code.

Music types accepted:

melisma-playing-event and melisma-span-event

Properties (read)

melismaBusy (boolean): Signifies whether a melisma is active. This can be used to signal melismas on top of those automatically detected.
melismaBusyProperties (list): List of properties (symbols) to determine whether a melisma is playing. Setting this property will influence how lyrics are aligned to notes. For example, if set to #'(melismaBusy beamMelismaBusy), only manual melismata and manual beams are considered. Possible values include melismaBusy, slurMelismaBusy, tieMelismaBusy, and beamMelismaBusy
slurMelismaBusy (boolean): Signal if a slur is present.
tieMelismaBusy (boolean): Signal whether a tie is present.
beamMelismaBusy (boolean): Signal if a beam is present.

Slash_repeat_engraver

Make beat repeats.

Music types accepted:

repeated-music

Properties (read)

measureLength (moment): Length of one measure in the current time signature.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: RepeatSlash.

Percent_repeat_engraver

Make whole bar and double bar repeats.

Music types accepted:

repeated-music

Properties (read)

measureLength (moment): Length of one measure in the current time signature.
currentCommandColumn (layout object): Grob that is X-parent to all current breakable (clef, key signature, etc.) items.
countPercentRepeats (boolean): If set, produce counters for percent repeats.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: DoublePercentRepeat, DoublePercentRepeatCounter, PercentRepeat and PercentRepeatCounter.

Chord_tremolo_engraver

Generates beams for tremolo repeats.

Music types accepted:

repeated-music

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Beam.

New_fingering_engraver

Create fingering-scripts for notes in a new chord. This engraver is ill-named, since it also takes care of articulations and harmonic note heads

Properties (read)

fingeringOrientations (list): List of symbols, containing `left', `right', `up' and/or `down'. This list determines where fingerings are put relative to the chord being fingered.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Fingering.

Auto_beam_engraver

Generate beams based on measure characteristics and observed Stems. Uses beatLength, measureLength and measurePosition to decide when to start and stop a beam. Overriding beaming is done through Stem_engraver properties stemLeftBeamCount and stemRightBeamCount.

Music types accepted:

beam-forbid-event

Properties (read)

autoBeaming (boolean): If set to true then beams are generated automatically.
autoBeamSettings (list): Specifies when automatically generated beams should begin and end. See Setting automatic beam behavior for more information.
beatLength (moment): The length of one beat in this time signature.
subdivideBeams (boolean): If set, multiple beams will be subdivided at beat positions by only drawing one beam over the beat.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Beam.

Grace_beam_engraver

Handles Beam events by engraving Beams. If omitted, then notes will be printed with flags instead of beams. Only engraves beams when we are at grace points in time.

Music types accepted:

beam-event

Properties (read)

beamMelismaBusy (boolean): Signal if a beam is present.
beatLength (moment): The length of one beat in this time signature.
allowBeamBreak (boolean): If true allow line breaks for beams over bar lines.
subdivideBeams (boolean): If set, multiple beams will be subdivided at beat positions by only drawing one beam over the beat.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Beam.

Beam_engraver

Handles Beam events by engraving Beams. If omitted, then notes will be printed with flags instead of beams.

Music types accepted:

beam-event

Properties (read)

beamMelismaBusy (boolean): Signal if a beam is present.
beatLength (moment): The length of one beat in this time signature.
subdivideBeams (boolean): If set, multiple beams will be subdivided at beat positions by only drawing one beam over the beat.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Beam.

Stem_engraver

Create stems and single-stem tremolos. It also works together with the beam engraver for overriding beaming.

Music types accepted:

tremolo-event

Properties (read)

tremoloFlags (integer): Number of tremolo flags to add if no number is specified.
stemLeftBeamCount (integer): Specify the number of beams to draw on the left side of the next note. Overrides automatic beaming. The value is only used once, and then it is erased.
stemRightBeamCount (integer): See stemLeftBeamCount.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Stem and StemTremolo.

Rest_engraver

Music types accepted:

rest-event

Properties (read)

middleCPosition (number): Place of the middle C, measured in half staff-spaces. Usually determined by looking at clefPosition and clefGlyph.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Dots and Rest.

Note_heads_engraver

Generate noteheads.

Music types accepted:

note-event and busy-playing-event

Properties (read)

middleCPosition (number): Place of the middle C, measured in half staff-spaces. Usually determined by looking at clefPosition and clefGlyph.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Dots and NoteHead.

Breathing_sign_engraver

Music types accepted:

breathing-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: BreathingSign.

Ligature_bracket_engraver

Handles Ligature_events by engraving Ligature brackets.

Music types accepted:

ligature-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: TupletBracket.

Glissando_engraver

Engrave a glissandi

Music types accepted:

glissando-event

Properties (read)

followVoice (boolean): If set, note heads are tracked across staff switches by a thin line

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Glissando.

Note_head_line_engraver

Engrave a line between two note heads, for example a glissando. If followVoice is set, staff switches also generate a line.

Music types accepted:

glissando-event

Properties (read)

followVoice (boolean): If set, note heads are tracked across staff switches by a thin line

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Glissando and VoiceFollower.

Repeat_tie_engraver

Create Laissez vibrer items.

Music types accepted:

repeat-tie-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: RepeatTie and RepeatTieColumn.

Laissez_vibrer_engraver

Create Laissez vibrer items.

Music types accepted:

laissez-vibrer-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: LaissezVibrerTie and LaissezVibrerTieColumn.

Forbid_line_break_engraver

Forbid line breaks when note heads are still playing at some point.

Properties (read)

busyGrobs (list): a queue of (end-moment . GROB) conses. This is for internal (C++) use only. This property contains the grobs which are still busy (e.g. note heads, spanners, etc.)

Grob_pq_engraver

Administrate when certain grobs (eg. note heads) stop playing

Properties (read)

busyGrobs (list): a queue of (end-moment . GROB) conses. This is for internal (C++) use only. This property contains the grobs which are still busy (e.g. note heads, spanners, etc.)

Properties (write)

busyGrobs (list): a queue of (end-moment . GROB) conses. This is for internal (C++) use only. This property contains the grobs which are still busy (e.g. note heads, spanners, etc.)

Trill_spanner_engraver

Create trill spanner from a Music.

Music types accepted:

trill-span-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: TrillSpanner.

Text_spanner_engraver

Create text spanner from a Music.

Music types accepted:

text-span-event

This engraver creates the following layout objects: TextSpanner.

Multi_measure_rest_engraver

Engraves multi-measure rests that are produced with R. Reads measurePosition and currentBarNumber to determine what number to print over the MultiMeasureRest. Reads measureLength to determine if it should use a whole rest or a breve rest to represent 1 measure

Music types accepted:

multi-measure-rest-event and multi-measure-text-event

Properties (read)

currentBarNumber (integer): Contains the current barnumber. This property is incremented at every bar line.
restNumberThreshold (number): If a multimeasure rest has more measures than this, a number is printed.
breakableSeparationItem (layout object): The breakable items in this time step, for this staff.
currentCommandColumn (layout object): Grob that is X-parent to all current breakable (clef, key signature, etc.) items.
measurePosition (moment): How much of the current measure have we had. This can be set manually to create incomplete measures.
measureLength (moment): Length of one measure in the current time signature.