Miscellaneous
\auto
Description
| Name | Variants | Type | Notation element |
|---|---|---|---|
| \auto | \set | P | sets voice level global settings |
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Default value | Optional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| autoEndBar | boolean | automatic end bar | on | true |
| endBar | boolean | variant for autoEndBar | on | true |
| autoPageBreak | boolean | automatic page break | on | true |
| pageBreak | boolean | variant for autoPageBreak | on | true |
| autoSystemBreak | boolean | automatic system break | on | true |
| systemBreak | boolean | variant for autoSystemBreak | on | true |
| autoClefKeyMeterOrder | boolean | automatic reordering of clef, key and meter | on | true |
| clefKeyMeterOrder | boolean | variant for autoClefKeyMeterOrder | on | true |
| autoLyricsPos | boolean | automatic collision avoidance for \lyrics | off | true |
| lyricsAutoPos | boolean | variant for autoLyricsPos | off | true |
| autoInstrPos | boolean | automatic positionning for \instr | off | true |
| instrAutoPos | boolean | variant for autoInstrPos | off | true |
| autoIntensPos | boolean | automatic collision avoidance for \intens | off | true |
| intensAutoPos | boolean | variant for autoIntensPos | off | true |
| autoHideTiedAccidentals | boolean | hide all acidentals on tied notes | on | true |
| harmonyPos | boolean | above or below (see \harmony) | none | true |
| fingeringPos | boolean | above or below (see \fingering) | none | true |
| fingeringSize | float | the fingering text size (see \fingering) | none | true |
| resolveMultiVoiceCollisions | boolean | resolve collisions between notes on the same staff in a multi voice context | off | true |
Lyrics collision management can produce unexpected results or even create new collisions. In this case, you should switch to manual layout using the 'dx' and 'dy' common parameters.
See the Jazz example.
See the Beethoven example.
See the Sonata example.
\space
Description
| Name | Variants | Type | Notation element |
|---|---|---|---|
| \space | P | insert space at any position. |
The \space tag can be used to save space for notation elements that do not take up space.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Default value | Optional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dd | unit | the amount of space | 0 | false |
See the Space example.
\special
Description
| Name | Variants | Type | Notation element |
|---|---|---|---|
| \special | P | insert a musical glyph |
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Default value | Optional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| char | string | the character to display | none | false |
char may be specified as:
- a litteral character
- an hexadecimal number i.e. a number prefixed with "\x" (e.g. "\xa0")
- an octal number i.e. a number prefixed with "\o" (e.g. "\o130")
- a decimal number i.e. a number prefixed with "\"
See the Special example.