Jianpu in Lilypond, from http://ssb22.user.srcf.net/mwrhome/jianpu-ly.html
(also mirrored at http://ssb22.gitlab.io/mwrhome/jianpu-ly.html just in case, and available via pip install jianpu-ly or pipx run jianpu-ly)
jianpu-ly is a Python program (compatible with both Python 2 and Python 3) that assists with printing jianpu (numbered musical notation) in the GNU Lilypond music typesetter. The jianpu is written on a modified-appearance “stave” in Lilypond, which means Lilypond’s typesetting capabilities (lyric spacing, slurs, beams etc) will apply to the jianpu without needing to add a 5-line stave. If you prefer, the generated code for the jianpu stave may also be placed in a score with other types of stave.
Using jianpu-ly requires some technical knowledge. If you don't know what a command line is, what a text editor is, what a directory is or what Python is, then please find out about these things before attempting to use jianpu-ly. It is not an extension to Lilypond front-ends like Frescobaldi; it is a preprocessor that currently requires you to have command-line experience.
If you have problems, try a different Lilypond version. jianpu-ly works with Lilypond 2.20, 2.22 and 2.24.
Run jianpu-ly < text-file > ly-file (or jianpu-ly text-files > ly-file)
Text files are whitespace-separated and can contain:
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
Percussion beat: x
Change base octave: < >
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)
Guitar chords: chords=c2. g:7 c (on own line)
Fret diagrams: frets=guitar (on own line)
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
Suppress first-line indent: NoIndent
Ragged last line: RaggedLast
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
Grace notes with durations: g[d4d5s6] 1
Simple chords: ,13'5 1 1b3 1 (chord numbers are sorted automatically)
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"
Harmonic symbols above main notes: Harm: (music) :Harm (main music)
Other Lilypond code: LP: (block of code) :LP (each delimeter at start of its line)
Unicode approximation instead of Lilypond: Unicode
Ignored: % a comment
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