Dear Aaron, this is really great! I defenitely have to learn scheme! %%%% \version "2.20.0"
addArticulation = #(define-scheme-function (direction articulation) ((number? #f) string?) (lambda (m) (if (music-is-of-type? m 'note-event) (ly:music-set-property! m 'articulations (cons (let ((a (make-music 'ArticulationEvent 'articulation-type articulation))) (if (number? direction) (ly:music-set-property! a 'direction direction)) a) (ly:music-property m 'articulations)))) m)) whenPitchAbove = #(define-scheme-function (pitch proc) (ly:pitch? procedure?) (lambda (m) (let ((p (ly:music-property m 'pitch))) (if (and (ly:pitch? p) (ly:pitch<? pitch p)) (proc m) m)))) whenPitchBelow = #(define-scheme-function (pitch proc) (ly:pitch? procedure?) (lambda (m) (let ((p (ly:music-property m 'pitch))) (if (and (ly:pitch? p) (ly:pitch<? p pitch)) (proc m) m)))) whenPitchWithin = #(define-scheme-function (lower upper proc) (ly:pitch? ly:pitch? procedure?) (lambda (m) (let ((p (ly:music-property m 'pitch))) (if (and (ly:pitch? p) (not (ly:pitch<? p lower)) (not (ly:pitch<? upper p))) (proc m) m)))) \musicMap \whenPitchBelow b' \addArticulation #DOWN "tenuto" \musicMap \whenPitchWithin b' d'' \addArticulation "staccato" \musicMap \whenPitchAbove c'' \addArticulation "accent" \fixed c'' { \time 6/8 b,4 a, g,8 c d f e <a, c e>4. } %%%% On 2020-09-24 5:23 am, Stefan Thomas wrote: Dear community, I would like to achieve , in a certain example, that all pitches will get automatically an accent sign. Like this: Music = { \time 6/8 g 8 r a g c'-> r g d'-> r g e'-> r } MusikwithAccents = { \time 6/8 g 8 r a g c->' r g d'-> r d e'-> r } Can this be done with lilypond? Has someone an idea, how this can be implemented? Here is one approach of conditionally attaching articulations to notes based on their pitch: