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> From: Stefan Thomas <[email protected]>
> To: lilypond-user <[email protected]>
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> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:06:53 +0100
> Subject: notation of saxophone-multiphonics
> Hello everyone. Can anyone tell me how to notate the fingerings for the
> multiphonics that can be seen here (
> https://bretpimentel.com/voicing-for-multiphonics/) using Lilypond?
> Thanks for your help,
> Stefan
>
Here is an approach to doing this.
I will note that the most annoying thing about it is the placement. Both
horizontal and vertical. Which is why you will see lots of markup and
translate and padding in these.
This basic format is what I use for placing the diagrams above the staff,
and since I usually am making these for beginners who are also learning to
read the staff, I place the note name in between the diagram and the staff,
in the \huge " ". Since your example showed the diagrams below the staff,
that is how this example works. But I left them in in case you want to use
the more standard above-the-staff placement. In which case, you would use
<>^\fingeringOne instead of <>_\fingeringOne.
\version "2.24.0"
fingeringOne = \markup \center-align \line {
" "
\center-column \pad-markup #1 {
\translate #'(0 . 0) \override #'(size . 0.6) \woodwind-diagram
#'saxophone #'(
(lh . (low-bes))
(cc . (one two three four five six))
(rh . ())
)
}
\huge " "
}
fingeringTwo = \markup \center-align \line {
" "
\center-column \pad-markup #0 {
\translate #'(0 . 0) \override #'(size . 0.6) \woodwind-diagram
#'saxophone #'(
(lh . (b))
(cc . (one two three four five))
(rh . (low-c))
)
}
\huge " "
}
fingeringThree = \markup \center-align \line {
" "
\center-column \pad-markup #1 {
\translate #'(0 . 0) \override #'(size . 0.6) \woodwind-diagram
#'saxophone #'(
(lh . (b))
(cc . (one two three four five six))
(rh . (low-c ees))
)
}
\huge " "
}
fingeringFour = \markup \center-align \line {
" "
\center-column \pad-markup #1 {
\translate #'(0 . 0) \override #'(size . 0.6) \woodwind-diagram
#'saxophone #'(
(lh . (low-bes))
(cc . (one two three four five six))
(rh . (low-c ees))
)
}
\huge " "
}
notes = \relative c' {
<>_\fingeringOne
<d bes' d bes' ees>1
<>_\fingeringTwo
<e f' ces'>
<>_\fingeringThree
<ees d' b' e>
<>_\fingeringFour
<ees d' bes' e>
}
\score {
<<
\notes
>>
}
HTH,
