The Clairnote Blog

Posts from 2015

Stems and 3-Octave Staves

As 2015 hurtles to a close it is a good time to look back at recent improvements to the code for rendering Clairnote with LilyPond.  At this…

2015-12-21 — By Paul Morris — LilyPond

Double Stems Revised

I received some feedback that the double stems on half notes were too subtle and too easily overlooked in the Clairnote sheet music produced…

2015-10-07 — By Paul Morris — LilyPond

8va / 8vb and Clefs

Back in May (how time flies!) I mentioned some improvements to the code for rendering Clairnote notation with LilyPond.  These started with…

2015-09-17 — By Paul Morris — LilyPond

Clairnote in MuseScore

Clairnote in MuseScore? Too good to be true! And yet, as amazing as it seems, this post is to announce and acknowledge an effort to add…

Sheet Music Library: 71 New Works

Just a quick post to announce that I have added 71 new works to the Clairnote Sheet Music Library.  These are in addition to the 109 from my…

"Collage" – a New Composition in Clairnote

A talented young music student named Samuel Lam has composed a new piece for the piano in Clairnote.  This is a "first" for Clairnote!  The…

2015-05-23 — By Paul Morris —

Staves of Unusual Size

Announcing the latest LilyPond improvements...  Last week I released a new version of the code that extends LilyPond so that it can produce…

2015-04-23 — By Paul Morris — LilyPond

Handwritten Clairnote

With all the attention we give to software for Clairnote it's easy to forget that you can also write music in Clairnote by hand. Just grab a…