> It's a simple syntax clash -- you have to add a few more spaces to > tell lilypond where your scheme expression (this is the stuff starting > with `#' ends). I've prettified your code a bit, and it compiles > fine.
Oops. I missed that some fingering notation only works in chords (which you have to use for the syntax even for a single note). Here an updated version. Werner ====================================================================== \version "2.11.56" #(set-global-staff-size 20) % 20 this is said to be standard for most scores \paper { #(set-default-paper-size "letter" 'portrait) ragged-last-bottom = ##t % turns off vertical justify left-margin = 0.6\in line-width = 7\in % works better than specifying R-margin bottom-margin = .7\in top-margin = 0.7\in } \layout { indent = 0.0\cm % remove indent on first staff } \header { title = "Prelude #1 for classical guitar" subtitle = "An etude for walking with angels (2007.06.04)" composer = "Tom Cloyd" tagline = \markup { \small "score set by Tom Cloyd - with Lilipond - [EMAIL PROTECTED]" } % this is the copyright line } #(define RH rightHandFinger) \new Staff { \key g \major \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'() % this prints numerical time signatures \time 5/4 \partial 2 << { r4^"Lento" <e''\1-\RH#2 fis''-1\3-\RH#3 g''-4\2-\RH#4 >4\fermata } \\ { e4 ~ e\fermata } >> | \relative c''{ \times 2/3 { <e>8[ <fis\3> <g\2>] } e4 e e e | \times 2/3 { <e-\RH#3 >8[ <fis\3-\RH#1 > <g\2-\RH#2 >] } e4 e e e | } } _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user