Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > Am 02.03.2013 15:57, schrieb Eby Mani: >> >> http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2672/waltz29rw.jpg >> >> Not sure if this can be done on lilypond as the output on the example is >> crazy and have no respect for the paper ;-) . But it is a problematic score >> as per engraving standards and there are more crazy "scores" like these. >> >> Eby > > BTW when looking more at the score I like it very much :-) > I'd be really interested what it is. Somewhat looks like a mixture of Satie > and Ives, and maybe Gerard Hoffnung. But it obviously is something > contemporary (considering the contemporary references). > But the look-and-feel is definitely 'old', isn't it? If you haven't figured it out, the score was meant to be a joke, as a spoof of post-modernism... it's completely unplayable. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Fwd: LilyPond 2.16 installation
Forwarding to list -- Forwarded message -- From: Shane Brandes Date: Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:05 PM Subject: Re: LilyPond 2.16 installation To: Brett McCoy I installed it ins own directory after downloading it and then just renamed the 2.14 to old and let the 2.16 occupy the 2.14 versions folder. Probably a kludgey way of doing it but it worked fine. Then after a recent reinstall, I discovered if using Frescobaldi you can simply point to where ever you install whatever version from the preference section. What could be easier. Ubuntu definitely does trail the upstream stuff sometimes. best of luck, Shane Brandes On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Brett McCoy wrote: > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Ralph Palmer > wrote: > >> I'm currently running LilyPond 2.14.2 under linux Ubuntu 12,04. I'd like to >> run 2.16, but I can't figure out how to install it. Any Ubuntu users out >> there who could give me a clue? > > Just download it from the Lilypond site and run the installer script. > It will install in your home directory. I did it just this afternoon > on a 12.04 box. > > -- > Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com > > "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, > it would overturn the world." > -- Jelaleddin Rumi > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: LilyPond 2.16 installation
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Ralph Palmer wrote: > I'm currently running LilyPond 2.14.2 under linux Ubuntu 12,04. I'd like to > run 2.16, but I can't figure out how to install it. Any Ubuntu users out > there who could give me a clue? Just download it from the Lilypond site and run the installer script. It will install in your home directory. I did it just this afternoon on a 12.04 box. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Reviews of LilyPond...
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:42 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > > Well, I found LilyPond rated on a download site > http://download.cnet.com/LilyPond/3000-2141_4-73566.html#rateit>. > The download info appears more or less accurate, the reviews appear to > be from 2.12. But I doubt that they would have changed significantly > with 2.16... "The interface is extremely primitive. The programmer probably just doesn't know Windows programming. " That made me laugh somewhat out loud. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: midi for orchestral scores
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:01 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > It makes more sense to put > > \transposition g' > > into the horn part itself (but leave the \transpose c g for the horn > part in place). Then you don't need to retranspose the Midi afterwards: > it will be in sounding pitch anyway. Ah, good, thanks for the tip! -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: midi for orchestral scores
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Nils wrote:
>>
>> I thought maybe the simplest way would be to make, for example, a midi file
>> for the wind parts, and a midi file for the string parts, and then play them
>> simultaneously to two separate midi ports, but I can't seem to figure out
>> how to get the files to play in sync.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>
>
> We are dealing with midi here, that means 16 instruments max. at each given
> time.
> If you want more you need to use several players in sync, connected to
> several samples/synths. One for each player.
> Since that is hard to do manually this role is done by software called
> "Sequencer".
>
> What lilypond needs to do is to export 16 instruments on 16 channels and then
> import all to QTractor or similar, hook it up to several instances of
> fluidsynth, timidity or Linuxsampler and play away.
>
> This is hard work and best automated. Lilypond is no sequencer and afaik
> nobody wrote a script or program to automate the whole process.
For basic playback from Lilypond (like via Frescobaldi), I create a
separate context for MIDI, and then will do something like put all
horns on a single instrument, brass on a single instrument (brass
ensemble), all strings on a single instrument (string ensemble), and
so on, to keep it all on the single MIDI channel. Then yes, once I am
done composing I bring the MIDI into Rosegarden or similar and then
create a proper performance for it (which Lilypond is not good for,
and was never intended to be a performance app).
As an example:
For a horn, I will have this for the notes:
hornOneF = \transpose c g \relative c' {
\global
% Music follows here.
...
}
hornTwoF = \transpose c g \relative c' {
\global
% Music follows here.
...
}
% this is for the printed score
hornOneFPart = \new Staff \with {
\override InstrumentName #'self-alignment-X = #RIGHT
instrumentName = \markup \right-column {"1,2"}
shortInstrumentName = \markup \right-column {"1,2"}
} \hornOneF
hornTwoFPart = \new Staff \with {
\override InstrumentName #'self-alignment-X = #RIGHT
instrumentName = \markup \right-column {"3,4"}
shortInstrumentName = \markup \right-column {"3,4"}
} \hornTwoF
%score layout
\score {
...
\new StaffGroup = "StaffGroupSquare_Horns" {
<<
\set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiter = #'SystemStartSquare
\set StaffGroup.instrumentName = \markup {\left-align Horn in F}
\set StaffGroup.shortInstrumentName = "Hn.F"
\hornOneFPart
\hornTwoFPar
>>}
And then the MIDI stuff:
hornFMIDI = \new Staff \with {
midiInstrument = "french horn"
}
<<
\new Voice = "horn 1" {
\voiceOne
\transpose g c
\hornOneF
}
\new Voice = "horn 2" {
\voiceOne
\transpose g c
\hornTwoF
}
>>
%this score context does MIDI output
\score {
<<
\fluteMIDI
\oboeMIDI
\clarinetMIDI
\englishHornMIDI
\bassoonMIDI
\contraBassoonMIDI
\hornFMIDI
\brassMIDI
\timpaniMIDI
\DrumsIMIDI
\celesteMIDI
\stringsMIDI
\contraBassMIDI
>>
\midi {
\context {
\Score
}
}
}
--
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"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
it would overturn the world."
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Re: [Frescobaldi] ANN: Frescobaldi 2.0.5
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > Frescobaldi 2.0.5 has been released. Nice work man! -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: New LilyPond scores -- video editing software
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:58 AM, PMA wrote: > I'm planning similar YouTube entries, i.e., music > performances sync'd with their score-page turns. > > But this will be a first for me, and I see a hefty > bunch of (Linux) softwares for video editing. > > If any of you has a favorite among those options > (or among how-to docs), I'd appreciate hearing. I like kdenlive. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Conversion to MIDI ?
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Phil Holmes wrote: >>> Intellisense: >>> >>> http://www.intelliscore.net/ > Not sure if I've tried this one, but I have tried a few and they were of no > use whatever. Your ear is far more likely to provide useful results. Never tried it myself either. Not something I've ever needed to do. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Conversion to MIDI ?
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:23 AM, PMA wrote: > Hi List. Please forgive a naive question. > > Is there such a thing as a WAV-to-MIDI > or MP3-to-MIDI file format converter? > > My common sense is yelling, "No way, > Buster!", but it needs confirmation. Intellisense: http://www.intelliscore.net/ Only runs on Windows though (they mention using VirtualBox if you are not running Windows) -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Note names in Midi Note Numbers?
2012/2/28 Jonghyun Kim : > In both midi sequencers(muse2 and rosegarden), can I calculate the pitch and > the other one? > > Ie: 48 + 50 = 98 > > It means: c + d = ?(i dont konw exactly..) > > I wanna calculate by half step also quartertones. > > Ie: 48.5 + 50 = 98.25 > > It means: c semi-sharp + d = ? > > Could you understand me? I don't think either Muse or Rosegarden can calculate pitches that way, although they do both support MIDI pitch bending to acquire microtones using continuous controller values. You might also be interested in Glasgow pitchtracker, which was recently integrated into Rosegarden: http://www.n-ism.org/Projects/microtonalism.php But I suggest you ask your question directly to the Rosegarden mailing lists rather than here. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Note names in Midi Note Numbers?
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Jonghyun Kim wrote: >> You are using the wrong software if you want to input notes as MIDI >> pitch numbers, IMHO. There are software packages that are designed for >> that (commercial and open source). Lilypond is a music typesetting >> system, not a MIDI sequencer. Use the right tool for the right job. > > > My favorite software was OpenMusic(an opensource composition tool by ircam), > and I turned to Linux, so I had to find an alternative. I thought Lilypond > is the one. If you know, please suggest me an alternative to OpenMusic on > Linux. I think Lilypond can be an alternative to Finale(or Sibelius) and > OpenMusic(or PWGL). Isn't it? I didn't have another choice on Linux to > replace OpenMusic... At this reasons I wanna use Lilypond as composition > tool... Muse2 and Rosegarden both provide graphical notation editing and MIDI sequencing capabilities. Rosegarden can also do Lilypond output, I think Muse. I think they will be easier for you to use rather than trying to get Lilypond to understand MIDI notes, Lilypond only understands standard musical notation best. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Note names in Midi Note Numbers?
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Jonghyun Kim wrote: > Thanks Ole for good info. I will test it. > > Really there is no way to write pitches with midi numbers in Lilypond? > > I need this way for composing music that calculate half-step intervales... You are using the wrong software if you want to input notes as MIDI pitch numbers, IMHO. There are software packages that are designed for that (commercial and open source). Lilypond is a music typesetting system, not a MIDI sequencer. Use the right tool for the right job. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: LilyBin Launch
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 3:39 AM, GRAEME F ST CLAIR wrote: > > I'm going to suggest that most of us have some sort of firewall/AV problem > here. I even tried downforeveryone.com and it came up with fail too. I am running Linux so no built in firewall or anti-virus running here! As it's working now, I think more likely DNS hadn't propagated around the world yet. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: LilyBin Launch
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:24 PM, trevordixon wrote: > The "Experimental Web-based LilyPond Editor" now has a name and a home at > http://www.lilybin.com! Features since last update in the previous thread > include: Doesn't seem to be reachable right now... -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: [Frescobaldi] Merry Christmas with Frescobaldi 2.0!
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > After 14 months of very heavy development I am happy to announce > Frescobaldi 2.0, which is a full rewrite of Frescobaldi 1.x and not > dependend on KDE anymore, which makes it usable on all platforms > supported by Python and PyQt4. Fantastic! I must be missing something obvious... how to uninstall old versions? I thought there was an uninstall command for setup.py before but doesn't seem be one now. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Bug squad - updated list
Aye aye Cap'n, all's good here On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Phil Holmes wrote: > Thanks to Ralph, Marek and Eluze for volunteering to help with the Bug > Squad. Based on their input, I believe this is a workable schedule. > > Monday: Ralph > Tuesday: Eluze > Wednesday: Brett > Thursday: Ralph > Friday: Marek > Saturday: Brett > Sunday: Phil > > Please could all squad members reply to confirm this is OK, and I'll update > the CG. If there are other aspects of the CG that aren't clear, please let > me know and I'll tackle those at the same time. > > -- > Phil Holmes > > > -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: A problem with lilypond
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Francisco Vila wrote: > 2011/10/19 : >> The situation is that I have to completely fill all the lilypond´s code on >> the site and then generate the score. It gets difficult to count the bars >> and the note durations and get right for the first time. >> I were wondering if there is someway to fill the code and at same time >> generating the score for me to see what I am writting? > > When I am typing music with Frescobaldi, I usually type a measure at a > time and press CTLR-M immediately, then I continue typing without > waiting for LilyPond to finish. Think of it as a sort of frequent > 'manual refresh' of the PDF preview. If my music does not always end > in a measure edge, something is wrong. The problem would be in the > line before the current one, or the one before that. If you put | at the end of each measure, Lilypond will warn you if you have the wrong number of beats in the measure. I also get into the habit of always putting the note duration after every note... it's not necessary, since Lilypond will always use the previous note's duration, but it helps eliminate errors and you can easily count the beats that way and there's no ambiguity when you are scanning your code. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Bug Squad: 40-minute-a-week volunteer needed
Hey Dmytro -- I have one question, what email address do I use for the Bug Meister to get my email address on the list? (for item #2 in the setup instructions) On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Dmytro O. Redchuk wrote: > Hi guys, > > In order to respond to bug reports in a prompt and efficient manner, we are > seeking 1 person who is willing to work for 20 minutes, two times a week. > Ideally this would be: > 20 minutes on Wednesday > 20 minutes on Saturday > but if necessary we could reshuffle the days. > > This job is strictly limited to two 20-minute periods -- spending more time is > neither required nor desired. > > > Duties are listed here and on additional pages linked from here: > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/contributor/bug-squad-setup > > If you volunteer, you are not expected to read any material or do any setup > ahead of time; we expect you to spend the first two or three 20-minute periods > reading the instructions about what to do. > > If you volunteer, feel free to ask me anything regarding bug squad setup or > squad member duties. > > > ps. This is a great way to learn, to get involved, to help the project .) > > -- > Dmytro O. Redchuk "Easy to use" is easy to say. > Bug Squad -- Jeff Garbers > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: [Frescobaldi] Re: point and click (was: Alpha-release of Frescobaldi 2.0)
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Francisco Vila wrote: > 2011/9/27 Wilbert Berendsen : >> Op Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:38:23 -0400 >> Brett McCoy schreef: >> Everything is configurable indeed: Edit->Preferences->Fonts & >> Colors->Preview Background and Preview Highlight. But the latter is by >> default derived from the current UI-style's selection color (which is >> blue on many systems, but can also be of a different color.). >> >> I think I must make the default background color of the PDF preview lighter. > > The problem I had finding this setting is that the color rectangles in > the preferences/fonts+colors dialog are not intialized to the current > colors, not even after having selected an actual color from the > palette. All appear white in my system. Yep, same here, would be good to get a color preview there. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: [Frescobaldi] Re: point and click (was: Alpha-release of Frescobaldi 2.0)
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: >> The PDF view is black on light beige and the >> highlight is a slightly darker beige. Something more obvious like >> purple or green would make it more prominent. Or is this configurable? >> I didn't see any way to change the background color of the PDF view >> either (I prefer black on white). > > Everything is configurable indeed: Edit->Preferences->Fonts & > Colors->Preview Background and Preview Highlight. But the latter is by > default derived from the current UI-style's selection color (which is > blue on many systems, but can also be of a different color.). Yep, I found it, perfect! -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: point and click (was: Alpha-release of Frescobaldi 2.0)
Never mind I found it! On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Brett McCoy wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > >> Frescobaldi 2 couples the point-and-click links as soon as a PDF is >> loaded to positions in the text document. If you alter the document, the >> links in the PDF document stay connected with the positions in the >> text document. > > One suggestion I have is to make the highlight box contrast better > with the background. The PDF view is black on light beige and the > highlight is a slightly darker beige. Something more obvious like > purple or green would make it more prominent. Or is this configurable? > I didn't see any way to change the background color of the PDF view > either (I prefer black on white). > > -- > Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com > > "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, > it would overturn the world." > -- Jelaleddin Rumi > -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: point and click (was: Alpha-release of Frescobaldi 2.0)
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > Frescobaldi 2 couples the point-and-click links as soon as a PDF is > loaded to positions in the text document. If you alter the document, the > links in the PDF document stay connected with the positions in the > text document. One suggestion I have is to make the highlight box contrast better with the background. The PDF view is black on light beige and the highlight is a slightly darker beige. Something more obvious like purple or green would make it more prominent. Or is this configurable? I didn't see any way to change the background color of the PDF view either (I prefer black on white). -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: [Frescobaldi] Alpha-release of Frescobaldi 2.0
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:57 AM, David Kastrup wrote: >>> Wonderful, I've been looking forward to Frescobaldi 2 >> >> Oh, I love this already -- being able to click on a note in the score >> and highlighting the note in the Lilypond source is golden. > > Uh, you do know that Lilypond offers this for pretty much every other > editor? > > Check out "Point and Click" in Lilypond Usage. Yes, Frescobaldi did too, but it's more obvious with the notes being highlighted with a little box. It looks like it goes both ways now, you select the note in the Lilypond text and it's highlighted in the PDF -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: [Frescobaldi] Alpha-release of Frescobaldi 2.0
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Brett McCoy wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > >> after almost one year of frantic development I'm happy to announce a >> usable alpha-release of Frescobaldi 2.0 (version 1.9.0). >> >> https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi (click Download) >> >> Frescobaldi is a dedicated LilyPond sheet-music editor with built-in >> PDF preview. > > Wonderful, I've been looking forward to Frescobaldi 2 Oh, I love this already -- being able to click on a note in the score and highlighting the note in the Lilypond source is golden. And +1 for opening all of the dependencies for a multi-file score. It loads much faster and seems to render scores much faster, too. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: [Frescobaldi] Alpha-release of Frescobaldi 2.0
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > after almost one year of frantic development I'm happy to announce a > usable alpha-release of Frescobaldi 2.0 (version 1.9.0). > > https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi (click Download) > > Frescobaldi is a dedicated LilyPond sheet-music editor with built-in > PDF preview. Wonderful, I've been looking forward to Frescobaldi 2 -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Berklee Certification
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > 1. Congratulations! > 2. Thanks for reporting back to us on your Lilyvangelism! > 3. I'm very interested in talking with you [offline] about your experience at > Berklee. Thanks and certainly, feel free to email me with any questions! -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Berklee Certification
Hi Lilypond people -- I just finished up a 2 year Master Certification program through Berklee Music, the program being "Orchestration for Film & TV". I used Lilypond for all 8 of the courses I took, having made the switch a couple of years ago away from Finale and Geniesoft Overture (I used Linux, in fact, for everything in these courses, with the exception of some sample libraries hosted on Windows). Lilypond was especially useful for the classes on rhythm section Arranging since the default drum kit notation used in Lilypond is identical to the Berklee standard (many other students struggled with Finale and Sibelius to conform to the Berklee percussion notation standards). Several instructors commented on how beautiful and professional my scores were, too, although none of them had ever heard of Lilypond. There's no question in my mind that Lilypond stacks up very well against those other notation applications. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Change font of titles, composer etc
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 6:45 PM, wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > This seems like it should be obvious, but I haven't been able to figure it > out. How does one change the font of the title, composer, copyright notice > etc? Can anyone point me in the right direction? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/custom-headers-footers-and-titles -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: midi player in frescobldi
You also need Fluidsynth on your machine, but it should be automatic one you have kmid installed On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Yming wrote: > I will try Monday. Is three installation instruction? After installation, > will frescobaldi recognize it? > > Sent from my iPod > > On Jul 24, 2011, at 8:21, Thomas Scharkowski > wrote: > >> Hi Ming, >> >> I found this: >> >> "Debian is now the only major distribution not including Kmid2. For your >> convenience, in Ubuntu you can find Kmid2 in these PPA's: >> https://launchpad.net/~ferramroberto/+archive/testing/+build/1920542 >> https://launchpad.net/~kxstudio-team/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=kmid2"; >>> >>> Hi lilypond users: >>> >>> I ran frescobaldi 1.2.0 with lilypond 2.14.1 in ubuntu 11.04 (Natty >>> Narwhal). >>> >>> After compile lilypond .ly file, I got a pdf and log. Then I try to run midi >>> player within frescobaldi I got the following error >>> >>> Could not load the kMid part. Please install kMid 2.4.0 or higher. >>> >>> However, I search internet and cannot find kMid software. How can I resolve >>> the >>> problem? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ming. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> lilypond-user mailing list >>> lilypond-user@gnu.org >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: viola midi instrument
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Peter O'Doherty wrote: > Although it is listed here > http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/notation/midi-instruments.html > > I'm not hearing the viola part when I use the code below to produce a midi > file. Am I missing something? If you are using the default soundfont (freepats) with Timidity, it doesn't have a viola patch for whatever reason. Use the fluidGM set, it's much better! -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Can't get \RemoveEmptyStaffContext and \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext to work together
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > Am Freitag, 8. Juli 2011, 03:52:54 schrieb Brett McCoy: >> And neither work, my rhythmicstaff is still printing with empty staves >> where I expect it to be suppressed. What is the correct syntax when >> using both? > > Both should work just as well, and both do work here (example attached). Can > you send us a minimal example (including the staves)? Maybe the problem lies > elsewhere I got it working, thanks. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Can't get \RemoveEmptyStaffContext and \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext to work together
Interesting... I changed my percussion staff to a drum staff and then
used \RemoveEmptyDrumStaffContext and it worked correctly. *shrug*
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
> Sorry email got sent before I finished!
>
> I meant to say:
>
> I tried this:
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \RemoveEmptyStaffContext
> }
> }
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext
> }
> }
>
> and I tried
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \RemoveEmptyStaffContext
> }
> \context {
> \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext
> }
> }
>
> And neither work, my rhythmicstaff is still printing with empty staves
> where I expect it to be suppressed. What is the correct syntax when
> using both?
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
>> I have an orchestral score and I am trying to suppress empty staves
>> from printing in systems, using \RemoveEmptyStaffContext and
>> \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext. Going by a previous thread I found,
>> I have tried this:
>>
>>
>> \layout {
>> \context {
>> \RemoveEmptyStaffContext
>> }
>> }
>>
>> \layout {
>> \context {
>> % \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext
>> % }
>> %}
>>
>> --
>> Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
>>
>> "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
>> it would overturn the world."
>> -- Jelaleddin Rumi
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
>
> "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
> it would overturn the world."
> -- Jelaleddin Rumi
>
--
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it would overturn the world."
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Re: Can't get \RemoveEmptyStaffContext and \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext to work together
Sorry email got sent before I finished!
I meant to say:
I tried this:
\layout {
\context {
\RemoveEmptyStaffContext
}
}
\layout {
\context {
\RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext
}
}
and I tried
\layout {
\context {
\RemoveEmptyStaffContext
}
\context {
\RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext
}
}
And neither work, my rhythmicstaff is still printing with empty staves
where I expect it to be suppressed. What is the correct syntax when
using both?
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
> I have an orchestral score and I am trying to suppress empty staves
> from printing in systems, using \RemoveEmptyStaffContext and
> \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext. Going by a previous thread I found,
> I have tried this:
>
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \RemoveEmptyStaffContext
> }
> }
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> % \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext
> % }
> %}
>
> --
> Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
>
> "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
> it would overturn the world."
> -- Jelaleddin Rumi
>
--
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it would overturn the world."
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Can't get \RemoveEmptyStaffContext and \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext to work together
I have an orchestral score and I am trying to suppress empty staves
from printing in systems, using \RemoveEmptyStaffContext and
\RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext. Going by a previous thread I found,
I have tried this:
\layout {
\context {
\RemoveEmptyStaffContext
}
}
\layout {
\context {
%\RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext
% }
%}
--
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
it would overturn the world."
-- Jelaleddin Rumi
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Re: Grouping instruments for MIDI output
I think I figured this out, by putting four voices per staff for brass and strings, I reduced the number of channels to 13 On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Brett McCoy wrote: > I am creating an orchestral template. Since I have more instruments > than MIDI channels, I am creating a separate score context for MIDI > output and want to group the brass instruments so they all use the > 'brass ensemble' instrument on a single channel and group all of the > string instruments to they use the "string ensemble" instrument on a > single channel. Not sure how I should group the parts, though, in the > score context. Would I use a GrandStaff or some other means of > amalgamating the parts so they all use a single channel? > > -- > Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com > > "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, > it would overturn the world." > -- Jelaleddin Rumi > -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Grouping instruments for MIDI output
I am creating an orchestral template. Since I have more instruments than MIDI channels, I am creating a separate score context for MIDI output and want to group the brass instruments so they all use the 'brass ensemble' instrument on a single channel and group all of the string instruments to they use the "string ensemble" instrument on a single channel. Not sure how I should group the parts, though, in the score context. Would I use a GrandStaff or some other means of amalgamating the parts so they all use a single channel? -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Editors? Emacs bindings for Frescobaldi?
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:28 AM, James Harkins wrote: > At Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:20:43 -0400, > Brett McCoy wrote: >> I've used both the emacs lilypond mode and Frescobaldi. I like the >> emacs mode because, well, it's emacs, but in the end, though, I think >> I prefer using Frescobaldi just because it has more music-related >> features than emacs... > > Oh, right... I forgot, I used the transpose feature in Frescobaldi just > today. I would miss that in lilypond-mode. Yeah, that pretty much makes my > decision... I like emacs but convenience is convenience. Frescobaldi 2.0 (currently in development) looks to have some nice features, notably: no KDE dependencies, more cross-platform support and better integration/interaction between PDF output and lilypond code -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Editors? Emacs bindings for Frescobaldi?
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:28 AM, James Harkins wrote: > I'm in search of the "best of both worlds" ly editor. > > I've gotten started with Frescobaldi. Autocompletion is invaluable, and the > integrated PDF view and help browser is a real lifesaver. > > But, I use Emacs for just about everything else. So I had a look at LilyPond > mode. > > + Documentation is available by help - info. I could C-x 5 2 to have the help > window open alongside the editing window, close enough. > > - The index frame from Frescobaldi's HTML view makes navigation a few million > times easier. > > + Emacs keybindings. > > +/- Autocompletion is a bit less helpful without the kate-style pop-ups, but > still nice. > > - PDF display is treated as a compilation process. To view a new rendering, > I'm forced to close the old viewer window first (!). (Also a bit of > sloppiness in the Emacs variable handling -- since I don't have xpdf on my > system, I changed the appropriate variable to "evince" but the change did not > take effect until after quitting and restarting Emacs.) > > The PDF display thing is almost a dealbreaker. The integration is simply much > better in Frescobaldi. > > Has anyone created Emacs keybindings for the Frescobaldi editor (or, 'kate' > in general)? I've used both the emacs lilypond mode and Frescobaldi. I like the emacs mode because, well, it's emacs, but in the end, though, I think I prefer using Frescobaldi just because it has more music-related features than emacs (and the newer kmid playback is great, too). I was thinking recently what would really make Frescobaldi rock even more is customizable keybindings, I would love to have emacs keybindings. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Overture to Lilypond converter
Thank you for making this! I have a bunch of Overture files and a non-working Overture application and have been lamenting the fact some of my older pieces were lost. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Alberto Vignani < alberto.vign...@fastwebnet.it> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have made available the latest version of my Overture 4.x to XML/Lilypond > converter (running under Windows only) on SourceForge ( > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ove2xmly/). > A first version I released in 2009 converted Overture files only to > MusicXML; but because of lack of needed features, bugs and the general > ugliness of editing under Finale I switched to Lilypond, and, up to now, I'm > quite satisfied with the results. > > Alberto > > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Lilypond Band Score
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Thomas wrote: > Werner LEMBERG gnu.org> writes: > >> >> >> > Does anyone know how to create a full score and individual parts for >> > a concert band? This would be very helpful to me. There should be a >> > template for that in the documentation! >> >> `Should'? Boy, the documentation already has more than 1000 pages! >> Have you checked the lilypond snippet repository? >> >> Werner >> > > I have checked the repository and there is nothing for concert band! I'm > trying > to alter a template now, it's the best I can do, but it would be nice to see > added to the templates section at a later date. You can contribute one yourself, after you finish! http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/html/contributing.html -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Why LilyPond?
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Graham Percival wrote: > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 04:47:01PM -, Phil Holmes wrote: >> My wife has just asked and I don't know the answer. Why is LilyPond >> called LilyPond? > > It's on the old webpages, and one of the things I've had in the > back of my mind that we might want to integrate into the new > docs+web. > http://lilypond.org/web/about/name That's a great story... Rosegarden & Lilypond are my two most used composing tools! -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Lilypond Band Score
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Thomas wrote: > Does anyone know how to create a full score and individual parts for a concert > band? This would be very helpful to me. There should be a template for that in > the documentation! The orchestra template is probably the closest you'll find. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: guitarist: how write chord names like Gadd5
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Jürgen Ibelgaufts wrote: > I want to write down guitar chords and frets with extra voicings, say a G > chord with an extra Fifth on the B string, 3rd fret, or Em chord with an > extra G on the treble e string. As these extra notes belong to the chords, > you can write g:5, but Lilypond ignores the :5 and prints only G, and the G > fret diagram gets overwritten by the G:5 fret diagram. > > Is there any best practice how to use and print such extra chord names, > anyway? Are you trying to do power chords (root-5th, no 3rd)? Or do you mean having the extra 12th (which is the same note as the 5th, an octave higher)? Here's how to do powerchords: http://lilypond-s-support-for-tablatures.3383434.n2.nabble.com/Power-chords-td5524246.html -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Suppress chord names from MIDI output
Is there a way to suppress MIDI output for \ChordName context? When I create a staff with other parts and have chord names at the top, the output always has a piano playing those chords and it's interfering with the rest of the piece, plus I don't need the extra track when I import the MIDI into a sequencer (and it uses up a MIDI track). How do I prevent this from being in the MIDI output? -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: ways of using Lilypond?
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Ludo Beckers wrote: > Just wondering, has there ever been a poll about how many Lilypond users > work with a certain specific tool. > Is the majority in this group using denemo, frescobaldi, lilypondtool or > other tools? I use Frescobaldi or emacs (mostly Frescobaldi) -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: lilypond cameo
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Vicente Solsona wrote: > the following comments in the original video page > (http://vimeo.com/17419652) are remarkable: > > Q. "Brilliant. Love the guitar solo! Sibelius or Finale?" > A. "LilyPond" Awesome! -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Syntax error
Alex,
Your bassoon entry above the french horn is missing a closing " for
the bar statement
\bar "|.
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:46 AM, alex stone wrote:
> Hmmm, can't spot anything missing at the moment.
>
> Here's the entire test file.
>
> http://pastebin.com/pSu6Asge
>
>
> Thanks for the reply,
>
> Alex.
>
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Jonathan Kulp wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, alex stone wrote:
>>> I can't for the life of me figure out what i've done here. (new lily user)
>>>
>>> Working in lilypondtool 2.12.894 (jedit 4.3.2), with lily 2.13.36
>>>
>>> Here's the error:
>>>
%lilypond %args "/home/alex/audio-projects/wobbly"
>>> Processing `/home/alex/audio-projects/wobbly'
>>> Parsing...
>>> /home/alex/audio-projects/wobbly:138:37: error: syntax error, unexpected
>>> STRING
>>> \set Staff.instrumentName = "
>>> Horn F 1"
>>> error: failed files: "/home/alex/audio-projects/wobbly"
>>> Processing time: 1 seconds
>>
>> Normally this error message is because of a missing curly brace
>> somewhere. From the code you included it's impossible to tell where
>> that might be--there's not enough code there. Check for missing {}.
>>
>> Jon
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>> http://www.jonathankulp.com
>>
>
>
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Re: orchestral template, please comment
On Sep 28, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Mark Polesky wrote: > Brett McCoy wrote: >>> Have you looked at Reinhold's OrchestralLily package? >>> http://kainhofer.com/orchestrallily/ >> >> I just tried one of the examples on that site and, sadly, >> the orchestrallily.ly file fails to parse under Lilypond >> 2.12.3, tons of syntax errors. I guess the author hasn't >> kept up with lilypond development, as "2.11.40" is what is >> listed in the file. > > Maybe the link I gave is out of date; it looks like he's > still tweaking things: > > http://repo.or.cz/w/orchestrallily.git > > - Mark Ah, that's good to know, thanks! > --Brett ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: orchestral template, please comment
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Mark Polesky wrote: > Have you looked at Reinhold's OrchestralLily package? > http://kainhofer.com/orchestrallily/ I just tried one of the examples on that site and, sadly, the orchestrallily.ly file fails to parse under Lilypond 2.12.3, tons of syntax errors. I guess the author hasn't kept up with lilypond development, as "2.11.40" is what is listed in the file. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Selecting a font for the whole score
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Graham Okely wrote: > > I would like to make the whole score use a certain font. > Guitar chord names, lyrics and any other markup. > > How do you do that? > Feel free to provide the link to the manual if it is there. > I am using 2.12.3 version. http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Fonts#Entire-document-fonts -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Creating a 1-channel MIDI file?
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Erik wrote: > When I use lilypond to create a MIDI file, it seems to create a 2-channel > file. > Am I understanding this correctly? Can I get a 1-channel file? > Any help would be greatly appreciate, You can have as many channels as you have instruments in your staff (up to 16). When you say 2 channel, do you mean you create a piano staff and are getting separate channels for right and left hand parts instead of it all in one channel? -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: List-email Suggestion
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 14:22:35 -0400, Brett McCoy > wrote: >> I like to scan emails in my inbox by subject, too, and it's nice to >> see what is there (LAU, Ardour-user, etc). I use gmail so everything >> isn't automatically moved to a folder. > > gmail problems should be solved by gmail. You can't expect the > rest of the world to change because you have a crappy e-mail client > which doesn't have folders and filtering. > > "Hey, I use Unix 'mail'. Everyone adjust!" > > You can kick the gmail habit. One option is that for pennies a day, > you can have your own domain with DNS A and MX records pointing > to your own machine. You missed what I said, I do filter my mail, along with lots of other music related mail into the same folder, it's just easier to scan subjects, rather than have 100 different folders for 100 different email lists. Changing the email address I've used for years is not the solution. I do have my own domains (several, actually), and also use gmail to aggregate them. Every other Linux based audio list I am on pre-pends subjects with the list name. Why is this such a horrible thing to do? -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: List-email Suggestion
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Marc Schonbrun wrote: > > On Sep 5, 2010, at 10:52 AM, PMA wrote: > >> Hi List. >> >> Would it be feasible to prepend "[Lilypond]" to the forum's email Subject >> line? >> Much of my other mail arrives this way -- like that from "[Csnd]" and >> "[LAU]". >> Does wonders for auto-filing. >> >> Pete >> > > > Why not just file based on the to:lilypond-u...@gnu.org? I like to scan emails in my inbox by subject, too, and it's nice to see what is there (LAU, Ardour-user, etc). I use gmail so everything isn't automatically moved to a folder. I have all lilypond mails go into a 'Composing' folder (along with other posts from related lists), and being able to see what list certain posts come from is still a good idea. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Shrink all elements?
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Christopher Meredith wrote: > I've searched, I swear. If there's a really simple answer, I apologize > in advance! > > I'm looking for a way to simply shrink everything to make it easier to > fit on a page. My first lines of defense are usually shrinking the > distance between staves, decreasing the minimum distance between > lyrics, and increasing the margins. But it occurs to me that the music > would still be perfectly readable if it were all smaller. In Finale, > there was a percentage tool that you could use to just scale > everything to, say, 90%. Is there a lilypond equivalent? You probably want to read this section: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Setting-the-staff-size#Setting-the-staff-size -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Soundfonts
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:10 PM, wrote: > I have a similar question. > > I have a "bass" and a "mute bass", which is just slightly different sound. I > would like to use the same "bass" notation, with a additional accent which > can be played as a different sound in the Midi file. > Is that possible in Lilypond? If so how to do this? Normally that kind of thing is handled by either program changes (in the MIDI) or putting the different articulations on separate tracks (which is really something you'd do in a DAW rather than trying to do it with scoring software). A lot of samplers handle this kind of thing with 'key switching' also... but don't think you can do it in Lilypond. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Help with sheet music format
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Stephen Nesbitt wrote: > All: > > I would like to use Lilypond to generate sheet music that can best be > described as having 2 distinct and independent sections. The first - and > upper > section - is simply a list of chords used in the song along with fretboard > diagrams. The second - lower part - is similar to a lead sheet with chord > names above the staff and rather than pitches in the staff slashes indicating > the beats on which there is a chord change. A rough example (less the slashes > can be found here: > http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/scorchVPE.asp?ppn=SC0009216 You are looking for something like this: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets-big-page#Guitar-strum-rhythms -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Include files into one score
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:11 PM, pwf100220 wrote:
> I wrote three parts of a song separately because they were becoming a little
> overwhelming. I want to \include the three files into one but I'm doing
> something wrong. It only includes the last file and uncommenting it only
> includes the 2nd file and so on. Is it possible to include all three in
> this manner?
>
> \include "File 1"
> \include "File 2"
> \include "File 3"
>
> \score {
> \new ChoirStaff <>
%\midi { }
\layout{ }
}
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Re: Soundfonts
2010/7/31 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng : > Does anyone have experience with various soundfonts? I think > Lilypond'smidi is only suitable for GM soundfonts. I just purchased > Orchestral Collection Bundle from Digital SOund Factory, and found it is > divided into separated sections. Is anyone familiar with this kind of > soundfonts? Yeah, Lilypond really only does GM sounds, and only 16 MIDI channels. You'll need to put your composition into a real sequencer/DAW (like Rosegarden, Digital Performer, Logic, etc) to use other sounds. Which is probably best anyway -- use Lilypond to make your score look good, and use a sequencer/DAW to make it sound good. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Mute notation
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:47 PM, wrote: > I want to write a notation for Djembe. Normal notation in Lilypond is fine. > But how can I write a "mute" tone. This is one hand on the Djembe, which > mutes the sound and the other hand plays the normal tone, f.e. the bass. > Mute is rarely used. I think about a special token which mark the tone > should be played as mute. I had to score some music recently that included a dumbek part. I gave up trying to do anything fancy, since there's no standard dumbek notation anyway, so I just used a standard percussion staff and indicated the note names under the staff (using D T K for dum tek ka), and placing bass drum and snare notes on the staff. Trying to get fancier than that would have been overkill since I just wanted to establish the basic rhythm over which a live player would be able to improvise fills and such. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: midi channel problem
2010/6/22 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng : > Sorry, I misunderstood NR. But I still need more than 16 sounds. I don't > know the difference between channel and track. Finale and Sibelius can have > more than 32 instruments at once, so I don't know whether Lilypond can reach > this feature. That's really a function of what your sequencer can handle -- an instance of a single MIDI device can handle 16 channels (one MIDI channel per staff). Usually, in DAW software using multiple MIDI devices or softsynth plugins, you would map 0 - 15 for device 1, 16 - 31 for device 2, etc. Sequencers like Timidity can only handle 16 channels of MIDI, and Lilypond only provides 15 channels + 1 channel for control. I don't see anything in the docs or the snippets list for handling more than 16 MIDI channels in Lilypond. I personally don't like using Lilypond to control playback, beyond for using to check basic things like notes and harmony. A DAW like Sonar or Rosegarden is better for controlling playback (so you can do articulations, use MIDI CC, layer samples, etc). Use Lilypond to make beautiful recordings and a MIDI-based DAW for making beautiful recordings! :-) -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Removing or modifying the Lilypond footer at the bottom of PDF
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Disc Magnet wrote: > At the bottom of every PDF generated by lilypond, this notice is > present, "Music engraving by LilyPond 2.12.2—www.lilypond.org". Can > this notice be removed or replaced with some other notice? If so, how? put tagline = "text goes here" in your header clause -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: How do you test .MIDI output when the MIDI instrument is not supported?
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Disc Magnet wrote: > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Brett McCoy wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Disc Magnet wrote: >> >>> There some seems to be some MIDI instruments supported by lilypond >>> that doesn't seem to be supported by timidity. In such a case, I don't >>> get silence output from timidity while plaing the .midi file. For >>> example, I was trying the 'string ensemble 2' instrument. The code is: >> >> The stock sounds that come with Timidity are missing a lot of >> instruments (viola is missing also!). I suggest getting a soundfont >> (Fluid GM soundfont works well) and using that with Timidity instead. >> You just need to update your timidity config to use this. Are you >> using Linux? Your distro may even have this soundfont available as a >> package (Ubuntu Lucid does), it even provides a config file for >> Timidity to use. >> >> -- Brett > > Thanks! This worked smoothly. > > /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg file even had a line like line this one: > source /etc/timidity/fluidr3_gm.cfg which I brought out of comments > and it worked. > > I noticed that just like fluid-soundfont-gm, there's another package > called fluid-soundfont-gs. What's the difference between the two? GS is a proprietary Roland spec http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface#GS_and_XG > I also noticed a diffference between using 'freepats' (default) and > 'fluid3_gm'. With freepaths, the nylon guitar sounds like mono with > equal volume in both speakers. With fluid-soundfont-gs, the nylon > guitar plays in the right speaker only creating a stereo effect. Is > there a way to force a particular instrument to play in both speakers? It probably has its pan set to the right, not sure how to set MIDI pan with Lilypond, though. It's usually done with automation data using CC#10 in a sequencer. You might check the fluidr3_gm.cfg file to see if the pan has been preset. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: The MIDI output of a staff should play at a lower volume
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Disc Magnet wrote: > Is there a way to express that a certain MIDI instrument should be > played less loudly than its normal volume throughout the piece? I use normal dynamic markings for that (\ppp, \p, \f). You can always tweak the volume in a sequencer. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: How do you test .MIDI output when the MIDI instrument is not supported?
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Disc Magnet wrote: > There some seems to be some MIDI instruments supported by lilypond > that doesn't seem to be supported by timidity. In such a case, I don't > get silence output from timidity while plaing the .midi file. For > example, I was trying the 'string ensemble 2' instrument. The code is: The stock sounds that come with Timidity are missing a lot of instruments (viola is missing also!). I suggest getting a soundfont (Fluid GM soundfont works well) and using that with Timidity instead. You just need to update your timidity config to use this. Are you using Linux? Your distro may even have this soundfont available as a package (Ubuntu Lucid does), it even provides a config file for Timidity to use. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: How to stop system from extending to the end of the page?
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:32 AM, dflo404 wrote: > I've tried searching for my question but I can't seem to find anything, maybe > because I don't exactly know what to search for. > > Here is the problem: > > Whenever I use the \break command, the system that is broken extends to the > end of the page. This is what I want most of the time, but how can I > override this? > > For example, let's say I have 8 systems worth of neatly-spaced measures, and > the last system only contains 2 measures. Since the system automatically > extends to the end of the page, these 2 measures get stretched out to a very > unnecessary level. I want the last measure to stop in the middle of the > page, so that those 2 measures are spaced appropriately. http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Line-breaking#Line-breaking -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: REHEARSAL MARK BUG?
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Seng Hin Yew wrote: > I'm using the rehearsal format > > \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-letters > > So the marks appeared as A, B, C, D... in square boxes. When the alphabet > reached H (\mark #8), it jumped to J instead of I. > Attached the pdf as proof. > How to solve this so that the 'I' mark appeared. > Thanks Not a bug at all, it's tradition in the music engraving industry to skip I (read the Lilypond documentation on rehearsal marks, it explains this) To use the entire alphabet, you can use \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-alphabet -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: how to get a jazz swing
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:58 PM, rosea grammostola wrote: > Valentin Villenave wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:04 PM, rosea grammostola >> wrote: >> >>> >>> I made a piece for double bass. How do I get a swing rhythm in the midi >>> output? >>> >> >> Unfortunately you don't (yet): >> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=687 >> >> Cheers, >> Valentin >> >> (PS. Now, there may be some Scheme magic to be found but I'm less than >> optimistic about it.) >> >> > > Thanks, > > mmh that's a pita.. Swing is used pretty often in midi of course. > I hope there will be more hope soon. > Now I maybe can fix something with qtractor from svn > http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/184 Most, if not all, MIDI sequencers will let you "humanize" the playback, increasing or decreasing the amount of swing needed. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Supressing header on first page
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:33 PM, James Worlton wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Brett McCoy wrote: >> >> I am using oddHeaderMarkup and evenHeaderMarkup to put running headers >> (title, composer) on each page of a score, but want to suppress it on >> the first page of the score (where the main header is). I can't seem >> to find anything in the snippets or notation reference on how to >> suppress this on the first page. Preventing the page number on the >> first page I have handled using \on-the-fly >> #print-page-number-check-first, is there something similar for >> headers? >> >> -- Brett >> > > I am very interested in this question as well, and haven't seen a solution > posted > yet (or in any of the documentation/snippets). So I am shamelessly > reactivating > the thread. Thanks for reviving. I never did get a response :-) -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: A weird chord
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Tim McNamara wrote: > My advice would be to just write a Gb7 or to pick just one extension, > perhaps whichever coincides best with the melody note in that measure (e.g., > Gb7b9 if the melody note is a G or Gb7#9 if it's an A; if it's neither, I > would go with the Gb7). Speaking as a musician, most of the extended chords > in the Real Book are superfluous and really should be written more vanilla. > The melody is carrying the extension and it's often not necessary to repeat > that in the chord on guitar or piano. If I was faced with a chart with > Gb7b9#9 I'd probably just play a Gb7. I ended up doing G7b9 for two beats and G7#9 for two beats, as the melody lines modulates across the chords anyway. The chord as was originally written is impossible to play on a guitar, and any guitarist would likely play it this way, depending on the lead voicings -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
A weird chord
I am typesetting a lead sheet and it has a very strange chord -- G7b9#9. I confirmed that this chord is correct (freakin jazz people ;-P ), but can't figure out how to get the chord name to display. Using g:7.9-.9+ only results in g7#9 since Lilypond doesn't like two of the same steps in the chord. I guess doing g:7.9-.10- would work (it yields G7b9(addb10) which looks even weirder... I guess I can live with that but if anyone has a suggestion on how to typeset this, it would be really helpful. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Supressing header on first page
I am using oddHeaderMarkup and evenHeaderMarkup to put running headers (title, composer) on each page of a score, but want to suppress it on the first page of the score (where the main header is). I can't seem to find anything in the snippets or notation reference on how to suppress this on the first page. Preventing the page number on the first page I have handled using \on-the-fly #print-page-number-check-first, is there something similar for headers? -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: dynamic and midi velocity
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Peter Chubb wrote: > I had a quick look at what it would take to generate notes with > different velocities instead of just CC 7 events. It's harder than it > should be: dynamic events always come after the notes they affect, so > I couldn't see an obvious/easy way to get the current dynamics while > processing a note, nor is it obvious to me how to get at notes in the > same voice as a dynamic indication at the same timestep. > > Nor is it obvioous to me how to tell which voices dynamic indications > should be applied to. Sometimes they should be for several (e.g., > centered piano dynamics), sometimes just to the voice they are > attached to. And there's still the issue of handling what instruments > are capable of, and adjusting expression accordingly. > > There are three classes of instruments I can think of: > 1. Instruments that play at a fixed volume no matter what you do: > -- harpsichord, most organ stops, recorder, etc. > 2. Instruments where the volume is determined at the start of a > note, but you can't change it afterwards: > -- piano, clavichord, most percussion, plucked strings, etc. > 3. Instruments that can change volume anywhere -- most woodwinds and brass, > swell stops on the organ, etc. > > So I'm leaving it in the `too hard' basket for now. I think you've hit the same issue that WYSIWYG notation programs hit -- it's hard to get good performance data directly from notation to MIDI. Speaking from my own experience, using a linear sequencer to hand tweak performance data (velocity, expression, volume, not to mention "humanizing" the notes so they don't sound mechanical) will always give you better results. I am currently taking some composing courses via Berklee college (yes, and using Lilypond for all of my classwork!), and the overriding philosophy on this is to do notation with the notation editor and use a sequencer like Digital Performer or Cubase for the performance (in my case, I am using Rosegarden for sequencing). It's a lot more work, but it's worth it, IMHO. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: dynamic and midi velocity
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) wrote: > I definitely talk about playing a keyboard instrument. It is quite easy to > feel the difference between volume and velocity if you think about that: > > When you see p in the score, you play with less force on the keys, with > lower velocity. > When you see ff in the score, you play with much force on the keys, with > high velocity. > > But you don't touch the volume control in either case. I suppose :) Generally, for MIDI sequencing, velocity is used to control volume for single notes that don't change (like an acoustic piano or percussion instruments) -- the loudness of the note will remain the same for the entire note. You really want to use expression (CC#11) for instruments that can change loudness over the course of a note (like a dimenuendo or crescendo in a string section), and volume (CC#7) is best used to control the overall volume of the entire track (like would be used in a volume slider on a mixer). Many playback synths (especially samplers) will have different recorded sounds playback based on the velocity, so when you play a ppp you will get a note that has a different sound quality than a note played at fff. You don't get this using volume or expression. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Rehearsal marks
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Graham Percival wrote: > On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 08:34:14PM -0500, Brett McCoy wrote: >> I've read in a few places -- including the Lilypond documentation -- >> that, traditionally, when using rehearsal marks in a score, the letter >> I is skipped. Does anyone know why this is done? > > I'm pretty certain it's because I is easy to confuse with J or L > or I (roman numeral), depending on the exact font used. > > > Either that, or some 18th century king was pissed off at the > letter because his ex-lover's name started with that letter, and > everybody respects the tradition banning the use of that letter. > :) I read in some cases J is may be skipped as well. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Rehearsal marks
I've read in a few places -- including the Lilypond documentation -- that, traditionally, when using rehearsal marks in a score, the letter I is skipped. Does anyone know why this is done? Lilypond handles this automatically, do Finale and Sibelius? -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Drop D tuning
That's an interesting way to do it.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Nick Payne wrote:
> And for a piece like Koyunbaba, where five of the six strings are retuned,
> something like this:
>
> %==
> \version "2.13.11"
>
> \include "english.ly"
>
> \pointAndClickOff
>
> actual = \markup {
> \lower #1.9
> \score {
> \new Staff \with {
> \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
> } {
> \set Staff.instrumentName= \markup \huge "(actual) "
> \clef "treble_8" \cadenzaOn
> \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> 4 s \bar "dashed"
> }
> \layout {
> ragged-right = ##t
> indent = 1\cm
> }
> }
> \hspace #.5
> }
>
> scordatura = \markup {
> \lower #2.4
> \score {
> \new Staff \with {
> \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
> } {
> \set Staff.instrumentName= \markup \tiny "(scordatura) "
> \clef "treble_8" \cadenzaOn
> \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
> 4 s \bar "dashed"
> }
> \layout {
> ragged-right = ##t
> indent = 1\cm
> }
> }
> \hspace #.5
> }
>
> actualnotes = \relative c {
> \clef "treble_8"
> d,8( f) bf d 4
> }
>
> scordaturanotes = \relative c {
> \clef "treble_8"
> d,8( f-3) bf-1 d-0 4
> }
>
> \score {
> <<
> \new Staff <<
> \set Staff.instrumentName = \actual
> \new Voice \actualnotes
>>>
> \new Staff <<
> \set Staff.instrumentName = \scordatura
> \new Voice \scordaturanotes
>>>
>>>
> \layout {
> ragged-right = ##t
> indent = 5\cm
> \context {
> \Staff
> \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
> }
> }
> }
> %==
>
> Nick
>
> On 04/02/10 07:32, Brett McCoy wrote:
>>
>> That looks nice, too. In many guitar books, though, I see it placed at
>> the top, especially if other strings need to be downtuned also, like a
>> lot of metal guitarists do.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Nick Payne
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I prefer to have the indication just to the left of the first stave, and
>>> for
>>> this I set the instrument name, as it automatically gets placed
>>> correctly:
>>>
>>> \relative c' {
>>> \clef "treble_8"
>>> \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \bold { \circle {6} "= D " }
>>> c1
>>> }
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> On 04/02/10 06:28, Brett McCoy wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a score where I need to indicate Drop D tuning for the guitar
>>>> (6th string is tuned down to D). The typical way this is indicated in
>>>> guitar music is a (6) = D (circle with a 6 in it = D), placed at the
>>>> top left of page 1 under the title, but above a tempo mark. I am
>>>> relatively new to Lilypond and am unsure how to do this... any
>>>> suggestions?
>>>>
>
>
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Re: Drop D tuning
That looks nice, too. In many guitar books, though, I see it placed at
the top, especially if other strings need to be downtuned also, like a
lot of metal guitarists do.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Nick Payne wrote:
> I prefer to have the indication just to the left of the first stave, and for
> this I set the instrument name, as it automatically gets placed correctly:
>
> \relative c' {
> \clef "treble_8"
> \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \bold { \circle {6} "= D " }
> c1
> }
>
> Nick
>
> On 04/02/10 06:28, Brett McCoy wrote:
>>
>> I have a score where I need to indicate Drop D tuning for the guitar
>> (6th string is tuned down to D). The typical way this is indicated in
>> guitar music is a (6) = D (circle with a 6 in it = D), placed at the
>> top left of page 1 under the title, but above a tempo mark. I am
>> relatively new to Lilypond and am unsure how to do this... any
>> suggestions?
>>
>
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Re: Drop D tuning
Yes, David, I put your markup in piece and it worked fine, just like Kieren's version. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:22 PM, David Stocker wrote: > Kieren suggested piece. > > James Bailey wrote: >> >> On 03.02.2010, at 20:45, David Stocker wrote: >> >>> Brett, >>> >>> This is a modification of the code I use to draw this mark. Maybe you can >>> put this in the \header block somewhere where it will appear in the >>> appropriate place. >> >> Sorry, I'm having difficulty visualizing this. Where in the \header block >> do you consider to be an appropriate place? >> > -- "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Drop D tuning
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Kieren MacMillan
wrote:
> \version "2.13.11"
>
> dropD = \markup \line { \circle 6 "= D" }
>
> \header {
> title = "Drip, Drip, Drop-D"
> piece = \dropD
> }
>
> \score {
> \relative d { \clef "treble_8" d1 }
> }
>
> Hope this helps!
It sure did, exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
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Drop D tuning
I have a score where I need to indicate Drop D tuning for the guitar (6th string is tuned down to D). The typical way this is indicated in guitar music is a (6) = D (circle with a 6 in it = D), placed at the top left of page 1 under the title, but above a tempo mark. I am relatively new to Lilypond and am unsure how to do this... any suggestions? -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Lilypond vs Score
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Bobber wrote: > I have been having a discussion with a small publisher who uses the music > manuscript program called Score. He says that neither Lilypond or Finale > can produce engraving that is comparable to Score. And that most of the > major music publishers in the world use Score. > > Is anyone familiar with Score and what makes it superior? Never heard of it either. I wonder how old this site is: >From http://www.scoremus.com/score.html "The ideal system for running SCORE consists of a Pentium or 486DX computer with as little as 4 to 8 megabytes of memory. SCORE runs in the MS-DOS mode under Windows 95/98/XP or directly in MS-DOS. A 600/1200 dpi PostScript laser printer is required for quality output. (Printing of SCORE output can also be done on most ink-jet printers and the lowest priced laser printers by means of a Windows 95/98 shareware program called Ghostscript. This program may be downloaded from the internet.) SCORE's current MIDI connections require a MPU401 board or a compatible 16-bit ISA sound board. SCORE can run on a Macintosh computer with a DOS simulator - but very slowly; it is not recommended. An adequate 486/Pentium PC system may be had in many areas for only a couple of hundred dollars or less. SCORE's performance under a LINUX system is unknown." MPU401? 16-bit ISA Sound card? How antiquated! I know Berklee doesn't use it -- they are pretty standardized on Sibelius and Finale. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Diagonal slashes in drum notation
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Brett McCoy wrote: > I am doing some drum notation, starting out with a 2-bar groove, and > then for the following measures I want to just have 4 diagonal slashes > to indicate drummer "basic time" (rather than the % sign to indicate a > repeated measure). Basically, I want to do something similar to the > isolated % repeat > (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Repeats#Isolated-percent-repeats) > but for quarter note diagonal slashes. Not sure how to go about this. Never mind, I found my answer: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Rhythms#Rhythmic-slashes -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Diagonal slashes in drum notation
I am doing some drum notation, starting out with a 2-bar groove, and then for the following measures I want to just have 4 diagonal slashes to indicate drummer "basic time" (rather than the % sign to indicate a repeated measure). Basically, I want to do something similar to the isolated % repeat (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Repeats#Isolated-percent-repeats) but for quarter note diagonal slashes. Not sure how to go about this. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: LilyPond on Linux
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 10:40 AM, James Lowe wrote: > Use virtual box. > > It's very simple, free and doesn't require any special CPUs. > > I use it all the time on windows 7 with the Lilybunto.iso which you can get > from here: > > http://prodet.hu/bert/lilydev/lilybuntu.iso > > Although someone will need to confirm that you can run frescobaldi on this > image. > > You can get Virtual Box from here: > > http://www.virtualbox.org/ > > I am no linux expert but had this up and running in less than an hour. I use > 500mb of RAM for the Linux image and that is plenty with about 8GB for disk > which is more than enough. > > I don't use frescobaldi, as I have no problems with using gedit or similar. > I much prefer it. Hi, newbie to Lilypond here (but not Linux) VirtualBox is an excellent choice for running a second VM, I think it's better than dual-booting unless you need to do something for performance reasons. I use VirtualBox for running Windows on my Linux box every day on the occasion I need to use Windows for something. I tried out Frescobaldi last night. I don't think it adds anything that can't be done with, say, emacs in Lilypond mode. You can even generate the PDF inside of emacs. Frescobaldi seems to provide some 'visual editing', but to the degree that NoteEdit or Rosegarden do. -- Brett "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
