Re: Conditional code in the midi block
Thank you all for your suggestions. I finally have the flag working after
years of just editing my master file when I wanted one track per voice!
Thanks,
Carolyn
> On May 20, 2024, at 6:09 AM, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
>
>
>> nostaffmidi =
>> #(define-scheme-function () ()
>> (if TrackPerVoice #{ \context { \Staff \remove "Staff_performer" } #}))
>
>
> Ah, that proves me wrong. I didn't recall the parser was smart enough for
> this.
>
>
>> Although, I don't understand why the contents of the scheme functions cannot
>> be placed directly into the midi block like this
>>
>> \midi {
>> #(if TrackPerVoice #{ \context { \Staff \remove "Staff_performer" } #})
>> #(if TrackPerVoice #{ \context { \Voice \consists "Staff_performer" } #})
>> }
>
>
> It works with $ instead of # , as explained in my other post.
>
>
>
Conditional code in the midi block
I would like to include some Staff and Voice context settings in the \midi
block only if a flag is set to ##t and I have not been able to figure out how
to do this. When I try to wrap the \context blocks in a code block with #{…#}
I get this error:
trackPerVoiceMWE.ly:31:16: error: syntax error, unexpected '{', expecting
SCM_IDENTIFIER or SCM_TOKEN or STRING or SYMBOL
\context {
Is there any way to conditionally change the Staff_performer based on a flag
setting?
This is my non-working MWE:
\version "2.24.0"
\include "english.ly"
global = {
\key c \major
\time 4/4
}
TrackPerVoice = ##t
\score {
\new ChoirStaff <<
\new Staff <<
\new Voice = "soprano" <<
\global
\relative c' { c'4 d e f << g1 \\ { g4 f e2 } >> }
>>
\new Voice = "alto" <<
\global
\voiceTwo
\relative c' { c'4 b a g | f e d2 }
>>
>>
>>
\layout {}
\midi {
#(display (format #f "TrackPerVoice is ~a\n" TrackPerVoice))
#(if TrackPerVoice #{
#(display "One track per Voice (may make too many voices with polyphony)")
#(display "Turn this off to get sop and alto combined in one track.")
\context {
\Staff
\remove "Staff_performer"
}
\context {
\Voice
\consists "Staff_performer"
}
#} )
}
}
Thanks,
Carolyn
Re: italic phrase in lyrics
I have these functions defined:
\version “2.24.0"
italic = {
\override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic
}
bold = {
\override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold
}
normal = {
\revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-series
\revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape
}
and I use them like this:
VerseOne = \lyricmode
{
\italic "O Lord, open thou our lips;" \normal "And our mouth shall show”
\bold forth thy \normal praise.
}
Carolyn
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 17:05:54 -0400 (EDT)
> From: David Olson
> To: lilypond-user
> Subject: italic phrase in lyrics
> Message-ID:
> <1642762455.2851938.1715807154285.javamail.zim...@dslextreme.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Suppose the lyrics contain two contradictory propositions:
>
> Ma -- the -- ma -- tics is in -- vent -- ed.
> Ma -- the -- ma -- tics is dis -- cov -- ered.
>
> Is this the only way to put the second proposition in italics?
>
> \markup { \italic Ma } --
> \markup { \italic the } --
> \markup { \italic ma } --
> \markup { \italic tics }
> \markup { \italic is }
> \markup { \italic dis } --
> \markup { \italic cov } --
> \markup { \italic ered. }
Re: note collision - shift voiceOne to left
OK thanks everyone. It is clearly moving things around to get the two notes
tucked together without interfering. The prefer-dotted-right override only
works on the upper note. I was just surprised to see so many different shifts
in one line of music, but that’s what it takes to keep everything clear.
Thanks,
Carolyn
> On Aug 1, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Abraham Lee wrote:
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 8:12 AM Carolyn Beeton <mailto:carolyn.bee...@icloud.com>> wrote:
>> Thanks Abraham
>>
>> I have read that section again and I am still a bit confused at what I am
>> seeing in this attempt at a MWE. In bar 2 the voiceTwo notes are shifted
>> right, but in bar 5 the voiceOne note, a dotted note, is being shifted to
>> the right. I have tried using the Staff.NoteCollision.prefer-dotted-right
>> override but that doesn’t seem to help. In bar 7 there is a different
>> construct with temporary voices and there the shifting looks like what I
>> want. I am trying to get the dotted stemUp note in bar 5 to be shifted left.
>>
>>
>>
>> \version "2.24.0"
>> \include "english.ly <http://english.ly/>"
>>
>> SopranoMusic = \relative c'
>> {
>> fs4 fs e | d d d | b'2 b4 | a d, e | d2.^\markup "why right?" | s2. | s2.
>> }
>>
>> AltoMusic = \relative c'
>> {
>> d4 d cs | b cs c | b2 d4 | d d cs | d4 d e | << { fs4 e d | e2. } \\ { d2
>> s4 | d b cs } >>
>> }
>>
>> \score {
>> \new Staff
>> <<
>> \key d \major
>> \time 3/4
>> \new Voice = "sopranos"
>> {
>> \override Staff.NoteCollision.prefer-dotted-right = ##f
>> \voiceOne
>> <<
>> { \SopranoMusic }
>> >>
>> }
>> \new Voice = "altos"
>> {
>> \voiceTwo
>> <<
>> { \AltoMusic }
>> >>
>> }
>> >>
>> \layout { }
>> }
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Carolyn
>>
>>> On Jul 31, 2023, at 10:36 PM, Abraham Lee >> <mailto:tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, Carolyn!
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 8:22 AM Carolyn Beeton >> <mailto:carolyn.bee...@icloud.com>> wrote:
>>>> The default when there are two voices with colliding notes is to shift the
>>>> voice with upstems (odd-numbered voices) to the right and voices with
>>>> downstems to the left. I would like the opposite - i.e. voiceOne, with
>>>> stems up, shifted left. Is this possible? (not as a single override, but
>>>> throughout the entire piece)
>>>
>>> I trust you've seen this section in the NR on collision resolution, but if
>>> not, here it is:
>>>
>>> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices#collision-resolution
>>>
>>>
>>> Do any of these techniques not help? And if not, perhaps you could show a
>>> screenshot or provide a small example of the shifting you don't want so we
>>> can target the problem.
>
> I won't pretend to understand the internal mechanism that decides which side
> the notes should go on, but I would have expected the correction to work as
> you did with prefer-dotted-right = ##f, which it doesn't. I also tried the
> NoteColumn.force-hshift property, which kind of works. The note would move
> successfully, but the dot wouldn't go with it. This would also need to be a
> local override and unable to control it globally.
>
> What is done is conventional notation, but I'm curious what is driving your
> need to move d2. to the left in m.5? If it's for clarity, I wouldn't
> recommend it, but maybe you have a different reason.
>
> Sorry I couldn't be more helpful,
> Abraham
Re: note collision - shift voiceOne to left
Thanks Abraham
I have read that section again and I am still a bit confused at what I am
seeing in this attempt at a MWE. In bar 2 the voiceTwo notes are shifted
right, but in bar 5 the voiceOne note, a dotted note, is being shifted to the
right. I have tried using the Staff.NoteCollision.prefer-dotted-right override
but that doesn’t seem to help. In bar 7 there is a different construct with
temporary voices and there the shifting looks like what I want. I am trying to
get the dotted stemUp note in bar 5 to be shifted left.

\version "2.24.0"
\include "english.ly"
SopranoMusic = \relative c'
{
fs4 fs e | d d d | b'2 b4 | a d, e | d2.^\markup "why right?" | s2. | s2.
}
AltoMusic = \relative c'
{
d4 d cs | b cs c | b2 d4 | d d cs | d4 d e | << { fs4 e d | e2. } \\ { d2 s4
| d b cs } >>
}
\score {
\new Staff
<<
\key d \major
\time 3/4
\new Voice = "sopranos"
{
\override Staff.NoteCollision.prefer-dotted-right = ##f
\voiceOne
<<
{ \SopranoMusic }
>>
}
\new Voice = "altos"
{
\voiceTwo
<<
{ \AltoMusic }
>>
}
>>
\layout { }
}
Thanks,
Carolyn
> On Jul 31, 2023, at 10:36 PM, Abraham Lee wrote:
>
> Hi, Carolyn!
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 8:22 AM Carolyn Beeton <mailto:carolyn.bee...@icloud.com>> wrote:
>> The default when there are two voices with colliding notes is to shift the
>> voice with upstems (odd-numbered voices) to the right and voices with
>> downstems to the left. I would like the opposite - i.e. voiceOne, with
>> stems up, shifted left. Is this possible? (not as a single override, but
>> throughout the entire piece)
>
> I trust you've seen this section in the NR on collision resolution, but if
> not, here it is:
>
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices#collision-resolution
>
>
> Do any of these techniques not help? And if not, perhaps you could show a
> screenshot or provide a small example of the shifting you don't want so we
> can target the problem.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Abraham
note collision - shift voiceOne to left
The default when there are two voices with colliding notes is to shift the voice with upstems (odd-numbered voices) to the right and voices with downstems to the left. I would like the opposite - i.e. voiceOne, with stems up, shifted left. Is this possible? (not as a single override, but throughout the entire piece) Thanks, Carolyn
Re: O Canada with Ukrainian lyrics
Not really a Lilypond comment, but we no longer sing “in all thy sons command” - the words are now “in all of us command”. https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/anthems-canada.html#a11 Thanks, Carolyn P.s. I think this might be my first post, and I don’t really understand how to reply when using the digest format, so this might not even work. Apologies if I have messed up the threading. > On Jun 27, 2023, at 9:31 AM, lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org wrote: > > Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 09:29:29 -0400 > From: pab...@fastmail.fm (Peter A. Buhr) > To: Michael Gerdau > Cc: ericmcint...@mac.com, lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Re: O Canada with Ukrainian lyrics > Message-ID: <87v8f9f2yu@fastmail.fm> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > I attached a PDF of O Canada. > > **
