Re: Question re lilypond
Gordon Gilbert wrote: From the Mutopia web-site, I have downloaded various .ly files for hymns, including, for example, NearTheCross.ly. I have tried various things, including convert-ly to make them compile, yet I have not succeeded with my version of Lilypond - 2.2.2 Because I run FreeBSD 5.3 and am not particularly good at geekish stuff, this is a real stretch for me. I normally install programs via Ports, and have had no success with direct downloading and installing programs from web-sites. Which means that for the moment, until someone places a newer version on ports, I'm stuck with 2.2.2. I'm suspecting there are code items in these files that wreck it for my version -- yet I have no idea what they might be, or where to look. Can you (or someone) point me to a hymn with two staves and several verses printed between the staves so I might use it as a template? With such a template, I can typeset the various hymns I will need for my upcoming Ordination. "Near the Cross" was written using Lilypond 2.4.2, so it is no surprise you cannot compile it with Lilypond 2.2.2. I found these hymns: http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=81 http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=96 http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=97 They are quite old, but maybe you could get something more usable by using convert-ly. Alternatively, you could contact the author of these piece (in the Mutopia webpage there is always an e-mail address): it is very likely he/she has updated the template used for that hymn, and will surely be happy to share it with you. Please post your questions to the lilypond-user mailing list: there is a great chance somebody else has written what you are looking for. Hope this helps, Maurizio. -- Maurizio Tomasi Via Newton, 6 24126 Bergamo (Italy) Tel. +39-02-23699308 http://www.geocities.com/zio_tom78/ ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
[Fwd: Re: Question re lilypond]
I am forwarding your mail to the Lilypond-User mailing list. Please send your questions to this list as well: in this way they are read by a number of people, and your problems are more likely to be solved. Regards, Maurizio -- Maurizio Tomasi Via Newton, 6 24126 Bergamo (Italy) Tel. +39-02-23699308 http://www.geocities.com/zio_tom78/ --- Begin Message --- Hi again! No, everything did not go OK. It couldn't deal with updated-score. Here is the output of the command you gave me: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/lilypond", line 712, in ? fonts = map (lambda x: x + '.pfa', find_pfa_fonts (a)) File "/usr/local/bin/lilypond", line 636, in find_pfa_fonts s = open (name).read () IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'ps' [1:226:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/u/gord> Any ideas? Thanks, Rev. Gordon Gilbert +=+ | Angels' Roost Farm | | Rev. Dn. Gordon Gilbert & Susan Gilbert | | 705-549-5056 | |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | +=+ --- End Message --- ___ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Question re lilypond
Mats Bengtsson wrote: I recommend to use the Templates from the web page as a starting point (integrated into a chapter called "Example templates" in the manual from version 2.4). Especially, you could start from the template called melody-lyrics-chords.ly I also recommend you to have a look at the Mutopia website (http://www.mutopiaproject.org). There you will find a lot of scores with their source in Lilypond format being freely available to download. I have got in the past years a lot of useful hints by studying some of them. Regards, Maurizio. -- Maurizio Tomasi Via Newton, 6 24126 Bergamo (Italy) Tel. +39-02-23699308 http://www.geocities.com/zio_tom78/ ___ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Question re lilypond
Gordon Gilbert wrote:
Hi, folks!
I've known about lilypond for quite some time, but have only recently
started using it, mostly because I'm *not* a computer geek -- my son is.
But of course getting him to do any coding for his old man -- well, that
never happens. (Actually, he's a good kid, and has kept my computer
system running well for many years.)
Anyway, I have a question re lilypond coding. If you like, I will send
you my input files for you to look at, and perhaps suggest code I can use.
Every time I try some of the suggestions from the web-site, they screw up
my piece. I have two questions:
You don't say what version of LilyPond you use. Please always do that
when sending question to the mailing list, otherwise you may get an
answer that's not relevant for your version.
Also, when you read the documentation on the web site, make sure to
read the documentation corresponding to your version of the program,
otherwise it will probably not work.
1. How can one put tempo markings at the beginning of a piece? And how
do I do it in the middle, as well. For example, how would I put
"Moderato" at the top of the piece, "Slower" a bit later, and "A Tempo" a
bit later still?
To typeset some text on top of a note, read about Text Scripts in the
manual. Examples: c4^"Moderato" c4^\markup{ \large Moderato }
To typeset some text over a bar line or at the very beginning of a
piece, read the section on
2. I've tried all the code on your web-site to put chord symbols above my
staffs. With no success. They seem to want to be below the staff but
above the words on a song-sheet. Or it wants to print a separate staff
with the actual chord triads as well as the chord symbols. I would just
like the chords above the staff! How do I do this?
The basic idea is very simple, the output is ordered in the same order
as it first appears in the \score{...} section of your file. So, if you
want the chords above the music, make sure that you have the
\context ChordNames{...}
before the
\context Voice or \context Staff
I recommend to use the Templates from the web page as a starting point
(integrated into a chapter called "Example templates" in the manual
from version 2.4). Especially, you could start from the template called
melody-lyrics-chords.ly
/Mats
___
lilypond-user mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
