Re: [Denemo-devel] chord symbols

2016-09-02 Thread Andreas Schneider
You have to use a separate staff at the top for the chord symbols, which you turn into a chord staff as Richard described (from memory: Staffs > Staff Properties > Chord Staff On/Off). You enter the chords as notes (e.g. c e g for c major), yet they display as chord symbols in the print (but

Re: [Denemo-devel] chord symbols

2016-09-02 Thread Richard Shann
On Thu, 2016-09-01 at 21:49 -0500, Brian Mauter wrote: > Hi, first off, thank you for Denemo. I’m very impressed with it and > Lilypond. It’s been a bit difficult to learn, but now I can enter notes > rather quickly, and I’m still learning! Thank you. > > Okay, I have a score with a piano

[Denemo-devel] chord symbols

2016-09-02 Thread Brian Mauter
Hi, first off, thank you for Denemo. I’m very impressed with it and Lilypond. It’s been a bit difficult to learn, but now I can enter notes rather quickly, and I’m still learning! Thank you. Okay, I have a score with a piano staff and a descant staff. The melody is shared with the treble

[Denemo-devel] chord symbols not rendered

2014-10-31 Thread Bric
Hello I am using version 1.1.2. Just tried to enter chord symbols. Found it in my menus: Notes/Rest - Markings - Chord Symbols - Edit Chord Symbols (1) If I enter F#m7 I get INVALID! in the typeset window, although my entry shows in denemo. (2) If I enter Fm (removing the pound sign),

Re: [Denemo-devel] chord symbols not rendered

2014-10-31 Thread Richard Shann
On Thu, 2014-10-30 at 13:58 -0400, Bric wrote: Hello I am using version 1.1.2. Just tried to enter chord symbols. Found it in my menus: Notes/Rest - Markings - Chord Symbols - Edit Chord Symbols (1) If I enter F#m7 I get INVALID! in the typeset window, although my entry shows in

[Denemo-devel] chord symbols not rendered

2014-10-31 Thread Bric
Hello I am using version 1.1.2. Just tried to enter chord symbols. Found it in my menus: Notes/Rest - Markings - Chord Symbols - Edit Chord Symbols (1) If I enter F#m7 I get INVALID! in the typeset window, although my entry shows in denemo. (2) If I enter Fm (removing the pound sign),

Re: [Denemo-devel] chord symbols not rendered

2014-10-31 Thread Richard Shann
On Fri, 2014-10-31 at 13:40 -0400, Bric wrote: On 10/31/2014 09:05 AM, Richard Shann wrote: On Fri, 2014-10-31 at 08:22 -0400, Bric wrote: On 10/30/2014 04:36 PM, Richard Shann wrote: On Thu, 2014-10-30 at 13:58 -0400, Bric wrote: Hello I am using version 1.1.2. Just tried to enter

Re: [Denemo-devel] chord symbols not rendered

2014-10-31 Thread Bric
On 10/31/2014 09:05 AM, Richard Shann wrote: On Fri, 2014-10-31 at 08:22 -0400, Bric wrote: On 10/30/2014 04:36 PM, Richard Shann wrote: On Thu, 2014-10-30 at 13:58 -0400, Bric wrote: Hello I am using version 1.1.2. Just tried to enter chord symbols. Found it in my menus: Notes/Rest -

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-05-06 Thread Richard Shann
On Mon, 2013-05-06 at 19:41 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: I don't know how to pop up a dialog for that. (d-GetUserInput blah bar foo) returns what the user types. Richard ___ Denemo-devel mailing list Denemo-devel@gnu.org

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-05-05 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 09:14 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Am 04.05.2013 21:26, schrieb Richard Shann: I have just created a new version of the Lead Sheet example (Open-Example-LeadSheet.denemo), by playing chords in. One chord (in bar 15) is labelled Ao with the o being a superscript -

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols / dead lilypond processes

2013-05-05 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 08:51 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Am 04.05.2013 21:05, schrieb Richard Shann: On Sat, 2013-05-04 at 20:34 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: It seems that when I use the chord staff, denemo (current git version) accumulates dead lilypond processes. Here is the output

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols / dead lilypond processes

2013-05-05 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 09:03 +0100, Richard Shann wrote: On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 08:51 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Am 04.05.2013 21:05, schrieb Richard Shann: On Sat, 2013-05-04 at 20:34 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: It seems that when I use the chord staff, denemo (current git

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols / dead lilypond processes

2013-05-05 Thread Andreas Schneider
Am 05.05.2013 11:44, schrieb Richard Shann: I see the problem - the call to lilypond to get the installed lilypond version is using g_spawn_async but not waiting for the process, it is just working by accident and leaving the zombie. I have disabled this as we are moving to packaging lilypond

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols / dead lilypond processes

2013-05-05 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 11:54 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Am 05.05.2013 11:44, schrieb Richard Shann: I see the problem - the call to lilypond to get the installed lilypond version is using g_spawn_async but not waiting for the process, it is just working by accident and leaving the

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-05-04 Thread Andreas Schneider
Am 24.04.2013 17:31, schrieb Richard Shann: Actually, what I have done so far is not what I should have done first - it is limited to LilyPond users, because it uses a custom layout which would need editing (e.g. for the title). I'll replace the template with one which has a chord-staff via

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-05-04 Thread Richard Shann
On Sat, 2013-05-04 at 14:26 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Am 24.04.2013 17:31, schrieb Richard Shann: Actually, what I have done so far is not what I should have done first - it is limited to LilyPond users, because it uses a custom layout which would need editing (e.g. for the title).

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-05-04 Thread Andreas Schneider
Am 04.05.2013 15:10, schrieb Richard Shann: Are you using the (new) chord staff - in this case you write the chords you want in staff notation and they are typeset as chord-names. In this case the rhythm is completely independent, and the example (File-Open-Open Example-Independent Chord

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-05-04 Thread Andreas Schneider
Am 04.05.2013 17:46, schrieb Richard Shann: yes, but a chord c with e-flat above will typeset as Cm - see the example I mentioned. Okay, I see, I misunderstood that, sorry. Andreas ___ Denemo-devel mailing list Denemo-devel@gnu.org

[Denemo-devel] Chord symbols / dead lilypond processes

2013-05-04 Thread Andreas Schneider
It seems that when I use the chord staff, denemo (current git version) accumulates dead lilypond processes. Here is the output from ps afx on my Debian Linux system after I added some notes and chords in the IndependentChordSymbols example: PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 9149 tty1 Sl

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols / dead lilypond processes

2013-05-04 Thread Richard Shann
On Sat, 2013-05-04 at 20:34 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: It seems that when I use the chord staff, denemo (current git version) accumulates dead lilypond processes. Here is the output from ps afx on my Debian Linux system after I added some notes and chords in the IndependentChordSymbols

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-04-24 Thread Andreas Schneider
Am 24.04.2013 09:39, schrieb Richard Shann: I was forgetting when I replied that chord symbols *do* transpose correctly, in fact I put an example in Denemo a couple of years ago (See Open-Example-Lead Sheet.denemo this prints out transposed with the chord symbols automatically transposing).

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-04-24 Thread Richard Shann
On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 00:50 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Is there a chance that you add a special feature for a kind of chord staff? I have done this now, in Open-Template-Jazz there is a template for independent chords. You place chords in normal notation on the second staff and they are

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-04-24 Thread Andreas Schneider
Am 24.04.2013 12:29, schrieb Richard Shann: On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 09:52 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Am 24.04.2013 09:39, schrieb Richard Shann: I was forgetting when I replied that chord symbols *do* transpose correctly, in fact I put an example in Denemo a couple of years ago (See

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-04-24 Thread Richard Shann
On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 15:37 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Am 24.04.2013 12:29, schrieb Richard Shann: On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 09:52 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Am 24.04.2013 09:39, schrieb Richard Shann: I was forgetting when I replied that chord symbols *do* transpose correctly, in

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord symbols

2013-04-23 Thread Richard Shann
On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 07:19 -0500, Jeremiah Benham wrote: On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:59:42AM +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote: Hi, at the moment, chord symbols are realized as markings on notes. That works in many cases, but also means that chord symbols can only have the same rhythm as

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord Symbols (aka Fake Chords) bug

2011-01-03 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 22:39 +, Richard Shann wrote: You can actually generate such a voice from the original one in just a couple of keystrokes (hint, ApplyToSelection and IntelligentDelete) Hmm, it is actually called StagedDelete (Under Edit-Delete) ... Richard

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord Symbols (aka Fake Chords) bug

2011-01-03 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 20:50 +, Richard Shann wrote: If I have misunderstood Jeremiah, please comment, I don't know much about this notation. I have looked a bit further, the stuff from ':' comes after the duration, hence parsing it off. If you are too busy Jeremiah, shall I fix this? Richard

Re: [Denemo-devel] Chord Symbols (aka Fake Chords) bug

2011-01-03 Thread Jeremiah Benham
On Jan 3, 2011, at 6:49 AM, Richard Shann richard.sh...@virgin.net wrote: On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 20:50 +, Richard Shann wrote: If I have misunderstood Jeremiah, please comment, I don't know much about this notation. I have looked a bit further, the stuff from ':' comes after the

[Denemo-devel] Chord Symbols (aka Fake Chords) bug

2011-01-02 Thread Richard Shann
It seems it is not possible to put multiple chord symbols on one note. The code for distributing the symbols up into durations has been copied from the bass figures code, but it seems that this code is at odds with the front end code, where the chord symbol is assumed to be a single chord and an