Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-11 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > > > You need his permission to publish, but there is no reason to ask him > > to surrender his rights. Why do you want to do that? > > I am very unsure about the legal stuff, but I think (thought...?) that > if something was distributed

Re: SHEET MUSIC

2002-06-11 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I think many will change their minds when they start > using an exterior file to produce the notes. Then > every .ly file becomes a template and the default .ly > file merely a receptacle. > > > > You could also try the graphical score editor NoteEdit > > which includ

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-11 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We can make exceptions for example files, but he must allow > royalty-free distribution, and live with the fact that some people > might alter the score on their own. Perhaps it's more interesting to > include a snippet of the score (OTOH, if it is

Attaching slurs to stem ends

2002-06-11 Thread Carter Brey
Hello, Could you take pity and tell me why the bottom voice slur in this extract does not respond to my request to attach itself to the stem ends rather than to the note heads? \context Staff < \context Voice = VA { \stemUp [a'8.] a16\p} \context Voice = VB { \stemDown \p

Re: Attaching slurs to stem ends

2002-06-11 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Carter Brey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could you take pity and tell me why the bottom voice slur in this > extract does not respond to my request to attach itself to the stem > ends rather than to the note heads? > > \context Staff > < \context Voice = VA { \stemUp [a'8.] a16\p} >

Re: Attaching slurs to stem ends

2002-06-11 Thread Carter Brey
Yay. Got it, thanks a million. CB Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: >Carter Brey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Could you take pity and tell me why the bottom voice slur in this >>extract does not respond to my request to attach itself to the stem >>ends rather than to the note heads? >> >>\context

Re: SHEET MUSIC

2002-06-11 Thread Carlos Garcia Suarez
I have tried the following experiment. 1) Get one of your .ly files and process it. 2) Get the .midi output and process it with midi2ly 3) Check them Result: they look very different Another issue how do use the options in midi2ly, in particular the key option ACC[:MINOR] Can anyone provide an

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-11 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:57:52 Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > > > > > You need his permission to publish, but there is no reason to ask > him > > > to surrender his rights. Why do you want to do that? > > > > I am very unsure about the legal

Cues

2002-06-11 Thread Carter Brey
Greetings, What would be the most elegant way to override the music font size property in mid-stream? I'm thinking of places where notes are traditionally set in a smaller font for a limited time, such as for cues and cadenzas. Thanks, Carter -- +-+ |Car

Re: SHEET MUSIC

2002-06-11 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 13:05:28 Carlos Garcia Suarez wrote: > I have tried the following experiment. > > 1) Get one of your .ly files and process it. > 2) Get the .midi output and process it with midi2ly > 3) Check them > > Result: they look very different > > Another issue how do use the options

Re: Lyrics and clefs

2002-06-11 Thread Iain Phillips
Thanks very much for the tips. I got good results by just applying the VerticalExtent to the tenor voice. I like the close spacing between notes and lyrics. Regards Iain Phillips Mats Bengtsson wrote: > > One feature of Lilypond is that it adjusts the spacing > between different staves and bet

tuplets

2002-06-11 Thread Jule Slootbeek
Hey gang, I have a question about macro-triplets i believe they are called.. it's when 3 halfnotes act like a triplet and take up the space of 4 quarter notes. now i have a score which includes this soprano = \notes \times 2/3 { c''4 c4 c4 } alto = \notes \times 2/3 { a'4 a'4 a'4 } but this pri

Re: tuplets

2002-06-11 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> Hey gang, > I have a question about macro-triplets i believe they are called.. > it's when 3 halfnotes act like a triplet and take up the space of 4 quarter notes. > > now i have a score which includes this > > soprano = \notes \times 2/3 { c''4 c4 c4 } > alto = \notes \times 2/3 { a'4 a'4 a'4

Re: tuplets

2002-06-11 Thread Jule Slootbeek
> > If you want three half notes, printed as half notes, > why not use > > \times 2/3 {c2 c2 c2} > >/Mats > > > > Yeah I have that but it doesn't align the other ones right.. i made a diagram but it didn't come out right o o ooo is what i get, while o o o

tuplets

2002-06-11 Thread David Bobroff
>o o >ooo > >is what i get, while > >o o >o o o > >is what i need > >i miscopied the score is schould be > >soprano = \notes c''2 c2 > > alto = \notes \times 2/3 { a'2 a'2 a'2 } Lilypond is printing what you're *asking* it to print. In order to make it print what you *wa

Re: tuplets

2002-06-11 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Jule" == Jule Slootbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> If you want three half notes, printed as half notes, >> why not use >> >> \times 2/3 {c2 c2 c2} >> >> /Mats >> >> >> >> Jule>Yeah I have that but it doesn't align the other

Re: tuplets

2002-06-11 Thread Jule Slootbeek
Laura Conrad wrote: >>"Jule" == Jule Slootbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> > >> If you want three half notes, printed as half notes, > >> why not use > >> > >> \times 2/3 {c2 c2 c2} > >> > >> /Mats > >> > >> > >> > >> >

Re: tuplets

2002-06-11 Thread Stephen Peters
Jule Slootbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > soprano = \notes c''2 c2 > alto = \notes \times 2/3 { a'2 a'2 a'2 } > > it should just come out with the soprano line playing 2 half notes > in a bar, and the alto line playing 3 half notes in the bar, taking > up exzctly the same amout of beats as th

Re: tuplets

2002-06-11 Thread Jule Slootbeek
Thanks alot for all the input, i have to admit i was wrong, and i wasn't counting right.. I figured it out, and i will attach my .ly file with this post. Jule note: It's not the final composition, it's my class final for which we had to fulfill certain requirements, so it's not something i'm p

Re: tuplets

2002-06-11 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
I have always seen bad spacing with this: | || * o| o * | | | | which should look like this: | || * o| o *| | || A silent rest will do nothing, but 3 invisible rests or notes will cause the right spacing. You will have to fix coll