scorditura (or "string-specific transposition")

2004-07-31 Thread Graham Percival
I know how to display the new tuning for a stringed instrument. Can Lilypond (almost certainly via scheme) print the noteheads correctly? I mean, can the lilypond input file be written in C, and have Lilypond/scheme transpose only the appropriate notes? In my example, the viola C string is tu

Re: Jazz Ornamentation

2004-07-31 Thread Graham Percival
On 31-Jul-04, at 8:06 PM, Lyle Raymond wrote: I'm engraving copies of some solo transcriptions I've done, and I've run into a couple of challenges: 1. How does one indicate a glissando from an indeterminate source (as opposed to a gliss between two specific notes)? Use an invisible note. (see

Jazz Ornamentation

2004-07-31 Thread Lyle Raymond
I'm engraving copies of some solo transcriptions I've done, and I've run into a couple of challenges: 1. How does one indicate a glissando from an indeterminate source (as opposed to a gliss between two specific notes)? 2. What is the best way to display a "ghost" note, either by changing the

question about slurs

2004-07-31 Thread Eugene Kim
Hello, this is a specific question I'm having problems with: I have the following notation: 2( 4) that's a half-note cord slurred with a quarter note chord. The notation is fine, but it only slurs the top notes of the chords, and I want another slur connecting the bottom notes of the chords, if y

question on removing bar numbers

2004-07-31 Thread Patrick Stanistreet
I am including some inline code which is an attempt on my part to print a drum score crib sheet without bar numbers. Commented out stuff doesn't work. Bug? The line #(set-default-paper-size "letter") seems to cause a layout problem although my usage of it may be incorrect. I noticed while adding

Re: help

2004-07-31 Thread Benjamin Esham
On Jul 31, 2004, at 12:29 AM, Graham Percival wrote: If Rosegarden/Noteedit/MusE/ any those graphical score editing programs (that also export lily code) run on windows and osx in addition to Linux, it might be better to point newbies at those programs. Lilypond could focus its speciality (makin

Guitar Chords in Tab

2004-07-31 Thread Lyle Raymond
New Question: following is a short lilypond script which ought to illustrate the fingering for an e-form A major chord. After rendering, I get a block of tab fingerings with a large stem running through it. How do I avoid this? .lp code follows: --v 1 \score

slurs, ties into and out of endings

2004-07-31 Thread Paul Scott
I thought a trick for starting a slur or tie at the beginning of an alternate ending (previous to the first note in the ending as if the slur had started before the ending) had been posted or documented somewhere but I haven't been able to find it. Can anyone help? TIA, Paul Scott ___

Re: Band parts - a newbie's view

2004-07-31 Thread Paul Scott
David Raleigh Arnold wrote: On Wednesday 28 July 2004 12:09 pm, Ralph Little wrote: Hi, Unless I'm mistaken, cut-common and common-time are actually different things. Cut-common is the same as 2/2 not 4/4, whereas common-time and 4/4 are the same thing. Cut-common is usually represented with a C