Re: /parenthesize in drummode?

2006-05-19 Thread bernie arai
On 5/17/06, Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you have to add Parenthesis_engraver to the DrumVoice context definition -- thanks, i didn't get contexts and was afraid to learn until now. how do i customize the context plugins if my drumVoice is instantiated this way: \context DrumV

Re: /parenthesize in drummode?

2006-05-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
bernie arai schreef: On 5/17/06, Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you have to add Parenthesis_engraver to the DrumVoice context definition -- thanks, i didn't get contexts and was afraid to learn until now. how do i customize the context plugins if my drumVoice is instantiated thi

convert-ly detailed steps for use by a non programmer.

2006-05-19 Thread alanvw
Hi all, Would someone kindly give detailed directions on how to use the "convert-ly"program for non programmers.(or an example) OS - Win.XP Home \version "2.8.0" Kind Regards, Alan Albury-Ward -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Vir

Feature request - jazz / bigband notation and caesurae

2006-05-19 Thread lilypond
Seeing as I've made enough of a fuss about other things ... I've seen somebody else ask about modern "tram-line" caesurae, and I want things like a free-format gliss ... What sort of price am I looking at to sponsor these - I guess it's just a new character in a font? Basically the four things

Re: Beam Positions

2006-05-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Mats Bengtsson schreef: This clearly looks like a bug, so I forward it to bug-lilypond. fixed in CVS. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen LilyPond Software Design -- Code for Music Notation http://www.lilypond-design.com ___

using ec-font-mftraced for headers only

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen
This post has a part for the developers to consider and for the users archive. The part for the developers to consider is that Lilypond needs a display font for the header. Sometimes enlarging and enboldening a text font does not work as well as using a font that was designed to be displayed a

Re: Feature request - jazz / bigband notation and caesurae

2006-05-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: Seeing as I've made enough of a fuss about other things ... I've seen somebody else ask about modern "tram-line" caesurae, and I want things like a free-format gliss ... What sort of price am I looking at to sponsor these - I guess it's just a new character in a fon

Re: Feature request - jazz / bigband notation and caesurae

2006-05-19 Thread Paul Scott
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: Seeing as I've made enough of a fuss about other things ... I've seen somebody else ask about modern "tram-line" caesurae, and I want things like a free-format gliss ... What sort of price am I looking at to sponsor these - I guess it's jus

Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

2006-05-19 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes If the problem is that you don't know tenor clef yourself and input the music, pretending that it has a bass clef, not a tenor clef, then you will input the music a fifth too low, so you could use \transpose f c' Or pre

Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

2006-05-19 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes I think it's much more easier now to tranpose the notes in my head and afterwards write them directly as a staff in bass clef, as Mats Brengtsson proposed. My Idea was to first write the notes in tenor clef so that I can check if

Re: FW: Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

2006-05-19 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ralph Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Hi, I've just thought of a good example, and sorry if I sound patronising :( Say you wanted to score a piano-accompanied solo for tenor trombone. A tenor trombone is usually "pitched" in Bb. Sorry. Wrong! If you mean a t

Re: Feature request - jazz / bigband notation and caesurae

2006-05-19 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes 4) not sure what it's called, but it looks like a right parenthesis hanging from the note head, usually seen for trombones and trumpets, and again is a form of gliss. I think this is called a "fall." Price: 65 EUR; I will ne

Re: newbie part extraction on same page

2006-05-19 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes If you want two separate scores printed below eachother, just include two \score{...} blocks in your input file. If they fit on the same page, LilyPond will print them on the same page. I'm trying to do roughly the same

Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

2006-05-19 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes I still think that you are confusing things with the issue of transposing instruments, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposing_instrument. I'm not an expert in brass instruments, but according to that article, trombon

Re: Codas - STILL can't get it right...

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen
From: "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:29 PM On 17-May-06, at 8:42 AM, Stephen wrote: K, I get the error message 'The PostScript backend does not support the 'classic' framework. Use the EPS backend instead, lilypond -b eps or remove the lilypond-boo

Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen
From: "Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 3:09 PM Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: Hi, Roman: My Idea was to first write the notes in tenor clef so that I can check if I did everything wright on an outprint. If you are copying music written for the trombone using the tr

Re: Feature request - jazz / bigband notation and caesurae

2006-05-19 Thread Paul Scott
Anthony W. Youngman wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes 4) not sure what it's called, but it looks like a right parenthesis hanging from the note head, usually seen for trombones and trumpets, and again is a form of gliss. I think this is called a "fal

set Hairpin length as percentage of "normal"?

2006-05-19 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
[ Lilypond 2.9.4-3 ] Hey, y'all! Just wondering if there's a way to set the length of a Hairpin as a percentage of its "natural" length (as determined by Lilypond) -- for example, something like \once \override Voice.Hairpin #'length = #0.8 I'm trying to come up with the easiest way t

Re: set Hairpin length as percentage of "normal"?

2006-05-19 Thread Graham Percival
On 19-May-06, at 1:51 PM, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: Just wondering if there's a way to set the length of a Hairpin as a percentage of its "natural" length (as determined by Lilypond) -- for example, something like \once \override Voice.Hairpin #'length = #0.8 I'm trying to come up

Re: set Hairpin length as percentage of "normal"?

2006-05-19 Thread Trevor Bača
On 5/19/06, Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 19-May-06, at 1:51 PM, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote:> Just wondering if there's a way to set the length of a Hairpin as a> percentage of its "natural" length (as determined by Lilypond) -- for > example, something like>> \once \overrid

Re: set Hairpin length as percentage of "normal"?

2006-05-19 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Hairpins ending on a barline have been added to CVS, How great!!! Thank you, everyone responsible! =) Given the new code required for that, are there any new ways to get Hairpins to stop before the next note (even if it's not right after a barline) or have (e.g.) a whole note with a half-n

Connecting notes on separate staves...

2006-05-19 Thread Rick Hogg
Hello,I've come across a problem.  I'm using cross-staff beams, in conjunction with voices using << \\ >>, but the note from the top staff doesn't line up with the notes from the bottom.  Have a look:%\version "2.8.3"\layout { ragged-right = ##t }stemExtend = \once \override

MIDI2ly problem

2006-05-19 Thread Ben
I use Lilypond 2.6.5 on Windows XP, and my MIDI2ly feature isn't working. I've seen stuff like this in the archives, but the closest I could find was about lilypond-book. This, however, dealt with latex not midi. Please help me sort out this problem. The output I recieved from MIDI2ly is this:   D

Re: MIDI2ly problem

2006-05-19 Thread Edward Z. Yang
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ben, I mailed the mailing list recently. I believe it's a problem with the version of Python bundled with Lilypond. The people on the mailing list never replied: I think they're tired of having to answer Windows users that can't seem to get the Pyth

Changing where lyrics are layout on sheet

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen Torri
I have a piece of music for church which had a key change only for the 5th measure. So I wrote the entire piece using a volta for the first four measures. Now the lyrics for the first four measures are in the right spot in the piece but I would like the lyrics for the fifth verse to be just under t

Re: Changing where lyrics are layout on sheet

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen Torri
On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 00:06 -0500, Stephen Torri wrote: > I have a piece of music for church which had a key change only for the > 5th measure. Never send emails after 10 pm. Go to bed instead. Bah! I mean to say that the key change occurs when playing the piece for the 5th time. So key of C for