Re: Shouldn't articulation 'stick' to note-heads?

2008-07-17 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 17.07.2008 um 07:10 schrieb George_: hi guys I was wondering if there were a way to make articulation 'stick' to a notehead, no matter where it is? I use 2.11.49 on XP, and I have a two-part melody, the lower voice is to be played staccato, like so:

Re: Shouldn't articulation 'stick' to note-heads?

2008-07-17 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 17.07.2008 um 07:10 schrieb George_: hi guys I was wondering if there were a way to make articulation 'stick' to a notehead, no matter where it is? I use 2.11.49 on XP, and I have a two-part melody, the lower voice is to be played staccato, like so:

Re: GDP: NR 1.3 Expressive, first draft

2008-07-17 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 17.07.2008 um 00:28 schrieb Graham Percival: I'm happy to announce the first draft of NR 1.3 Expressive! Thanks go to Patrick. Please proofread this carefully; if you find any mistakes, omissions, or anything that's unclear, please post it here! GDP website: http://web.uvic.ca/~gperciva/

Re: GDP: NR 1.3 Expressive, first draft

2008-07-17 Thread Graham Percival
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:38:51 +0200 James E. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should I help with the german translation? I haven't read any of the other pre-release documentation, but it looks like the german translation could use another volunteer. I have nothing to do with the

Re: GDP: NR 1.3 Expressive, first draft

2008-07-17 Thread Mark Knoop
On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 15:28 -0700, Graham Percival wrote: I'm happy to announce the first draft of NR 1.3 Expressive! Looks very good, well done. A couple of suggestions: 1.3.1, Dynamics, Vertically aligning dynamics across multiple notes This example doesn't seem to work - it just aligns the

Re: GDP: NR 1.5 Simultaneous, second draft

2008-07-17 Thread Mark Knoop
On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 18:47 -0700, Graham Percival wrote: I'm happy to announce the second public draft of NR 1.5 Simultaneous notes. 1.5.2 Multiple voices, Single-staff polyphony Typo: s/avobe/above/ Given the number of emails on this list about slur, tie, etc problems arising from using

GDP: NR 3

2008-07-17 Thread Trevor Daniels
NR 3 Input Syntax in GDP has been largely reorganised and several subsections redrafted. Could you please review this for gross errors and omissions before we get down to detailed formatting and wording. The sections which have been substantially modified are: NR 3.1 Input Structure NR 3.3

Re: GDP: NR 3

2008-07-17 Thread Graham Percival
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:17:31 +0100 Trevor Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NR 3.5 MIDI output I think 3.5.7 is unnecessary. Just add , in any MIDI player which supports pitch bending to the item in 3.5.2. I'm not certain if we need a separate subsubsection for instrument names. Why not merge

Re: GDP: NR 1.5 Simultaneous, second draft

2008-07-17 Thread Graham Percival
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:03:07 +0100 Mark Knoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given the number of emails on this list about slur, tie, etc problems arising from using the { ... } \\ { ... } polyphony method, would it perhaps be a good idea to at least include an example of the right way to do it

Re: GDP: NR 1.5 Simultaneous, second draft

2008-07-17 Thread Karl Hammar
Graham: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:03:07 +0100 Mark Knoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given the number of emails on this list about slur, tie, etc problems arising from using the { ... } \\ { ... } polyphony method, would it perhaps be a good idea to at least include an example of the right

Re: GDP: NR 3

2008-07-17 Thread Trevor Daniels
Thanks for the quick response! Graham Percival wrote Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:37 AM On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:17:31 +0100 Trevor Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NR 3.5 MIDI output I think 3.5.7 is unnecessary. Just add , in any MIDI player which supports pitch bending to the item in 3.5.2.

Re: GDP: NR 1.5 Simultaneous, second draft

2008-07-17 Thread Graham Percival
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:04:06 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Hammar) wrote: Graham: { \voiceOne ... } \new Voice { \voiceTwo ... } \oneVoice Is that really the right method? I thought that \\ *was* the right method... in fact, isn't \\ exactly the same as what you propose?

Re: GDP: NR 1.5 Simultaneous, second draft

2008-07-17 Thread Trevor Daniels
Graham Percival wrote Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:25 AM On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:04:06 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Hammar) wrote: Graham: { \voiceOne ... } \new Voice { \voiceTwo ... } \oneVoice Is that really the right method? I thought that \\ *was* the right method... in

combined time signature

2008-07-17 Thread James E. Bailey
Just out of curiousity, is there way to do either the clef or the time signature for real? \version 2.11.52 { \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print \override Staff.Clef #'text = \markup {\musicglyph #clefs.G \hspace #-1.7 \musicglyph #clefs.G} \override

Re: GDP: NR 1.5 Simultaneous, second draft

2008-07-17 Thread Daniel Hulme
Karl Hammar wrote: Graham: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:03:07 +0100 Mark Knoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given the number of emails on this list about slur, tie, etc problems arising from using the { ... } \\ { ... } polyphony method, would it perhaps be a good idea to at least include an example

Re: Changing notes based on fingerings

2008-07-17 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Le 16 juil. 08 à 16:13, Eric Knapp a écrit : The next issue in trying to extend Lilypond for my instrument is that I want to change things in the Note based on the text in the Fingering. Here's an example, this displayMusic call results in the make-music call that is after it. I have code

Re: Changing notes based on fingerings

2008-07-17 Thread Eric Knapp
Hello, Nicolas. On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Nicolas Sceaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you mean a FingeringEvent music expression, or a Fingering grob? Once you have grobs, it's too late for modifying music expressions. You can navigate down music expressions, but not up. But see below.

Re: Changing notes based on fingerings

2008-07-17 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Le 17 juil. 08 à 16:16, Eric Knapp a écrit : I am using this approach with good results. I know the music expression I want to create. I just need to be able to catch music expressions so that I can get the fingering number that the user entered. Then I can create the correct note based on the

Re: GDP: NR 1.3 Expressive, first draft

2008-07-17 Thread Patrick McCarty
Hi Mark, On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Mark Knoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks very good, well done. Thanks! 1.3.1, Dynamics, Vertically aligning dynamics across multiple notes This example doesn't seem to work - it just aligns the tops of the dynamic marks. There is an LSR example

Cannot move an accent articulation

2008-07-17 Thread Marco Caliari
Hi all. I have some problems with the snippet below. First of all, there is a collision in the first bar between the tie and the articulation (but I can easily solve it). In the second bar, the tie starts at the end of the previous notehead and finishes at the beginning of the following notehead,

Re: GDP: NR 1.3 Expressive, first draft

2008-07-17 Thread Mark Knoop
On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 09:42 -0700, Patrick McCarty wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Mark Knoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.3.1, New dynamic marks The first example on this page unfortunately cuts off the top of the 'f'. This is a known issue:

Re: GDP: NR 1.3 Expressive, first draft

2008-07-17 Thread Patrick McCarty
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Mark Knoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 09:42 -0700, Patrick McCarty wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Mark Knoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.3.1, New dynamic marks The first example on this page unfortunately cuts off the top of

Re: Cannot move an accent articulation

2008-07-17 Thread Patrick McCarty
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Marco Caliari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I have some problems with the snippet below. First of all, there is a collision in the first bar between the tie and the articulation (but I can easily solve it). In the second bar, the tie starts at the end of

Re: Cannot move an accent articulation

2008-07-17 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 17.07.2008 um 18:54 schrieb Marco Caliari: Hi all. Finally (and here I need your help), I would like to move the accent articulation in the second last bar close to the c notehead (as in the fourth last bar), but \override Script #'Y-offset does not seem to work. You need to set the

Re: Cannot move an accent articulation

2008-07-17 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/7/17 Patrick McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The first three problems look like bugs to me. I don't know if they have been reported yet or not. Valentin, do you know? The collision has been reported. The dot positioning isn't a bug; it's standard typesetting practice. Consider the ambiguity

question about lyrics changing via \set associatedVoice

2008-07-17 Thread Steven Butner
I'm trying to engrave a 4-part vocal piece that has a single line of lyrics that is associated with one of the voices at a time. I've chosen to use the Hymn-snippet.ly (see attachment) as the base for this job though it had 4 stanzas so I did a bit of simple adaptation to make it more suited

Still confused about context vs. new

2008-07-17 Thread Patrick Horgan
I see many examples with \context, or \new used in the same place. I've read LM 3.1.1 for example which tells me that if I don't create explicitly a \new Staff or \new Voice, they will be created automatically, and goes on to refer to that as the implicit creation of contexts. I often see

Re: GDP: NR 1.5 Simultaneous, second draft

2008-07-17 Thread Karl Hammar
Daniel: Karl Hammar wrote: Graham: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:03:07 +0100 Mark Knoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given the number of emails on this list about slur, tie, etc problems arising from using the { ... } \\ { ... } polyphony method, would it perhaps be a good idea to at least

Re: solved: Staff spacing problem with piano centered dynamics

2008-07-17 Thread Neil Puttock
Hi Jim, 2008/7/17 jimmy2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I still wish I knew how to force staves of a particular system to be closer. I tried various commands which seemed like they should work, but with no effect. Have a look at the headword for NR 1.8 `Text'

Re: question about lyrics changing via \set associatedVoice

2008-07-17 Thread Karl Hammar
Steven: ... into the tenor voice. I've tried inserting the command \set associatedVoice = #three one syllable before the point where the voice association needs to change to tenor but what happens is simply that the lyrics stop happening altogether (at that point). My thinking ...

Re: GDP: NR 1.5 Simultaneous, second draft

2008-07-17 Thread Francisco Vila
2008/7/17 Karl Hammar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ex1: { \A } \\ { \B } creates TWO new voices, which get you into problems when doing \lyricsto, where Ex2: { \voiceOne \a } \new Voice { \voiceTwo \b } \oneVoice only creates ONE new voice, \a belongs to the same voice as the surronding music.

Re: solved: Staff spacing problem with piano centered dynamics

2008-07-17 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/7/17 Jim Cline [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Neil, thanks for the info! I had plowed through section 4.5.3 previously, but the explicit example you mentioned looks like it will be more helpful--Jim Unfortunately, that section is undermined by the formatting of the examples, since every system

Re: Still confused about context vs. new

2008-07-17 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 17.07.2008 um 22:35 schrieb Patrick Horgan: I see many examples with \context, or \new used in the same place. I've read LM 3.1.1 for example which tells me that if I don't create explicitly a \new Staff or \new Voice, they will be created automatically, and goes on to refer to that

glissandi and line breaks

2008-07-17 Thread luis jure
dear list, i'm trying to resolve a tricky passage involving double stop glissandi spanning several measures. i found a solution involving three different voices. the difficult part is that due to music spacing, i need a line break in middle of the glissando. this works well with parallel

Re: \repeat with upbeat (partial) and alternatives

2008-07-17 Thread Dan Eble
E.Weehaeli writes: it is only after a long search that I found an easy way to repeat a part of a melody - with an upbeat - ending before the end of a measure - having different durations in the alternatives - without producing warnings in the log \version 2.11.49 { \repeat volta