Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite

2010-02-03 Thread Johan Vromans
Kirill writes: > Update for sib2ly released (v1.01, 2 Feb 2010) > > * Chord symbols now supported. Confirmed. > * sib2lydump.plg updated to work with Sibelius 5. Confirmed. I'm very impressed! > Johan, > When you reported that chords do not work, I misunderstood you at first. > The chords a

Re: Lilypond vs Score

2010-02-03 Thread Gerard McConnell
After seeing that output, I'm curious: has anybody played around in Lilypond with making the staff curve around (like forming a circle, or just bending down the page or something)? I'd like to be able to do that. Best, Jonathan This is exactly why I 'm so glad that Lilypond can produce S

Re: Ambitus

2010-02-03 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 01 February 2010 22:41:36 you wrote: > On 31 January 2010 20:01, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > > You can write your own engraver that listens to the note-event rather > > than the created NoteHead grobs. There, you can easily extract the > > p

Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Brett McCoy
I have a score where I need to indicate Drop D tuning for the guitar (6th string is tuned down to D). The typical way this is indicated in guitar music is a (6) = D (circle with a 6 in it = D), placed at the top left of page 1 under the title, but above a tempo mark. I am relatively new to Lilypond

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Brett, > I have a score where I need to indicate Drop D tuning for the guitar > (6th string is tuned down to D). The typical way this is indicated in > guitar music is a (6) = D (circle with a 6 in it = D), placed at the > top left of page 1 under the title, but above a tempo mark. I am > relat

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Brett McCoy
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > \version "2.13.11" > > dropD = \markup \line { \circle 6 "= D" } > > \header { >  title = "Drip, Drip, Drop-D" >  piece = \dropD > } > > \score { >  \relative d { \clef "treble_8" d1 } > } > > Hope this helps! It sure did, exactly what I

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread David Stocker
Brett, This is a modification of the code I use to draw this mark. Maybe you can put this in the \header block somewhere where it will appear in the appropriate place. I place this mark below the first system's clef by attaching it to the first note an then using an \tweak or an offset script

How to glue markup with parameter passed note in define-music-function environment?

2010-02-03 Thread Paweł Różański
Hello, I'm trying to define music function, a note with baroque descriptions. So it boils down to achieving (simplified example): c'_\markup{s} via: fun = #(define-music-function (parser location note) (ly:music?) #{ $note \mark \markup{ s } #}) { \fun c' } -

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread James Bailey
On 03.02.2010, at 20:45, David Stocker wrote: Brett, This is a modification of the code I use to draw this mark. Maybe you can put this in the \header block somewhere where it will appear in the appropriate place. Sorry, I'm having difficulty visualizing this. Where in the \header bloc

parts without time (and bars and key)

2010-02-03 Thread Werner
I want to write without time, with no bars and - with no key-signature (or C-major), but the behavior should be: every accidental holds only for one note, so naturals aren't necessary (can be forced like always with ! or ?) but for repeated fis e.g. it is printed always a sharp. Is there already a

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread David Stocker
Kieren suggested piece. James Bailey wrote: On 03.02.2010, at 20:45, David Stocker wrote: Brett, This is a modification of the code I use to draw this mark. Maybe you can put this in the \header block somewhere where it will appear in the appropriate place. Sorry, I'm having difficulty v

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Brett McCoy
Yes, David, I put your markup in piece and it worked fine, just like Kieren's version. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:22 PM, David Stocker wrote: > Kieren suggested piece. > > James Bailey wrote: >> >> On 03.02.2010, at 20:45, David Stocker wrote: >> >>> Brett, >>> >>> This is a modification of the cod

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Nick Payne
I prefer to have the indication just to the left of the first stave, and for this I set the instrument name, as it automatically gets placed correctly: \relative c' { \clef "treble_8" \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \bold { \circle {6} "= D " } c1 } Nick On 04/02/10 06:28, Bre

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Brett McCoy
That looks nice, too. In many guitar books, though, I see it placed at the top, especially if other strings need to be downtuned also, like a lot of metal guitarists do. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Nick Payne wrote: > I prefer to have the indication just to the left of the first stave, and fo

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread James Bailey
Oh yeah, that makes total sense. Thanks. I haven't seen Kieren's email yet. On 03.02.2010, at 21:22, David Stocker wrote: Kieren suggested piece. James Bailey wrote: On 03.02.2010, at 20:45, David Stocker wrote: Brett, This is a modification of the code I use to draw this mark. Maybe y

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread James Bailey
Oh yeah, that makes total sense. Thanks. I haven't seen Kieren's email yet. On 03.02.2010, at 21:22, David Stocker wrote: Kieren suggested piece. James Bailey wrote: On 03.02.2010, at 20:45, David Stocker wrote: Brett, This is a modification of the code I use to draw this mark. Maybe y

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Nick Payne
That can be accomodated too:-) e.g. \relative c' { \clef "treble_8" \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \column { \bold \line { \circle {3} "= F# " } \bold \line { \circle {6} "= D " } } c1 } Nick On 04/02/10 07:32, Brett McCoy wrote: That looks nice, too. In ma

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Nick Payne
And for a piece like Koyunbaba, where five of the six strings are retuned, something like this: %== \version "2.13.11" \include "english.ly" \pointAndClickOff actual = \markup { \lower #1.9 \score { \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_eng

RE: parts without time (and bars and key)

2010-02-03 Thread James Lowe
I guess you just use c major and for accidentals See Notation Reference - Automatic accidentals. One of those will do what you want ('dodecaphonic' or possibly 'forget'). I don't know about no time but you can also remove the bar engraver See same document Visibility and color of objects It's

Re: How to glue markup with parameter passed note indefine-music-function environment?

2010-02-03 Thread Gilles THIBAULT
how to achieve $note_\markup{ s } in define-music-function definition.. because $note_ can't be parsed correctly. Well, you can try this work-around with a \skip and a <<>> construct. % fun = #(define-music-function (parser location note)(ly:music?) #{ << $note s1*0_\markup { s }

Re: Drop D tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Brett McCoy
That's an interesting way to do it. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Nick Payne wrote: > And for a piece like Koyunbaba, where five of the six strings are retuned, > something like this: > > %== > \version "2.13.11" > > \include "english.ly" > > \pointAndClickOff > > actual = \

Re: How to glue markup with parameter passed note indefine-music-function environment?

2010-02-03 Thread Paweł Różański
>> how to achieve >> $note_\markup{ s } > << $note s1*0_\markup { s } >> Ahh of course :) a zero length skip In my example it works better without << >> I just s1*0_\markup { s} $note, so it enters markup in place, and add note thereafter. > For a more advanced function, you'll have to use scheme

Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite

2010-02-03 Thread Michael Good
Hi Kirill, This is an interesting approach to Sibelius to LilyPond conversion. However, I do agree with Carl's earlier message. It seems that a more generally useful approach would be to improve MusicXML to LilyPond conversion. The Dolet 5 for Sibelius and Dolet 5 for Finale converters both con

Re: String number collision

2010-02-03 Thread Bobber
David Stocker wrote: Greetings. Your example works as is in 2.13.11, with the string number indications appearing above the beams of the notes. I'm using the 2.12 stable branch. Is 2.13.11 mostly usable? -- Bob Wooldridge Blog: http://kc0dxf.net/blog/ _

Re: String number collision

2010-02-03 Thread Graham Percival
On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 07:42:18PM -0600, Bobber wrote: > David Stocker wrote: >> >> Your example works as is in 2.13.11, with the string number >> indications appearing above the beams of the notes. > I'm using the 2.12 stable branch. Is 2.13.11 mostly usable? 2.13.12 (not yet released) has 17

Major and minor

2010-02-03 Thread Éric Bouvéron
Hi, I include a file, on which I tried to show a probblem. When major, a triangle is put up the name of the chord, when minor, a "m" is written on the same level as the chord. Is it possible to have the triangle and the "m"at the chord level, and keep the rest as it is? With thanks and regards, Eri

String number tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Bobber
I would like to have more control over where string numbers, left hand fingerings and right hand fingers are placed. I mean putting them below a note, to the side or above. Is this possible? -- Bob Wooldridge Blog: http://kc0dxf.net/blog/ ___ li

Re: String number tuning

2010-02-03 Thread David Stocker
Bob, Not only is it possible, but it is probable that doing so will increase your fun quotient with LilyPond. You'll be interested in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Inside-the-staff#Fingering-instructions In particular, be aware that modifications like \set finge

Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite

2010-02-03 Thread Kirill
Michael Good wrote: Obviously one can do much better than Dolet 1 with Sibelius 6, but I don't think this extends to Dolet 5. Hi Michael, Granted, your Dolet 5 is perhaps much more advanced than the earlier versions. I'm sure you are doing a wonderful job there, and a very useful one too.

Re: String number tuning

2010-02-03 Thread Bobber
Tried it but nothing happens: % measure 2: << { r8 c'8 e8 c8 e4 } \\ { \set fingeringOrientations = #'(right) c,2.-4 } >> David Stocker wrote: Bob, Not only is it possible, but it is probable that doing so will increase your fun quotient with LilyPond. You'l

Re: Editing notes in a separate file

2010-02-03 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 1/2/10 10:06 AM, "Michael J. O'Donnell" wrote: > In the hope that I had overlooked > something (I've read the whole notation manual, but there are clearly > things that haven't made it in yet---I've found some of them in the > *.scm and *.ly sources but there are bound to be others that I've >

Re: Re: String number tuning

2010-02-03 Thread nick . payne
BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }Try 2 in the 2nd voice. Nick On Thu 04/02/10 2:09 PM , Bobber bob...@kc0dxf.net sent: Tried it but nothing happens: > % measure 2: > { r8 c'8 e8 c8 e4 } \ > { set fingeringOrientations = #

Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite

2010-02-03 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Thu, 4 Feb 2010, Michael Good wrote: There will definitely be lossiness going from Sibelius to an intermediate format, and from that intermediate format to LilyPond. But I think the lossiness will be minimized if that intermediate format is MusicXML produced by our latest Dolet plug-ins. Th