Percussion Notation

2011-06-26 Thread cdg
version 2.14.1 First off, I'm VERY new to using Lilypond. I'd consider myself quite an advanced Finale user, but I'm having a blast with Lilypond! I am a percussionists, so maybe I'm a little more picky in the percussion notation for a few things. But my main concern for now is the notation

Re: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-26 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:43:04 +0200, Marc Hohl wrote: > Am 26.06.2011 09:52, schrieb David Kastrup: >> Marc Hohl writes: >> >>> Not to speak about accordion, where upper case letters denote the bass >>> note and lower case letters the chord. >>> >>> So you'll have (depending on the rhythm) >>> >>>

Re: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-26 Thread Tim McNamara
On Jun 26, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 2011-06-24 um 19:21 schrieb Carl Sorensen: > >>> Perhaps I misunderstand the slash-notation (inversion): I use it to >>> define the bass string to pick on the guitar. >> >> That's the way I use it as well. But I'm totally familiar wi

Re: Precise locating rendered items

2011-06-26 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:06:55AM +0200, Jacek Gajek wrote: > My idea is to allow user to place notes by clicking on a prerendered > image by lily. All I need is to determine where did the user clicked. Use point-and-click, read the Usage manual. Use pdf display, I recommend the poppler library.

Precise locating rendered items

2011-06-26 Thread Jacek Gajek
Hello! I am developing an app in which user should be capable to place notes on a staff. I don't want to implement a whole rendering engine, I decided to use lilypond. Now. My idea is to allow user to place notes by clicking on a prerendered image by lily. All I need is to determine where did the

Re: system-system-spacing in lilypond-book-file

2011-06-26 Thread -Eluze
kontrapunktstefan wrote: > > Dear community, > I tried to change the system-system-spacing in a latex-file. Although I > was > able to increase the system-system-spacing by > embedding the score in a book-context, the output isn't convincing. > What else could I do? > well, i'm not sure to hit

Re: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-26 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2011-06-24 um 19:21 schrieb Carl Sorensen: Perhaps I misunderstand the slash-notation (inversion): I use it to define the bass string to pick on the guitar. That's the way I use it as well. But I'm totally familiar with this being C/E. That's the only layout I've ever seen for this kin

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-26 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2011-06-25 um 02:49 schrieb Marc Mouries: Thank you, but mostly I have no choice but must reproduce some original. i have typeset several traditional score and don't remember seeing score with incomplete measures. Would you mind sending me or pointing me to some example? I don't need t

Re: Simple guitar tab questions

2011-06-26 Thread Federico Bruni
Il giorno dom, 26/06/2011 alle 16.20 +0100, Stroller ha scritto: > > \version "2.14.1" > \new TabStaff { > \repeat percent 4 { a,\5 a,\5 c\5 d\5 } > \repeat percent 2 { d\4 d\4 f\4 g\4 } > \repeat percent 2 { a,\5 a,\5 c\5 d\5 } > \repeat percent 2 { e,\6 e,\6 g,\6 a,\6 } >

Re: Simple guitar tab questions

2011-06-26 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 26.06.2011 17:20, schrieb Stroller: Hi there, I'm new to making music and have no previous education in this matter. I thought to use Lilypond to type up the handwritten tab that my guitar teacher has given me. I have a couple of questions, and I hope you will forgive me if they're stupid

Re: Repeats clashing with \bar "||"

2011-06-26 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 26.06.2011 18:35, schrieb Jesse Engle: Hello, I've noticed that when I use \bar "||", any repeat sign that follows it is omitted. I've pasted a snippet demonstrating this issue here: http://www.pastie.org/pastes/2125208/text Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?...Jesse No, it's a

Re: Simple guitar tab questions

2011-06-26 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Stroller" To: Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 4:20 PM Subject: Simple guitar tab questions Hi there, I'm new to making music and have no previous education in this matter. I thought to use Lilypond to type up the handwritten tab that my guitar teacher has g

Re: Problem with \set currentBarNumber

2011-06-26 Thread Nick Baskin
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Neil Puttock wrote: > On 26 June 2011 15:09, Nick Baskin wrote: > > Neil, > > When I try to move the Timing_translator by both adding it to the Staff > > context and removing it from the Score context, the file starts to > compile, > > but then stops without doin

Repeats clashing with \bar "||"

2011-06-26 Thread Jesse Engle
Hello, I've noticed that when I use \bar "||", any repeat sign that follows it is omitted. I've pasted a snippet demonstrating this issue here: http://www.pastie.org/pastes/2125208/text Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?...Jesse ___ lilypon

Re: Bug Squad: 40-minute-a-week volunteer needed

2011-06-26 Thread Colin Campbell
On 11-06-26 08:07 AM, Graham Percival wrote: On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 08:40:55AM -0500, Derek Klinge wrote: I don't have any experience with bug tracking or anything like that, but am willing to help out. I am an experienced Linux user, and have regular access to e-mail and such. Gre

Simple guitar tab questions

2011-06-26 Thread Stroller
Hi there, I'm new to making music and have no previous education in this matter. I thought to use Lilypond to type up the handwritten tab that my guitar teacher has given me. I have a couple of questions, and I hope you will forgive me if they're stupid ones. Firstly, I think the following sn

Re: system-system-spacing in lilypond-book-file

2011-06-26 Thread flup2
Hello, I don't yet know why, but if you add a line oddFooterMarkup=##f in your \paper block, your music fragment doesn't go to the next page. But I was not yet able so solve the "ragged" problem. Philippe -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/system-system-spacing-in-lil

Re: Bug Squad: 40-minute-a-week volunteer needed

2011-06-26 Thread Janek Warchoł
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 08:40:55AM -0500, Derek Klinge wrote: >>    I don't have any experience with bug tracking or anything like that, but >>    am willing to help out. I am an experienced Linux user, and have regular >>    access to e-mail and such. Great! Thanks for volunteering! Janek

Re: Problem with \set currentBarNumber

2011-06-26 Thread Neil Puttock
On 26 June 2011 15:09, Nick Baskin wrote: > Neil, > When I try to move the Timing_translator by both adding it to the Staff > context and removing it from the Score context, the file starts to compile, > but then stops without doing anything after printing the following message: > ERROR: In proced

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/6/26 Graham Percival : > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 04:05:10PM +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote: >> IIRC, we start GLISS after GOP, so this will not be decided until 2012 >> i'm afraid. > > We'll start GLISS when I have time to manage it.  That isn't > necessarily after GOP. ok. I hope i'll have enou

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 04:05:10PM +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote: > IIRC, we start GLISS after GOP, so this will not be decided until 2012 > i'm afraid. We'll start GLISS when I have time to manage it. That isn't necessarily after GOP. I'm optimistic that by late August I can delegate enough mundan

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/6/26 Graham Percival : > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 03:53:09PM +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote: >> Yes, this construct seems clear. >> However, the problem is: should we do this now or maybe do GLISS first? > > There's no maybe.  We're not introducing any major new syntax like > this right now. Ah, i

RE: Bug Squad: 40-minute-a-week volunteer needed

2011-06-26 Thread James Lowe
Welcome aboard Derek! From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org [lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org] on behalf of Graham Percival [gra...@percival-music.ca] Sent: 26 June 2011 15:07 To: Derek Klinge; Phil Holmes Cc: lil

Re: Problem with \set currentBarNumber

2011-06-26 Thread Nick Baskin
Neil, When I try to move the Timing_translator by both adding it to the Staff context and removing it from the Score context, the file starts to compile, but then stops without doing anything after printing the following message: ERROR: In procedure number->string: ERROR: Wrong type argument in po

Re: Bug Squad: 40-minute-a-week volunteer needed

2011-06-26 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 08:40:55AM -0500, Derek Klinge wrote: >I don't have any experience with bug tracking or anything like that, but >am willing to help out. I am an experienced Linux user, and have regular >access to e-mail and such. Great! You're scheduled for: 20 minutes Wedne

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 03:53:09PM +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote: > Yes, this construct seems clear. > However, the problem is: should we do this now or maybe do GLISS first? There's no maybe. We're not introducing any major new syntax like this right now. Cheers, - Graham

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/6/26 Bernardo Barros > > Yeah, I'd like this feature, the syntax seems pretty clear. > > Also would be great for a proper implementation of chords glissandos! > > As in: >  \glissando > > Graham: you have already proposed a clever scheme hack for doing this > a year ago or so. Would be reall

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:37:43AM -0300, Bernardo Barros wrote: > < f)@1 c')@2 > > > This syntax already works? > It looks like a great idea, > but I got an error here. No, it's just a demonstration of what would be possible. Cheers, - Graham ___ li

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Bernardo Barros
Yeah, I'd like this feature, the syntax seems pretty clear. Also would be great for a proper implementation of chords glissandos! As in: \glissando Graham: you have already proposed a clever scheme hack for doing this a year ago or so. Would be really great if someone step up and implement th

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Bernardo Barros
< f)@1 c')@2 > This syntax already works? It looks like a great idea, but I got an error here. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > 2011/6/26 David Kastrup : >> Janek Warchoł writes: >> >>> However, i see a problem now: it would be difficult to difene what >>> should happen if more than 1 slur is defined in a chord, for example >>> < f ) c') > which note should be slurred with which one? >> >> I'd us

Bug Squad: 40-minute-a-week volunteer needed

2011-06-26 Thread Graham Percival
Hi guys, In order to respond to bug reports in a prompt and efficient manner, we are seeking 1 person who is willing to work for 20 minutes, two times a week. Ideally this would be: 20 minutes on Wednesday 20 minutes on Saturday but if necessary we could reshuffle the days. This job is stric

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/6/26 David Kastrup : > Janek Warchoł writes: > >> However, i see a problem now: it would be difficult to difene what >> should happen if more than 1 slur is defined in a chord, for example >> < f ) c') > which note should be slurred with which one? > > I'd use sequential, left to right.  It

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > However, i see a problem now: it would be difficult to difene what > should happen if more than 1 slur is defined in a chord, for example > < f ) c') > which note should be slurred with which one? I'd use sequential, left to right. It is a bit counterintuitive with rega

Re: Problem with \set currentBarNumber

2011-06-26 Thread Neil Puttock
On 24 June 2011 21:19, Nick Baskin wrote: > Is this a bug, or is there something else I need to add to the Staff context > to > get the desired output? It's not a bug. currentBarNumber is maintained by the Timing_translator, which lives in the Score context unless you move it. If you don't mov

Re: Position of slur between two notes in different chords

2011-06-26 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/6/22 Markus Pfaff > > Am 21.06.2011 16:16, schrieb Janek Warchoł: > > 2011/6/21 Markus Pfaff: > >> A slur from one chord to another is positioned relative to the complete > >> chord. > >> > >> In my opinion this reduces readability of the score. > >> Shouldn't the slur go from the note insid

system-system-spacing in lilypond-book-file

2011-06-26 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear community, I tried to change the system-system-spacing in a latex-file. Although I was able to increase the system-system-spacing by embedding the score in a book-context, the output isn't convincing. What else could I do? % EXAMPLE % \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}

Re: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-26 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 26.06.2011 09:52, schrieb David Kastrup: Marc Hohl writes: Not to speak about accordion, where upper case letters denote the bass note and lower case letters the chord. So you'll have (depending on the rhythm) C c c c / _E_ c c c / C c c c / E e e e / A am am am More likely C c G c / _E

Re: LilypondTool and jEdit version

2011-06-26 Thread Nick Payne
On 26/06/11 19:03, Helge Kruse wrote: Hello, some times ago, LilypondTool was sticked to a specific jEdit version (4.3pre16). Does the limitation still exists or can I use a newer jEdit version? It's working fine on my machine with jEdit 4.4.1. The version of Lilypondtool I'm using is 2.12.

Re: LilypondTool and jEdit version

2011-06-26 Thread flup2
Hello, For what it looks, LilypondTool seems to work well with JEdit 4.4.1 release. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/LilypondTool-and-jEdit-version-tp31929980p31930007.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

LilypondTool and jEdit version

2011-06-26 Thread Helge Kruse
Hello, some times ago, LilypondTool was sticked to a specific jEdit version (4.3pre16). Does the limitation still exists or can I use a newer jEdit version? Regards, Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/

Re: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-26 Thread David Kastrup
Marc Hohl writes: > Not to speak about accordion, where upper case letters > denote the bass note and lower case letters the chord. > > So you'll have (depending on the rhythm) > > C c c c / _E_ c c c / C c c c / E e e e / A am am am More likely C c G c / _E_ c C c / C c G c / E e7 _G#_ e7 / A

Re: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-26 Thread David Kastrup
David Raleigh Arnold writes: > C / C/E / C / E / Am > > C / C/e / C / E / Am > > C/e is clearly better than C/E, and it is becoming more and more > popular. Consistent upper case chord names and lower case note > names is a good idea. Well, accordion scores consistently use small letters for t

Re: Spacing between staves

2011-06-26 Thread Keith OHara
Richard Opheim gmail.com> writes: > I used to be able to control the space between staves using > > \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent > Spacing of staves was the major change made for version 2.14. The conversion program does not try to auto-convert this particular override, b