Re: Is this a bug or am I doing it wrong?

2011-11-06 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 6 November 2011 00:49, jakob lund jakob.be...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list I am setting up a lead sheat with chord names. At one point there is a descending bassline over a minor chord, and I'd like to display something like: Gm/f#/f/e i.e. don't repeat the Gm with each new

How to change the stem-length?

2011-11-06 Thread harm6
Hi, using a beam-stencil-override, I'd wish to adjust the stem-length within the beam-stencil-override. The following (boiled down) function works fine in most cases, even with kneed-beams. But when using it in a cross-staff example with kneed-beams, I've noticed a problem: Some stems are

Re: Making feathered beams more variable

2011-11-06 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi David, 2011/11/4 Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@googlemail.com (...) Also, I deleted my attempt to automatize stem-shortning (for now stems are to be shortened manually. This works! :)). Perhaps I start a new try with 2.15.13 and the 'length-property next weekend. (...) I think the

Re: Creating Musical Examples without Meter

2011-11-06 Thread ivan . k . kuznetsov
Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca writes: On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 02:46:58PM -0500, ivan.k.kuznet...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, the syntax I am using in my example: #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 16) is an example of proportional notation, no? If not,

Re: Creating Musical Examples without Meter

2011-11-06 Thread ivan . k . kuznetsov
Bill Mooney mooney...@aim.com writes: By using two 'Score' statements I think your requirement is met, EXCEPT that it works only if the example is only one system. By choosing a wider page eg 'landscape' mode one might be able to obtain a fairly large example (more measures) while

MIDI novice; cannot get Reference examples to play

2011-11-06 Thread ivan . k . kuznetsov
I am _absolutely new to MIDI. I am however able to get some random MIDI files I found on the web to play through my Alesis synthesizer with the command: aplaymidi --port 16:0 file_i_found.mid (I am working under Linux, CentOS 5.6). However, I cannot get any Lilypond created midi files to

Re: MIDI novice; cannot get Reference examples to play

2011-11-06 Thread Federico Bruni
Il 06/11/2011 20:16, ivan.k.kuznet...@gmail.com ha scritto: I am _absolutely new to MIDI. I am however able to get some random MIDI files I found on the web to play through my Alesis synthesizer with the command: aplaymidi --port 16:0 file_i_found.mid (I am working under Linux, CentOS

Re: MIDI novice; cannot get Reference examples to play

2011-11-06 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Sun, 6 Nov 2011, ivan.k.kuznet...@gmail.com wrote: I am _absolutely new to MIDI. I am however able to get some random MIDI files I found on the web to play through my Alesis synthesizer with the command: aplaymidi --port 16:0 file_i_found.mid (I am working under Linux, CentOS 5.6).

Re: MIDI novice; cannot get Reference examples to play

2011-11-06 Thread ivan . k . kuznetsov
Martin Tarenskeen m.tarensk...@zonnet.nl writes: Do the midichannel(s) from your midi file MATCH with the midichannel(s) on your synth ? This was the ticket. I am such a MIDI novice that at first, I did not know what this meant. I found a channel button on my Alesis synth though,

Re: Difference Between \lyricsto and associatedVoice With Melody Rhythm

2011-11-06 Thread Bill Mooney
Hi Matthew, You wrote:- +++ But this seems to work as expected: \new Staff { \new Voice = unsung \relative { a'1 \new Voice = sung { b4. b8 b4. b8 } e1 f1 } } \new Lyrics

Re: Difference Between \lyricsto and associatedVoice With Melody Rhythm

2011-11-06 Thread eluze
see http://old.nabble.com/wrong-alignment-when-repeating-music-with-different-text-on-one-line-ts32622828.html#a32622828 for a related problem. this has not been treated as a bug report. at least there seems to be a solution to this: use explicitly named contexts before actually filling

Re: Difference Between \lyricsto and associatedVoice With Melody Rhythm

2011-11-06 Thread Bill Mooney
On 07/11/11 10:32, eluze wrote: see http://old.nabble.com/wrong-alignment-when-repeating-music-with-different-text-on-one-line-ts32622828.html#a32622828 for a related problem. this has not been treated as a bug report. at least there seems to be a solution to this: use explicitly named

Re: Difference Between \lyricsto and associatedVoice With Melody Rhythm

2011-11-06 Thread Matthew Collett
On 7/11/2011, at 9:50 am, Bill Mooney wrote: In this file (below) I have tried to follow your example using predefined expressions - not having the music etc explicitly in the score statement. Everything works as expected until I started adding more unsung/sung sections when the subsequent

Re: Difference Between \lyricsto and associatedVoice With Melody Rhythm

2011-11-06 Thread eluze
hi Bill I will have to do more to get the idea of 'contexts' firmly placed in my head! :) don't try to hard with this 'buggy' context! Still no obvious reason why barcheck numbers are so unusual... can't see what you mean - example!? Eluze

Introduction, and question on symbol placement

2011-11-06 Thread lilypond
Wow, what great software. I've been looking for something like this, and am very glad to have found it. I use lilypond to write lead sheets. I have a chart with a coda jump that occurs right after a second ending. The coda symbol gets placed quite high above the staff, high enough to clear the

Re: Difference Between \lyricsto and associatedVoice With Melody Rhythm

2011-11-06 Thread Bill Mooney
On 07/11/11 17:14, eluze wrote: hi Bill I will have to do more to get the idea of 'contexts' firmly placed in my head! :) don't try to hard with this 'buggy' context! Still no obvious reason why barcheck numbers are so unusual... can't see what you mean - example!? Eluze Hello again,

Re: Difference Between \lyricsto and associatedVoice With Melody Rhythm

2011-11-06 Thread Bill Mooney
On 07/11/11 16:57, Matthew Collett wrote: On 7/11/2011, at 9:50 am, Bill Mooney wrote: In this file (below) I have tried to follow your example using predefined expressions - not having the music etc explicitly in the score statement. Everything works as expected until I started adding more