Re: changing the default midi instrument permanently

2013-03-18 Thread Robert Schmaus
Try placing that context definition in the \midi block rather than the \layout block. That was my first try too, but, again, it worked only when I used Staff instead of GrandStaff. And then it didn't matter if I placed it in the layout or in the midi block ...

Re: Generate pdf from scheme function

2013-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Alexandre Araujo Moreira alexandr...@gmail.com writes: Alexandre Araujo Moreira alexandr...@gmail.com writes: \version 2.16.2 simpleMusic = #(define-scheme-function (parser location melody) (ly:music?) #{ \score { $melody \layout {}

Re: changing the default midi instrument permanently

2013-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Robert Schmaus robert.schm...@web.de writes: Try placing that context definition in the \midi block rather than the \layout block. That was my first try too, but, again, it worked only when I used Staff instead of GrandStaff. And then it didn't matter if I placed it in the layout or in the

Re: Fingering orientations and use of

2013-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@googlemail.com writes: currently we have these two engravers: Fingering_engraver and New_fingering_engraver. The New_fingering_engraver has these properties: fingeringOrientations harmonicDots stringNumberOrientations strokeFingerOrientations If you want to

Re: changing the default midi instrument permanently

2013-03-18 Thread Robert Schmaus
Before you (or anyone else) starts an investigation into this, let me (or someone else) double-check to be sure. I'm currently using Elysium (and Eclipse) to write LilyPond scores, and I did notice that there seems to exist something like a midi-instrument memory. Meaning that changing the midi

Re: changing the default midi instrument permanently

2013-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Robert Schmaus robert.schm...@web.de writes: Before you (or anyone else) starts an investigation into this, let me (or someone else) double-check to be sure. I'm currently using Elysium (and Eclipse) to write LilyPond scores, and I did notice that there seems to exist something like a

Re: changing the default midi instrument permanently

2013-03-18 Thread Eluze
David Kastrup wrote Eluze lt; eluzew@ gt; writes: it has no effect - why? Try placing that context definition in the \midi block rather than the \layout block. thanks, that works (and I could have found myself, but maybe I was confused by the fact that it works in the \with block...)!

Re: changing the default midi instrument permanently

2013-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Eluze elu...@gmail.com writes: David Kastrup wrote Eluze lt; eluzew@ gt; writes: it has no effect - why? Try placing that context definition in the \midi block rather than the \layout block. thanks, that works (and I could have found myself, but maybe I was confused by the fact

Re: Centering text between keyboard staves along with dynamics

2013-03-18 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 14 March 2013 18:24, Marek Klein ma...@gregoriana.sk wrote: Yes: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-attached-to-notes#new-dynamic-marks mpdolce = \markup {\dynamic mp \italic dolce} mpdolcedyn = #(make-dynamic-script mpdolce) dynam = { s2\mf

Force barline in middle of a bar

2013-03-18 Thread Jethro Van Thuyne
In my (minimal) example below, I'm having trouble with displaying dashed barlines in the middle of the bar. Probably the first occurance of the tuplets in the violin - a figure which is running 'through' the bar - is making things difficult, but is there a way to force the barline anyway? I don't

Re: Force barline in middle of a bar

2013-03-18 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/3/18 Jethro Van Thuyne p...@jethro.be: In my (minimal) example below, I'm having trouble with displaying dashed barlines in the middle of the bar. Probably the first occurance of the tuplets in the violin - a figure which is running 'through' the bar - is making things difficult, but is

Re: Force barline in middle of a bar

2013-03-18 Thread Jethro Van Thuyne
Ok great, that does the trick the way I want it to be displayed :) Thanks! Jethro Thomas Morley (18 Mar 2013 @ 13:53) the bar-line-interface is heavily changed. Use \bar ! instead of \bar dashed or run convert-ly. Cheers, Harm ___

Re: problem with slur

2013-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
fabio gabbianelli fabiogabbiane...@hotmail.it writes: hi everybody! i'm good with english so i'll post the image to let you see my problem: The image contains a number of slurs, so it is not sufficient for guessing what your problem is. -- David Kastrup

Re: problem with slur

2013-03-18 Thread Noeck
Hi Fabio, what exactly is your problem (what is this exactly)? Ties combine notes over a bar line for example : a ~ a Slurs mean legato: a( a) Or is your problem how to write multiple voices in one staff? (That I would consider the most tricky part of your example). Cheers, Joram how can i

Re: problem with slur

2013-03-18 Thread Noeck
Hi Fabio, here is a code that nearly reproduces your measures (without slurs/ties on first and last notes). I hope you can read from this example what you asked for. You can remove the comments (from % to the line end). For others reading this, some more detailed questions: 1) Why is there a

Re: Lilypond Woodwind-Diagram for Bassoon missing half-hole option for first finger

2013-03-18 Thread ryanmichaelmcclure
I've looked at the diagram and have found the following things that I would like to mention: The top hole should be a hole on both bassoon and contrabassoon. The top hole very often has a half hole, and some players even use quarter and three-quarter holes for the top hole. The third hole on

Re: svg output

2013-03-18 Thread Bric
On December 16, 2012 at 4:52 PM Gerard McConnell gerine...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently Microsoft has created the problem: «Known issues with this security update We are aware of issues related to OpenType Font (OTF) rendering in applications such as PowerPoint on affected versions

Re: svg output

2013-03-18 Thread Noeck
Hi, have you tried the backend svg: lilypond -dbackend=svg infile.ly svg uses for some reason not the format but the backend option. Cheers, Joram lilypond -o outfile.svg -fsvg infile.ly What am I doing wrong? ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: problem with slur

2013-03-18 Thread fabio gabbianelli
the problem is the first part, when chord is legato with two linesi don't if i had explain good..! Il giorno 18/mar/2013, alle ore 15:11, Noeck ha scritto: Hi Fabio, here is a code that nearly reproduces your measures (without slurs/ties on first and last notes). I hope you can read

Re: problem with slur

2013-03-18 Thread Noeck
Is the example I posted a solution for you? If it's only the two slurs, try: \set doubleSlurs = ##t 18.03.2013 16:02, fabio gabbianelli: the problem is the first part, when chord is legato with two linesi don't if i had explain good..! \version 2.16.0 \new Staff \partcombine

Re: svg output

2013-03-18 Thread Federico Bruni
2013/3/18 Noeck noeck.marb...@gmx.de have you tried the backend svg: lilypond -dbackend=svg infile.ly svg uses for some reason not the format but the backend option. keep a look to this issue: http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=967

Slurs and Ties

2013-03-18 Thread Noeck
Hi, while answering a question here, I wondered about the different positioning of slurs and ties. Slurs begin and end centred on the note head, while ties are placed between the notes (cf. example below). I think this is also what Gould suggests. \relative c'' { \textLengthOff b^expected

Re: Slurs and Ties

2013-03-18 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi, On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Noeck noeck.marb...@gmx.de wrote: 2.) For notes outside the staff (on ledger lines, like c’) there is in my opinion no reason to place ties below the note heads. I would prefer to have them placed like for the d or b example, because currently ties are

Re: big-picture question regarding Lilypond's capabilities (current and potential)

2013-03-18 Thread Tim Roberts
Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: My two-act musical, Robin Hood: The Legendary Musical Comedy, had a three-week run at Toronto's Hart House Theatre in January. It was quite successful, to the point that several parties have voiced an interest in further developing and

Re: svg output

2013-03-18 Thread Eluze
Bric wrote lilypond -o outfile.svg -fsvg infile.ly please note that lilypond adds the extension automatically so probably you want to write lilypond -o outfile -dbackend=svg infile.ly Eluze -- View this message in context:

Re: Slurs and Ties

2013-03-18 Thread Noeck
You are absolutely right, this is just LilyPond's sloppiness. In general, tie formatting is ugly in many cases, and i'm thinking about a complete redesign of tie formatting since summer 2011 (yep, 1.5 years now). I have many examples and half the design written, but little time to finish it

Re: Generate pdf from scheme function

2013-03-18 Thread Alexandre Araujo Moreira
Thanks for everything, guys. I just tested what David said on 2.17 and it worked for the case I described here. Problem is, when I try to add a \header block inside it I start getting errors again. Considering how many problems I've faced so far regarding this, I feel I'm trying to push the

Re: Generate pdf from scheme function

2013-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Alexandre Araujo Moreira alexandr...@gmail.com writes: Thanks for everything, guys. I just tested what David said on 2.17 and it worked for the case I described here. Problem is, when I try to add a \header block inside it I start getting errors again. \header inside of \score is not possible

Re: Generate pdf from scheme function

2013-03-18 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 18 March 2013 19:49, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: \header inside of \score is not possible as far as I remember. You need to use \paper instead. \header can only be used at top level or inside of \book. \header blocks may be placed in a \score block, but only after the music

Re: Custom footers

2013-03-18 Thread Jérôme Plût
Postridie Idus Martias MMXIII scripsit Thomas Morley : Where do you store the values you want have printed? How is the structure of your file(s). Which is your version? etc Please post a compilable example. I have access to lilypond 2.12.3 (Debian stable). I of course already looked in

Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 124, Issue 124

2013-03-18 Thread Tim Reeves
Message: 8 Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:20:32 -0700 From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: lilly pond discuss discuss lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: articulation simbols Message-ID: 70420b68-2597-433f-b1cc-47d884d5d...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello to

Re: big-picture question regarding Lilypond's capabilities (current and potential)

2013-03-18 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Tim, Congratulations! Thanks! That's very generous of you. Most of the rental license agreements one has to sign for a musical today prohibit cuts or additions of any kind. Of course, that prohibition is almost universally ignored. As a music director of musicals, I know only too well

Re: Custom footers

2013-03-18 Thread james
On Mar 18, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Jérôme Plût wrote: Postridie Idus Martias MMXIII scripsit Thomas Morley : Where do you store the values you want have printed? How is the structure of your file(s). Which is your version? etc Please post a compilable example. I have access to lilypond

Re: changing the default midi instrument permanently

2013-03-18 Thread Eluze
David Kastrup wrote Eluze lt; eluzew@ gt; writes: ..., but maybe I was confused by the fact that it works in the \with block...! A context modification in the music is applied to all outputs. why can't midi items be read from the \layout block? Why would they? The \layout block

Re: changing the default midi instrument permanently

2013-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Eluze elu...@gmail.com writes: David Kastrup wrote Eluze lt; eluzew@ gt; writes: ..., but maybe I was confused by the fact that it works in the \with block...! A context modification in the music is applied to all outputs. why can't midi items be read from the \layout block?

Re: how to keep BarNumber above pedal indications?

2013-03-18 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Thomas, \consists Piano_pedal_align_engraver That solved it — thank you! Best wishes, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: articulation simbols

2013-03-18 Thread Tim Reeves
Message: 2 Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:40 -0700 From: Tim Reeves tim.ree...@tokamerica.com To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 124, Issue 124 Message-ID: of01d29e28.05b80cfb-on88257b32.00696897-88257b32.006de...@tokamerica.com Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: articulation simbols

2013-03-18 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I guess I'll have to remember those symbols then. lol! The manual did not explain them at all. Is there a way to memorize these? I'm coming from braille music here lol! lol. I know what percent is. I think I might have been going faster then my brain. Hehahah. Thanks and take care. On Mar