Frescobaldi musicxml export

Frescobaldi's musicxml export is still in an early stage of development so I will not try to mail a list with all things that fail or don't work yet. But I do want to report two little things. 1. It does not seem to know that Lilypond uses a default of 4/4 when no timesignature is given.

Re: [abcusers] Engraving challenges (fwd)

-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 22:45:12 - From: David Webber Reply-To: abcus...@yahoogroups.com To: abcus...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [abcusers] Engraving challenges (fwd) From: Martin Tarenskeen I've prepared a first "challenge", a page of late rom

Re: Is it possible to invert the two-sided option?

Hi Alex, > In books, recto (odd) pages have larger left margin and versos have larger > right margins. There really isn’t a standard. In Robert Bringhurst’s [amazing] typography book, there are lots of examples where left-hand (even) pages have larger left margins and right-hand (odd) pages h

Re: Is it possible to invert the two-sided option?

In books, recto (odd) pages have larger left margin and versos have larger right margins. Does anyone know why LilyPond reverses it? On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Carl Peterson wrote: > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Speldosa wrote: > > I would like to use \paper{two-sided = ##t} in order t

Re: Open string tunings for guitar

The Frescobaldi website says to post feature requests here. https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/issues On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Fulvio Turra wrote: > Federico hit the point. I forgot to mention in my first message that > Frescobaldi is the editor I use and a custom tuning generator wou

Professional Engraving

This isn't directly related to LilyPond, but I have a question for people on the mailing list. it seems like several people on this mailing list get payed to engrave music. How did you get started with those jobs? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-u

Re: TextLine help needed

How likely is the content to change? You could make that in LaTeX and include it in LaTeX from an eps file, but even as I'm typing it that seems like a very clunky way of doing things to me... I'll sleep on it and see if I can come up with anything. On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Kieren MacMilla

Re: new and context

It depends. It can be easier to read when they are all below the staff. On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Noeck wrote: > > Figured bass can be displayed using the FiguredBass context, or in most > > staff contexts. > > Hi Simon, > > thanks for the explanation! > > This means bass figures should

Re: Center Lyric Syllables (ignoring punctuation)

Shouldn't this be the default output? Looking at hand-engraved examples, such as this lied, words tend to be centered ignoring punctuation (measures 8 and 14), or furth

Re: Position of text and symbol above note

Genius. Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Position-of-text-and-symbol-above-note-tp157390p157397.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gn

Re: snippet: standard staff sizes

> Or from the computer-based point of view: Is anything wrong with > choosing a staff size of 19.1? >From the computer-based view, no. From the typography-based view, yes. Something as small as that won't likely make a difference, but the further from its intended size you force a glyph the worse

Re: Position of text and symbol above note

This should do the trick. a4.^\markup{\vcenter "To Coda"\musicglyph #"scripts.coda"} On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:59 PM, muggle wrote: > This works, but is there a way to vertically align the coda symbol so that > it > looks nicer? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://lilypond.1069

Re: Position of text and symbol above note

This works, but is there a way to vertically align the coda symbol so that it looks nicer? -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Position-of-text-and-symbol-above-note-tp157390p157394.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Re: adding extra spacing ABOVE a context

Could you give an example? On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Kieren MacMillan < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hello all, > > I’ve got a text-only context (TextLine) which contains script information > (dialogue, stage directions, etc.) in my music dramas. This context is the > uppermost

Re: Engraving challenges

I'm interested and have access to both LillyPond (of course) and Sibelius. On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > Hi all, > > recently we discussed about comparing LilyPond's performance with that of > competing programs > (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-11/ms

Re: Position of text and symbol above note

a4.^\markup{"To Coda"\musicglyph #"scripts.coda"} On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:34 PM, muggle wrote: > I want to postion "To Coda" and the coda symbol on a single line above a > note > like this > > > a4.^"To Coda"\coda > pri

Position of text and symbol above note

I want to postion "To Coda" and the coda symbol on a single line above a note like this a4.^"To Coda"\coda prints the text and symbol on separate lines. Is there a quick and easy way to modify this? (I'm currently using

Re: Setting chordName font size

On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 09:06:58AM +0100, Noeck wrote: > > Am 07.01.2014 07:08, schrieb Ed Faulk: > > I'm trying to make the font size for the chord names smaller. > > you need to override the ChordName font-size in some layout block It can also be done in the "\with" clause of the ChordNames c

Re: On features planned for 2.20 and Documentations on Contemporary Music

> > Maybe something like a Wiki where you can also upload scanned images? I like that idea! I see stuff all the time, I'll start collecting image files. Who should be in charge of setting up the wiki? (I wouldn't mind) IC, Josh On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Urs Liska wrote: > > > Joshua N

Re: Tablature question

Hi all, is there a way to add the string name at the beginning of a guitar tablature from the first string to the sixth? Quite useful with open tunings. Many thanks Fulvio Does this help? \set TabStaff.instrumentName = \markup { \override #'(baseline-skip . 1.5) \column \fontsize #-

Re: tempo changes (midi)

On 2014-01-07 11:44, rosea grammostola wrote: > Is it possible to change tempo for a certain part of the score and make > that also audible in the midi file? > > In the template there is: > > \midi { > > \context { > > \Score > > tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 100 4) > > } > > } I

Tablature question

Hi all, is there a way to add the string name at the beginning of a guitar tablature from the first string to the sixth? Quite useful with open tunings. Many thanks Fulvio ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: Automatic Fretboards for chords only?

On 1/7/14 10:53 AM, "vigrond" wrote: >Most guitar books contain fretboards for chords only. Isn't that a broad >application? most guitar books that I see have a melody line and a fretboard context. There is no connection between the notes and the fretboards. That's the way lilypond currently

Re: Engraving challenges

On Tue, 7 Jan 2014, Urs Liska wrote: c) Who is registered in forums or mailing lists of other programs and could pass the link to the repo there in order to attract participants from there? As also discussed we don't organize this as a "contest" but as an opportunity for mutual analysis. I

Re: On features planned for 2.20 and Documentations on Contemporary Music

Joshua Nichols schrieb: >Thanks to Kieren, David, and Phil for your responses. Kieren, that was >a >fantastic snippet. > >I guess I would be willing to help, but I have no where to begin to >start >that process. I would love to come up with some documentation on >contemporary music, but it seems

Re: snippet: standard staff sizes

Hi all, I try to answer my own mail after having searched the internet for answers: > 1. Is there a world wide standard for staff sizes? No. > 2. Are "Rastral Staff Sizes" always the same? I once found a different > list of rastral sizes. The differences are on the level of 2%, but I > wonder i

Re: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

Il 07/01/2014 20:23, David Kastrup ha scritto: Urs Liska writes: Although it already _was_ a stolen story. He tried to camouflage that by modifying it: In reality it had been three hairdressers. When I stole it, it was most definitely tailors. I knew this as a story about three Cremonese v

Re: On features planned for 2.20 and Documentations on Contemporary Music

Thanks to Kieren, David, and Phil for your responses. Kieren, that was a fantastic snippet. I guess I would be willing to help, but I have no where to begin to start that process. I would love to come up with some documentation on contemporary music, but it seems that LilyPond does convential stuf

Re: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

Urs Liska writes: > Am 07.01.2014 19:51, schrieb SoundsFromSound: >> David, that was a great little story that I hadn't heard before.:) Perhaps >> I'll steal it for later... >> > > Although it already _was_ a stolen story. He tried to camouflage that > by modifying it: In reality it had been thr

Re: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

Am 07.01.2014 19:51, schrieb SoundsFromSound: David, that was a great little story that I hadn't heard before.:) Perhaps I'll steal it for later... Although it already _was_ a stolen story. He tried to camouflage that by modifying it: In reality it had been three hairdressers.

Re: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

dak wrote > Tim McNamara < > timmcn@ > > writes: > >> On Jan 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Francois Planiol < > alicuota618@ > > wrote: >> >>> Own the future engraving music... who will believe this crap? >>> :-o >> >> Lots of people. It’s not a conscious belief, more of an unconscious >> one. That’

Re: Fwd: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

I am throwing together a response to the article someone linked to in this thread, would anyone like to fact-check it when I am through? On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Shane Brandes wrote: > The universe refuses write access to anything but the future. > Excellent observation. Had me laughing.

Re: Engraving challenges

I would like to participate, but know nothing much about git and that part does not particularly interest me as at the moment it does not seem apparent git would be to learn other than for this particular effort. Shane On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > Hi all, > > recently we d

Re: Fwd: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

The universe refuses write access to anything but the future. Excellent observation. Had me laughing. Advertising is really an unpleasant science or dark art if you prefer. The really clever outfits get that stuff right. And the rest at best they are amusing. My all time favorite is the Akron airpo

Re: Automatic Fretboards for chords only?

Most guitar books contain fretboards for chords only. Isn't that a broad application? Not trying to push anyone to add this in, I'm a developer myself and may uptake the task - but I am just wondering if it technically should be a feature or not. -- View this message in context: http://lilypo

Re: Fwd: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

Francois Planiol writes: > Own the future engraving music... who will believe this crap? I don't see that it's inaccurate even though somewhat self-evident. At least for me, the universe refuses write access to anything but the future. -- David Kastrup ___

Re: new and context

> Figured bass can be displayed using the FiguredBass context, or in most > staff contexts. Hi Simon, thanks for the explanation! This means bass figures should be associated to the staff this way to enhance the flexibility? I take this as such. Cheers, Joram _

Re: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

I just meant, if you want to own the future (its written "own") dont try at all with engraving music. Be the boss of the FMI, of Monsanto, of Oil-illimited maybe. I dont know musicians that are so fool that they want to own the future. We just want to do what we love, the best we can and buy some b

Engraving challenges

Hi all, recently we discussed about comparing LilyPond's performance with that of competing programs (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-11/msg00323.html), and I've finally managed to set something up. It's a Github repository along with a kind of "Contributor's Guide": https

Re: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

Tim McNamara writes: > On Jan 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Francois Planiol wrote: > >> Own the future engraving music... who will believe this crap? >> :-o > > Lots of people. It’s not a conscious belief, more of an unconscious > one. That’s the goal of marketing. It’s too bad that Finale output >

Re: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

On Jan 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Francois Planiol wrote: > Own the future engraving music... who will believe this crap? > :-o Lots of people. It’s not a conscious belief, more of an unconscious one. That’s the goal of marketing. It’s too bad that Finale output tends to look so crappy. Maybe

Re: Fwd: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

Own the future engraving music... who will believe this crap? :-o Francois 2014/1/7, Urs Liska : > Am 07.01.2014 16:48, schrieb Mike Solomon: >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> *From: *"Finale" >> > >>> *Subject: **Start creating with Finale 2014 today* >>> *D

Re: Fwd: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

Am 07.01.2014 16:48, schrieb Mike Solomon: Begin forwarded message: *From: *"Finale" mailto:makemu...@email.makemusic.com>> *Subject: **Start creating with Finale 2014 today* *Date: *January 7, 2014 at 5:14:27 PM GMT+2 *To: *mike...@stanfordalumni.org *Reply-

Fwd: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Finale" > Subject: Start creating with Finale 2014 today > Date: January 7, 2014 at 5:14:27 PM GMT+2 > To: mike...@stanfordalumni.org > Reply-To: "Finale" > > > > Finale 2014 includes many improvements to make your notation look world-class > in less time, a

Re: Center Lyric Syllables (ignoring punctuation)

Hi, I just recognized that this snippet does not work as-is in 2.18.0 (and 2.17.x for x large enough), but gives -inf.0 as X-offsets if no punctuation prefixes a syllable. IIUC empty text-markups now return empty instead of point stencils these days, and the width computation for the punctuat

Re: Version control tools

> so, my follow up question: why use git as a single user? I always use git, event git-svn for svn repos. Comparing to CVS and SVN, I see these advantages: - easy branching - I am a heavy user of git rebase - being able to commit, branch, diff etc. without internet connection that way I can w

Re: Version control tools

Am 07.01.2014 14:38, schrieb Simon Bailey: On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Urs Liska mailto:u...@openlilylib.org>> wrote: As a follow-up question I'd be interested in whether people use other version control systems beside Git. If you use more than one, a short comparison would be o

Re: Version control tools (was: Survey: Git (G)UIs)

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Urs Liska wrote: > > As a follow-up question I'd be interested in whether people use other > version control systems beside Git. If you use more than one, a short > comparison would be of general interest I think. > i use svn, that's what i know professionally and

adding extra spacing ABOVE a context

Hello all, I’ve got a text-only context (TextLine) which contains script information (dialogue, stage directions, etc.) in my music dramas. This context is the uppermost context in most of my scores. I would like to add a little padding ABOVE this context in all systems — but NOT add padding f

Version control tools (was: Survey: Git (G)UIs)

Am 06.01.2014 13:53, schrieb Urs Liska: Hi all Git users, I'd like to make a survey on how you are working with Git. Thank you all for your feedback! It was very interesting and inspiring for me. Due to its sheer number I can't reply to all opinions individually. Maybe I'll come back to this

Re: tempo changes (midi)

Why not try it and find out? -- Phil Holmes - Original Message - From: rosea grammostola To: Phil Holmes Cc: lilypond-user Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 12:15 PM Subject: Re: tempo changes (midi) Ok thx. You just have to put it in the score of one instrument, or do

Re: tempo changes (midi)

Ok thx. You just have to put it in the score of one instrument, or do you need to put it in all the parts of the instruments playing at the same time? On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Phil Holmes wrote: > Have you tried \tempo? > > \score { > { > \tempo 4 = 120 > c''4 c'' c'' c'' > \tempo 4 = 40

Re: tempo changes (midi)

Have you tried \tempo? \score { { \tempo 4 = 120 c''4 c'' c'' c'' \tempo 4 = 40 c''4 c'' c'' c'' } \layout {} \midi {} } -- Phil Holmes - Original Message - From: rosea grammostola To: lilypond-user Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:44 AM Subject: tempo changes (midi) Is it possib

Re: tempo changes (midi)

rosea grammostola writes: > Is it possible to change tempo for a certain part of the score and make > that also audible in the midi file? > > In the template there is: > > \midi { > > \context { > > \Score > > tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 100 4) > > } > > } I'd rather write \midi {

tempo changes (midi)

Is it possible to change tempo for a certain part of the score and make that also audible in the midi file? In the template there is: \midi { \context { \Score tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 100 4) } } ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilyp

Re: chordnames midi instrument

rosea grammostola writes: > Hi, > > Can I change the midi instrument for the Chordnames, guitar instead of > piano? > > Now i've > > chordsPart = \new ChordNames \chordNames chordsPart = \new ChordNames \with { midiInstrument = "guitar" } \chordNames -- David Kastrup _

Re: On features planned for 2.20 and Documentations on Contemporary Music

Hi Josh, > I was wondering if any "examples" of contemporary notation were ever going to > be put in the documentation. I know there is a spot for that, and when I've > checked back several stable versions, and alas... nothing. As others have pointed out, we [the community] need to step up and

chordnames midi instrument

Hi, Can I change the midi instrument for the Chordnames, guitar instead of piano? Now i've chordsPart = \new ChordNames \chordNames Regards, \r ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: ANN: python-ly 0.1 (the "ly" tool)

David Kastrup writes: > Johan Vromans writes: > >> Wilbert Berendsen writes: >> >> Given a (section of) .ly with barchecks and line number comments, e.g. >> >> d16 c8.~ c4 r2 | % 9 >> \bar "||" >> R1 | % 10 >> R1 | % 10 >> R1 | % 12 >> e4 e8 e16 f16~ f8. c16 f8 e8

Re: On features planned for 2.20 and Documentations on Contemporary Music

"Phil Holmes" writes: > From: Joshua Nichols > To: Mailinglist lilypond-user > >> So I check the documentation for the dev version, and I notice >> that there are a few ideas for the next release. Any ideas not >> mentioned via documentation? > > I don't know of any planning that is done for feat

Re: On features planned for 2.20 and Documentations on Contemporary Music

- Original Message - From: Joshua Nichols To: Mailinglist lilypond-user Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 4:29 AM Subject: On features planned for 2.20 and Documentations on Contemporary Music So I check the documentation for the dev version, and I notice that there are a few ideas for

Re: new and context

hi, On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Noeck wrote: > Hi, > > when looking at this snippet: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=292 > I have the following question: > > Why is \context Staff allowed here? How can I fill bass figures in a Staff? > > I thought I need a \new FiguredBass context fo

Re: Century Schoolbook not italic

Hi Alexander, thanks for your explanations! This sounds very reasonable to me. So it seems that this is a bit uncomfortable for the user but the right thing to do, given the fonts on my machine. Thanks! Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-use

Re: Learning Lilypond, comments invited - part 2

hi, On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 7:20 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Noeck writes: > > With the promising caption "\set versus \override" and no content: > > > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/set-versus-override > > Having spent quite a bit of time writing this section and makin

Re: ANN: python-ly 0.1 (the "ly" tool)

Johan Vromans writes: > Wilbert Berendsen writes: > >> a first release of the command-line ly tool with the Python ly library >> is out: > > Yay! > > Given a (section of) .ly with barchecks and line number comments, e.g. > > d16 c8.~ c4 r2 | % 9 > \bar "||" > R1 | % 10 > R1 | %

Re: Century Schoolbook not italic

Hi Joram, I'm not an expert in the topic, but I hope I can still shed some light on the issue. AFAIU this depends on how the font is shipped, and I am not aware of a proper fallback solution that will work in all cases. If the designer ships all fonts of a family (probably in a single .otf or

Re: Lyric word pushes note to right

David O'Donnell wrote Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:27 AM >I frequently work with scores with lyrics and continually encounter this > problem, especially when engraving a transcription of plainchant. A lyric > syllable of a longer length will push the other notes in the melisma to the > right, cre

renumber idea (Re: ANN: python-ly 0.1 (the "ly" tool))

op 07-01-14 08:40, Johan Vromans schreef: Wilbert Berendsen writes: a first release of the command-line ly tool with the Python ly library is out: Yay! Given a (section of) .ly with barchecks and line number comments, e.g. d16 c8.~ c4 r2 | % 9 \bar "||" R1 | % 10 R1 |

Re: Survey: Git (G)UIs

Am 06.01.2014 23:41, schrieb Werner LEMBERG: I'd like to make a survey on how you are working with Git. Do you use the command line exclusively, or a GUI (which one(s))? Or a GUI for certain tasks and the command line for others? I use git on the command line only. However, I use the excell

Re: Setting chordName font size

Am 07.01.2014 07:08, schrieb Ed Faulk: > I'm trying to make the font size for the chord names smaller. Hi Ed, you need to override the ChordName font-size in some layout block: \override ChordName #'font-size = #-1 Or if you use 2.18: \override ChordName.font-size = -1 You can adjust the -