Re: Professional Engraving

2014-01-09 Thread David Stocker
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? I got started in professional engraving because I am a transcriber. I sought

panning in timidity wrong

2014-01-09 Thread karl
I'm using: \version 2.19.0 midi_a = { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #electric bass (finger) % 34 \set Staff.midiPanPosition = #-1 } midi_b = { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #electric bass (finger) % 34 \set Staff.midiPanPosition = #0 } midi_c = { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #electric bass

Markedly different-looking ties

2014-01-09 Thread Richard Shann
In this example \version 2.18 \score { {g' 8 f' ~ f' b' ~ b' g' g' g'} } the two ties look completely different. Is this considered the ideal output or a bug? Richard ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: panning in timidity wrong

2014-01-09 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, k...@aspodata.se wrote: I'm using: \version 2.19.0 midi_a = { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #electric bass (finger) % 34 \set Staff.midiPanPosition = #-1 } midi_b = { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #electric bass (finger) % 34 \set Staff.midiPanPosition = #0 } midi_c = {

Re: panning in timidity wrong

2014-01-09 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, k...@aspodata.se wrote: The midi file looks good, but when I run it through timidity \ma sound in the middle, \mb and \mc to the right. Commenting away the midiInstrument, the panning comes out as it should. One more thing you could try: what happens if you choose

Re: Markedly different-looking ties

2014-01-09 Thread Urs Liska
Am 09.01.2014 14:38, schrieb Richard Shann: In this example \version 2.18 \score { {g' 8 f' ~ f' b' ~ b' g' g' g'} } the two ties look completely different. Is this considered the ideal output or a bug? I'd say neither - it's simply less-than-ideal performance. Have a look here:

Re: baseline-referenced text/markups?

2014-01-09 Thread Eluze
Kieren MacMillan wrote What would be involved in changing the “reference point” of markups to be the baseline (instead of whatever the heck it is now)? I also think this should be the default - as a work around I use this little stabilizing function: #(define-markup-command (stab layout props

Re: panning in timidity wrong

2014-01-09 Thread karl
Martin: On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, k...@aspodata.se wrote: [ ly file with 3 midiPanPositions ] (midiPanPosition is documented in the internals doc, under 2.2.72 Midi control function performer) The midi file looks good, but when I run it through timidity \ma sound in the middle, \mb and \mc

Re: Survey: Git (G)UIs

2014-01-09 Thread Graham King
On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 22:19 +0600, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: snip I (also) mostly use Atlassian SourceTree, since development on GitX seems to have stopped a long time ago (already tried some branches) and it keeps crashing. If I’m in Eclipse/Aptana anyway, I use its team tools. snip I

Re: Markedly different-looking ties

2014-01-09 Thread Richard Shann
On Thu, 2014-01-09 at 15:21 +0100, Urs Liska wrote: Am 09.01.2014 14:38, schrieb Richard Shann: In this example \version 2.18 \score { {g' 8 f' ~ f' b' ~ b' g' g' g'} } the two ties look completely different. Is this considered the ideal output or a bug? I'd say

Re: why you don't contribute to Mutopia

2014-01-09 Thread Noeck
The email may be a good alternative, but who is receiving contributions@ emails? Just Chris? I have no idea if people send contributions this way. The last time (1 year ago) I sent an email to the suggested address, I did not get any reply. So I didn’t try

Errors running lilypond-book

2014-01-09 Thread Daniel Rosen
I'm trying to follow the tutorial at http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage/an-example-of-a-musicological-document; I run Windows 7 x86. When I run the command it tells me to (lilypond-book --output=out --pdf lilybook.lytex), here's what I get (I've redacted my username from the

Re: Errors running lilypond-book

2014-01-09 Thread David Kastrup
Daniel Rosen drose...@gmail.com writes: I'm trying to follow the tutorial at http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage/an-example-of-a-musicological-document; I run Windows 7 x86. When I run the command it tells me to (lilypond-book --output=out --pdf lilybook.lytex), here's

Re: why you don't contribute to Mutopia

2014-01-09 Thread Nick Payne
On 10/01/14 04:57, Noeck wrote: The email may be a good alternative, but who is receiving contributions@ emails? Just Chris? I have no idea if people send contributions this way. The last time (1 year ago) I sent an email to the suggested address, I did not

create custom context definitions using a scheme function

2014-01-09 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi, I want to create custom context definitions using a scheme function. Later on the function will take some arguments and actually do something interesting, but right now i cannot get the most basic examples to work: % why the override isn't applied here? test = #(define-scheme-function

Re: why you don't contribute to Mutopia

2014-01-09 Thread Phil Burfitt
From: Nick Payne On 10/01/14 04:57, Noeck wrote: The email may be a good alternative, but who is receiving contributions@ emails? Just Chris? I have no idea if people send contributions this way. The last time (1 year ago) I sent an email to the suggested

Re: create custom context definitions using a scheme function

2014-01-09 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł janek.lilyp...@gmail.com writes: Hi, I want to create custom context definitions using a scheme function. Later on the function will take some arguments and actually do something interesting, but right now i cannot get the most basic examples to work: % why the override

Moving Ottava Text

2014-01-09 Thread Nick Baskin
Hey all, I'm using 2.18.0, and I need to move the 8va part of an ottava bracket to the left to avoid a collision with a beam. I've tried several things, to no avail: using \override Staff.OttavaBracket.X-offset has no effect as far as I can tell; using \override Staff.OttavaBracket.shorten-pair

Re: create custom context definitions using a scheme function

2014-01-09 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014/1/9 David Kastrup d...@gnu.org: Janek Warchoł janek.lilyp...@gmail.com writes: Hi, I want to create custom context definitions using a scheme function. Later on the function will take some arguments and actually do something interesting, but right now i cannot get the most basic

Re: why you don't contribute to Mutopia

2014-01-09 Thread Federico Bruni
2014/1/9 Noeck noeck.marb...@gmx.de Too bad. Have you checked if your score has been added to Mutopia? Hi Federico, hi all, no, the score has not been added. Did you get any reply from the Mutopia mail address? I don't know what you mean with Mutopia mail address, but I've received a

Re: why you don't contribute to Mutopia

2014-01-09 Thread Federico Bruni
2014/1/9 Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net I've submitted corrections to Mutopia two or three times for errors in existing scores on Mutopia, but never received any acknowledgement, and the corrections never made it to the scores on the web site. So I no longer bother. I can understand

shapeII strange behaviour

2014-01-09 Thread Simon Bailey
hi all, when running the following file (sorry, this is as minimal as i can get it): \version 2.18.0 \language deutsch \include openlilylib/notation-snippets/shaping-bezier-curves/shapeII.ily \relative c' { \time 4/4 e1 | \break a8 h ~ h8 cis8 \shapeII #'((h)(0 . 1.5)(ap 85 1)(h)) Slur \tuplet

Re: create custom context definitions using a scheme function

2014-01-09 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł janek.lilyp...@gmail.com writes: 2014/1/9 David Kastrup d...@gnu.org: So how can i achieve what i want? Make a Scheme assignment. Something like #(define-void-function (parser location ...) ... (ly:parser-define! parser '$defaultlayout #{ \layout ... #})) -- David

Re: Moving Ottava Text

2014-01-09 Thread Eluze
Nick Baskin wrote I'm using 2.18.0, and I need to move the 8va part of an ottava bracket to the left to avoid a collision with a beam. I've tried several things, to no avail: using \override Staff.OttavaBracket.X-offset has no effect as far as I can tell; using \override

little bar at the beginning of a one-staff-system

2014-01-09 Thread Rafael Arndt
There is a tiny estatical detail I would like to change, but found out nowhere how to do it: I would like to have a bar at the beginning of the system here: { a } %like here: new TabStaff { a } %or here: {a} {b} Do you think there is a possibility or is it conceptually just not

Re: little bar at the beginning of a one-staff-system

2014-01-09 Thread Federico Bruni
2014/1/9 Rafael Arndt rafaelar...@web.de There is a tiny estatical detail I would like to change, but found out nowhere how to do it: I would like to have a bar at the beginning of the system here: { a } %like here: \new TabStaff { a } %or here: {a} {b} Do you think there is a

Re: Moving Ottava Text

2014-01-09 Thread Nick Baskin
Eluze, Apologies for being unclear! I've attached a minimal example that I hope will demonstrate what I mean. Notice how the 8va text collides with the beam; I would like to move the 8va text to the left to avoid this collision, and cannot figure out how to do so. Changing the text by adding a

Rhythm variations in each repeated sequence

2014-01-09 Thread muggle
I'm trying to typeset a song with a verse-chorus-verse-chorus-verse-chorus... form. Basically the structure of the piece is like this: ||: verse chorus :|| cadenza However, each verse has small variations in rhythm (and notes) which I want to include using \teeny noteheads. This

Re: little bar at the beginning of a one-staff-system

2014-01-09 Thread Rafael Arndt
2014/1/9 Federico Brunifedel...@gmail.com 2014/1/9 Rafael Arndt rafaelar...@web.de There is a tiny estatical detail I would like to change, but found out nowhere how to do it: I would like to have a bar at the beginning of the system here: { a } %like here: new TabStaff { a }

RE: little bar at the beginning of a one-staff-system

2014-01-09 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Rafael, The order of prefatory symbols can be altered using the command listed here: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/internals/break_002dalignment_002dinterface Mark From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org

Re: create custom context definitions using a scheme function

2014-01-09 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup d...@gnu.org writes: Janek Warchoł janek.lilyp...@gmail.com writes: 2014/1/9 David Kastrup d...@gnu.org: So how can i achieve what i want? Make a Scheme assignment. Something like #(define-void-function (parser location ...) ... (ly:parser-define! parser '$defaultlayout

Re: Start creating with Finale 2014 today

2014-01-09 Thread Graeme Lee
On 8-Jan 6:42, Luca Rossetto Casel wrote: Il 07/01/2014 20:23, David Kastrup ha scritto: Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org 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

Requesting help with complex notation

2014-01-09 Thread guocuozuoduo
Hello, I need help with writing the following notation: 1) Multiplication signs in time signatures (such as (3×2)/8) 2) Multi-arc slurs in single staff and across multiple staves 3) Tied notes in metronome marks 4) Multiple metronome marks e.g. 8 = 350 (2~ 4~ 4. = 39) A reply would be much

Experiment with an Alternative Notation for learning Guitar music

2014-01-09 Thread Philip Rhoades
People, I have used this script: \version 2.18.0 \new Staff \with { % remaps pitches on the staff to semitones / chromatic scale staffLineLayoutFunction = #ly:pitch-semitones % reconfigures line pattern of staff % \override StaffSymbol #'line-positions = #'( -1 2 5 8 ) \override

Re: Moving Ottava Text

2014-01-09 Thread Shane Brandes
\once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.direction = #DOWN \ottava #1 possible solution? Shane On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Nick Baskin amphio...@gmail.com wrote: Eluze, Apologies for being unclear! I've attached a minimal example that I hope will demonstrate what I mean. Notice how the 8va

Re: Moving Ottava Text

2014-01-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Nick Does this help? \once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.extra-offset = #'(-3 . 0) \once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.shorten-pair = #'(0 . -3.5) Cheers, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Requesting help with complex notation

2014-01-09 Thread SoundsFromSound
Brian Guo wrote Hello, I need help with writing the following notation: 1) Multiplication signs in time signatures (such as (3×2)/8) 2) Multi-arc slurs in single staff and across multiple staves 3) Tied notes in metronome marks 4) Multiple metronome marks e.g. 8 = 350 (2~ 4~ 4. = 39)

Re: Moving Ottava Text

2014-01-09 Thread Nick Baskin
Kieren, That does the trick nicely, thanks! Nick On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi Nick Does this help? \once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.extra-offset = #'(-3 . 0) \once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.shorten-pair = #'(0 .

Re: Requesting help with complex notation

2014-01-09 Thread SoundsFromSound
SoundsFromSound wrote Brian Guo wrote Hello, I need help with writing the following notation: 1) Multiplication signs in time signatures (such as (3×2)/8) 2) Multi-arc slurs in single staff and across multiple staves 3) Tied notes in metronome marks 4) Multiple metronome marks e.g. 8

Re: Requesting help with complex notation

2014-01-09 Thread SoundsFromSound
Brian Guo wrote Hello, I need help with writing the following notation: 1) Multiplication signs in time signatures (such as (3×2)/8) 2) Multi-arc slurs in single staff and across multiple staves 3) Tied notes in metronome marks 4) Multiple metronome marks e.g. 8 = 350 (2~ 4~ 4. = 39)

Re: Experiment with an Alternative Notation for learning Guitar music

2014-01-09 Thread Paul Morris
Philip Rhoades wrote The first line spacing looks OK but I want to stack clefs and so I want to have the top and bottom notes (ie the middle notes between clefs) on short lines but Lilypond changes the line spacing when I use the second line spacing above ie in this example the distance

Re: Frescobaldi musicxml export

2014-01-09 Thread janb
Hi, I am new to this forum and also new to Lilypond Frescobaldi. Still learning the basics... I would like to ask for some help with xml import/export since I am not able to get it to work. Frescobaldi always comes up with an internal error messages: Traceback (most recent call last): File

Re: Frescobaldi musicxml export

2014-01-09 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, j...@post.cz wrote: Hi, I am new to this forum and also new to Lilypond  Frescobaldi. Still learning the basics... I would like to ask for some help with xml import/export since I am not able to get it to work. First you need to know that musicxml import (musicxml2ly) is