Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond?

2014-08-15 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Hi List, I wonder if anyone discovered a toolchain that would allow to 1. scan sheet-music (e.g. solo transcriptions with many many notes ...) 2. convert the scanner-output to lilypond (maybe via an intermediary format like xml or so)? and what kind of software they used for it? T

Re: Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond?

2014-08-15 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Thorsten Jolitz" To: Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 2:28 PM Subject: Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond? Hi List, I wonder if anyone discovered a toolchain that would allow to 1. scan sheet-music (e.g. solo transcriptions with many ma

Re: Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond?

2014-08-15 Thread Knute Snortum
It looks like SmartScore will scan sheet music and turn it into a MIDI file for $50 USD. From there you could use midi2ly. http://www.musitek.com/smartscore-midi.html Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > > Hi List, > > I wonder if anyone discov

Re: Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond?

2014-08-15 Thread Jacques Menu
Hello Thorsten, I do this with PhotoScore Ultimate (either scanning or reading a PDF file), fixing what needs to be for the score to be correct in terms of bars contents, and then export to MusicXML. The resulting file is then translated to LP with musicxml2ly. Have compared that with Finale’s

Re: Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond?

2014-08-15 Thread Phil Burfitt
- Original Message - From: "Phil Holmes" To: ; "Thorsten Jolitz" Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 2:39 PM Subject: Re: Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond? - Original Message - From: "Thorsten Jolitz" To: Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 2:28 PM Subject: Toolc

Re: Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond?

2014-08-15 Thread Richard Shann
On Fri, 2014-08-15 at 15:28 +0200, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > Hi List, > > I wonder if anyone discovered a toolchain that would allow to > > 1. scan sheet-music (e.g. solo transcriptions with many many notes > ...) > > 2. convert the scanner-output to lilypond (maybe via an intermediary >

Re: Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond?

2014-08-15 Thread Johan Vromans
"Phil Holmes" writes: > I use SharpEye (http://www.visiv.co.uk/) to generate XML. So do I. > For historical reasons I then import the MusicXML into Noteworthy > composer, then export from that as Lilypond. I use musescore to import the MusicXML, make initial corrections, and then export to Lil

Re: Toolchain: hardcopy -> scanned sheet-music -> lilypond?

2014-08-15 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Thorsten Jolitz writes: Hello, > I wonder if anyone discovered a toolchain that would allow to > > 1. scan sheet-music (e.g. solo transcriptions with many many notes > ...) > > 2. convert the scanner-output to lilypond (maybe via an intermediary > format like xml or so)? > > and what

Problem with line breaks and guitar chords

2014-08-15 Thread David Bellows
Hello all, I'm developing a program that does various things to sounds including various ways of creating scores. One of the things intends to produce simple guitar chords with fret diagrams, chord names, and strumming patterns by generating a Lilypond file. I'm currently using the ragged-right =

Re: Problem with line breaks and guitar chords

2014-08-15 Thread Jacques Menu
Hello David, 2.18.2 behaves nicely with this example, though. JM Am 15.08.2014 um 22:24 schrieb David Bellows : > Hello all, > > I'm developing a program that does various things to sounds including > various ways of creating scores. One of the things intends to produce > simple guitar chords

Re: Problem with line breaks and guitar chords

2014-08-15 Thread Abraham Lee
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:24 PM, David Bellows wrote: Hello all, I'm developing a program that does various things to sounds including various ways of creating scores. One of the things intends to produce simple guitar chords with fret diagrams, chord names, and strumming patterns by generating

Re: Problem with line breaks and guitar chords

2014-08-15 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi David, 2014-08-15 22:40 GMT+02:00 David Bellows : > Wow, that looks so much better. I've attached the pdf of what happens > when I compile the code (wasn't sure if that was allowed on the list). > And yeah, I don't get a warning when I compile it. I guess something > has changed from 2.18 to 2

Adding horizontal space

2014-08-15 Thread Do something Artistic
How can I add horizontal space both after the music and after each stanza. My score seems too cramped. \markup { \column{ \line{ Verse 4. } thank you ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org ht

Re: Problem with line breaks and guitar chords

2014-08-15 Thread David Bellows
Hey all, problem solved! While skimming the Notation Reference manual I found the \remove "Forbid_line_break_engraver" command which fixes the problem and makes everything else look nicer. On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 1:40 PM, David Bellows wrote: > Wow, that looks so much better. I've attached the pd

Re: Problem with line breaks and guitar chords

2014-08-15 Thread David Bellows
>For sure, the code you sent is not the one you've compiled. Oops. I have so many files open that in spite of my efforts to keep everything straight and send the correct one I still sent the wrong one. Anyway, as I mentioned in my previous email I found the solution to the problem. On Fri, Aug 15

Re: Adding horizontal space

2014-08-15 Thread Thomas Morley
2014-08-15 23:01 GMT+02:00 Do something Artistic : > How can I add horizontal space both after the music and after each stanza. > My score seems too cramped. > > > \markup { \column{ > \line{ Verse 4. } > > thank you > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list

Aligning markup (rather than marks) to the left edge?

2014-08-15 Thread Trevor Bača
Hi, I'm working on a piece with a lot accelerando and ritardando spanners. I've built my own accelerando and ritardando spanners using text spanners. Here's a more-or-less stripped down example that works pretty well: %%% BEGIN %%% \version "2.19.11" \language "english" \new Staff { \once

RE: Adding horizontal space

2014-08-15 Thread Do something Artistic
Ok sorry, this is what I am using to put additional stanzas under my music. I was wondering what I need to add to get the additional space after the music and between the stanzas without being criticized for putting too much code in my question. > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:23:45 +0200 > S

install question

2014-08-15 Thread Steven Arntson
I've noticed that I don't have the most recent stable version of Lilypond, and would like to install 2.18.2 to see if some issues I'm having are resolved. The instructions on lilypond.org suggest installing with: sh lilypond-2.18.2-1.linux-64.sh When I type this, though, I'm told, You are about