Re: Disappearing barlines with skipBars - possible bug?

2015-03-25 Thread Mark Knoop
At 00:03 on 25 Mar 2015, Thomas Morley wrote: >I disagree. >\set Score.skipBars = ##t _is_ intended to affect notes _and_ useful! >Don't limit your thoughts to modern music. > >Below I retyped (quick'n dirty) the last bar from Missa Papae >Marcelli, Sanctus by Palestrina taken from an edition which

Re: Problem with lyrics in alternative endings that contain leading rests

2015-03-25 Thread Nathan Ho
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Colin Campbell wrote: > I can see that the problem seems to involve a lack of output, but perhaps a > bit more input might clarify it a bit? Now that's what I call a "minimal example"! \drummode { sn8 bd8 r8 cymc8 } __

Re: Problem with repeat alternative endings that contain lyrics and leading rests

2015-03-25 Thread Nathan Ho
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Peter Heisen wrote: > Dear List, > > The LilyPond notation reference, section 2.1.2, > (http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics) > contains the following example of how to use lyrics in concert with repeat > alternativ

Re: Tuplet bracket length

2015-03-25 Thread Andrew Bernard
Thanks. A great help. \set tupletFullLength = ##t maybe of some help. See http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=705 as well. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Problem with repeat alternative endings that contain lyrics and leading rests

2015-03-25 Thread Simon Albrecht
Am 25.03.2015 um 10:01 schrieb Nathan Ho: On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Peter Heisen wrote: Dear List, The LilyPond notation reference, section 2.1.2, (http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics) contains the following example of how to use lyrics

Re: rest placement in multi-voice piano staff

2015-03-25 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, Just for the benefit of anyone reading this thread after the fact… > you can specify a placement for the rest by indicating a note\rest. in this > case i used g8\rest While that is technically true, we should be encouraging the proper use of the \voiceX commands, which (as I’ve shown)

Creating new context: 3 Questions

2015-03-25 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Ponderers, I have tried a couple of times now but can't get this to work. Maybe someone sees my mistake ... I've checked out section "Defining new contexts" of the manual (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/defining-new-contexts) and tried to do the following: I'd like to cre

Re: Creating new context: 3 Questions

2015-03-25 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hi Robert, I’m not really into the topic, but I have two remarks: Am 25.03.2015 um 14:50 schrieb Robert Schmaus: Hi Ponderers, I have tried a couple of times now but can't get this to work. Maybe someone sees my mistake ... [snip] So my first question is: why doesn't this work? My second q

Scheme void function problems

2015-03-25 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hello, I’m experimenting with an implementation of automatic tagline language selection and currently have two problems with the void function \language that I adapted from music-functions-init.ly: – I can’t get the first, optional argument to work; it needs to be explicitly given or Lily will

Re: Creating new context: 3 Questions

2015-03-25 Thread Paul Morris
Hi Robert, Robert Schmaus wrote > My second question is: In the manual, there's the \consists command. > Afaics, there is no \remove command. It was my impression that the \alias > command specifies a "frame of reference" to which content can be added and > (??) removed. So that I could simply ch

Re: Creating new context: 3 Questions

2015-03-25 Thread Paul Morris
Paul Morris wrote > \context { \Staff \accepts "RhythmicLine" } Ah-ha! this should be \context { \Score \accepts "RhythmicLine" } since RhythmicLine is a kind of staff context (rather than a kind of voice context). Then \remove works as expected. -Paul -- View this message in context:

Re: Creating new context: 3 Questions

2015-03-25 Thread tisimst
Robert, Here's what I came up with that should do what you need. It is a modification of the RhythmicStaff context with your settings as I understood them: %< SNIP -- \version "2.18.2" scale = #-3 \layout { \context{ \type "Engraver_

Re: Scheme void function problems

2015-03-25 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Simon, I can't judge whether this is getting closer to you want, but maybe my observations can help. On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Simon Albrecht wrote: > Hello, > > I’m experimenting with an implementation of automatic tagline language > selection and currently have two problems with the

Redefine chord default position in chordmode

2015-03-25 Thread Calixte Faure
Hello Lilyponders! Typing \chordmode{ c f g } produces { }, would it be possible to define that \chordmode{ f g } should be { } for all the piece? I know i could use \chordmode{ f/a g/b } but i wish to simplify the input, and ChordName to print F G and not F/A G/B. Thanks for your advices! Rega

Re: Creating new context: 3 Questions

2015-03-25 Thread Abraham Lee
Oh, and in case it wasn't clear, this new context definition doesn't inherit ANYTHING. It's a totally new context. You'll notice there are no \remove statements (like for accidentals, clefs, etc.) Since \RhythmicLine doesn't \accept certain engravers, there's no need to \remove them. :-) - Abraham

Re: Scheme void function problems

2015-03-25 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi again, On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:33 AM, David Nalesnik wrote: > Hi Simon, > > I can't judge whether this is getting closer to you want, but maybe my > observations can help. > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Simon Albrecht > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I’m experimenting with an implementati

Re: Scheme void function problems

2015-03-25 Thread David Nalesnik
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:13 AM, David Nalesnik wrote: > Hi again, > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:33 AM, David Nalesnik > wrote: > >> Hi Simon, >> >> I can't judge whether this is getting closer to you want, but maybe my >> observations can help. >> >> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Simon Alb

Octavecheck?

2015-03-25 Thread Nik Repka
Hello all, I'm totally new to Lilypond... but while reading the manual, I have become seriously confused by the following example of octave check: \relative c'' { c4 f g f c4 \octaveCheck c' f \octaveCheck c' g \octaveCheck c' f } I understand why the first and third octave chec

Re: Octavecheck?

2015-03-25 Thread tisimst
I think you are right, Nik. It should go to f' instead, based on the docs. Looks like a bug to me. CC-ing the bug list. - Abraham On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Nik Repka [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n17366...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm totally new to Lilypond... but while

Re: Scheme void function problems

2015-03-25 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hello, thanks a lot for your thoughts, David. Am 25.03.2015 um 16:33 schrieb David Nalesnik: Hi Simon, I can't judge whether this is getting closer to you want, but maybe my observations can help. On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Simon Albrecht mailto:simon.albre...@mail.de>> wrote:

Re: Creating new context: 3 Questions

2015-03-25 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Abraham, Paul & Simon, Thanks a lot to all of you for your great help & explanations! I have been away from my computer since my mail and will only be able to go over my code tomorrow, but from what I see in your replies, I'm sure all will work great! I'm also glad I was wrong about the remo

Re: Octavecheck?

2015-03-25 Thread Noeck
Am 25.03.2015 um 18:38 schrieb tisimst: > I think you are right, Nik. It should go to f' instead, based on the > docs. Looks like a bug to me. Here is a guess what happens (even if that contradicts the docs): The following pitches are perhaps not relative to the octave check but to the previous

Re: Octavecheck?

2015-03-25 Thread Trevor Daniels
Noeck wrote Wednesday, March 25, 2015 6:48 PM > Here is a guess what happens (even if that contradicts the docs): > The following pitches are perhaps not relative to the octave check but > to the previous pitch corrected by the octave check. That would be my explanation too. > This would explai

Re: Scheme void function problems

2015-03-25 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Simon, On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Simon Albrecht wrote: > Hello, > > thanks a lot for your thoughts, David. > > Am 25.03.2015 um 16:33 schrieb David Nalesnik: > > Hi Simon, > > I can't judge whether this is getting closer to you want, but maybe my > observations can help. > > On Wed,

Re: Scheme void function problems

2015-03-25 Thread David Nalesnik
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:27 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: > Hi Simon, > > > The problem with the last invocation is this. LilyPond considers whether > the first argument you give it--"deutsch"--is a symbol. It isn't, so it > uses 'general. Then, it looks further on for a suitable value for > 'lan

Re: Scheme void function problems

2015-03-25 Thread David Nalesnik
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:31 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:27 PM, David Nalesnik > wrote: > >> Hi Simon, >> >> >> The problem with the last invocation is this. LilyPond considers whether >> the first argument you give it--"deutsch"--is a symbol. It isn't, so it >> u

Score content spilling off left side of page

2015-03-25 Thread Stan Mulder
For some reason a score I made won't fit all the text on the left side of the page. I cannot find anything different about this score than previous ones. The first page looks okay, but it's the subsequent pages with the instrument abbreviations that are getting cut off with no margin at all. I'm

Re: Problem with repeat alternative endings that contain lyrics andleading rests

2015-03-25 Thread Trevor Daniels
Nathan Ho wrote Wednesday, March 25, 2015 9:01 AM > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Peter Heisen > wrote: >> >> The LilyPond notation reference, section 2.1.2, >> (http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics) >> contains the following example of how to

Re: Score content spilling off left side of page

2015-03-25 Thread Nathan Ho
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Stan Mulder wrote: > For some reason a score I made won't fit all the text on the left side of > the page. I cannot find anything different about this score than previous > ones. > > The first page looks okay, but it's the subsequent pages with the instrument > ab

Guitar chord mode no longer produces MIDI file with chords

2015-03-25 Thread David Bellows
In the versions of Lilypond I've used up through 2.19.16 when I would compile the attached file the resulting MIDI file would play the entire chord. With 2.19.17 now only the root note is played. I don't really know where to look for this kind of information but I can't tell if this is the new expe

Re: [Frescobaldi] Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 2.18

2015-03-25 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:02:41 +0100 (CET) Martin Tarenskeen schreef: > Ouch. Any chance this will be fixed soon, either for frescobaldi or > for ly2video? I was just planning to try the ly2video utility. Yes, we are working to fix this! ly2video will either rename the ly module it installs in the

Re: Redefine chord default position in chordmode

2015-03-25 Thread Nathan Ho
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Calixte Faure wrote: > Hello Lilyponders! > > Typing \chordmode{ c f g } produces { }, would it be > possible to define that \chordmode{ f g } should be { } for > all the piece? > I know i could use \chordmode{ f/a g/b } but i wish to simplify the input, > and Ch

Re: Guitar chord mode no longer produces MIDI file with chords

2015-03-25 Thread Nathan Ho
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:08 PM, David Bellows wrote: > In the versions of Lilypond I've used up through 2.19.16 when I would > compile the attached file the resulting MIDI file would play the > entire chord. With 2.19.17 now only the root note is played. I don't > really know where to look for th

Re: Redefine chord default position in chordmode

2015-03-25 Thread Calixte Faure
Hi Nathan, thanks for answering, 2015-03-25 22:48 GMT+01:00 Nathan Ho : > > I'm a little unclear on what you're asking for and what your > motivations are. It seems that you want to enter { c f g } into > \chordmode, and have the music events generated as if you entered { c > f/a g/b }, but then

placement of dot after notehead

2015-03-25 Thread MING TSANG
Lilyponders: how to solve the dots after notehead and tie collides. 1.  tie collide with notehead -- treble staff sample2.  place of dots look awful and not clear - refer to bass staff Immanuel,Ming.\version "2.19.17" \language "english" global = { \key d \major \numericTimeSignature

how to move upbow inside the staff?

2015-03-25 Thread MarcM
You can see in this minimal sample http://lilybin.com/tvja0h/1 that the upbow makes the trill span move much higher than desired. I found ways to move the fingering inside the staff and other objects but not for the upbow. Is there a way to move upbow inside the staff to get the trill span clo

Re: how to move upbow inside the staff?

2015-03-25 Thread tisimst
Try: \once \override Script.Y-offset = #0 but I'm not sure what value works well for that. If you move the fingering down and to the left, then maybe a value of #1 or so should work. - Abraham On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:29 PM, MarcM [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n173688...@n5.nabble.com> wrot

Re: Guitar chord mode no longer produces MIDI file with chords

2015-03-25 Thread Thomas Morley
2015-03-25 23:28 GMT+01:00 Nathan Ho : > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:08 PM, David Bellows wrote: >> In the versions of Lilypond I've used up through 2.19.16 when I would >> compile the attached file the resulting MIDI file would play the >> entire chord. With 2.19.17 now only the root note is played

Re: Guitar chord mode no longer produces MIDI file with chords

2015-03-25 Thread David Bellows
> Could you confirm that it works for you? I copy and pasted it directly in and it doesn't change the behavior. I've attached my file. And forgive the odd formatting, I have a program that generates this code. > Then I'll put up an issue on the tracker. Patch will follow soon. Awesome. This isn'

Re: how to move upbow inside the staff?

2015-03-25 Thread MarcM
thanks that helped: http://lilybin.com/tvja0h/3 -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/how-to-move-upbow-inside-the-staff-tp173688p173692.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user ma

Re: Score content spilling off left side of page

2015-03-25 Thread Stan Mulder
Thanks. That seems to have helped. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Guitar chord mode no longer produces MIDI file with chords

2015-03-25 Thread Thomas Morley
2015-03-26 1:08 GMT+01:00 David Bellows : >> Could you confirm that it works for you? > > I copy and pasted it directly in and it doesn't change the behavior. > I've attached my file. Silly me. Must be heavily overtired... It needs to be put into \midi {}, like: \score { \new ChordNames \chordm