Re: Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi Gianmaria, How about: \version 2.18.2 plus = #(define-music-function (parser location fingering) (ly:music?) (let ((music (make-music 'FingeringEvent)) (finger (ly:music-property fingering 'digit))) (set! (ly:music-property music 'tweaks) (acons 'stencil

Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread Gianmaria
Does exist a 'standard' way to specify violin fingering like -2 or +2? In fretless instruments we use the notation + or - because for each hand position (first position, 3rd position etc.) fingers can occupy two different position, low or high. For instance in first position, finger 2 on

Re: Installing Denemo

2015-05-11 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2015-05-10 at 23:24 +0100, J Martin Rushton wrote: Having seen recommendations for Denemo I though I'd try to install it on my CentOS 7 (basically RHEL 7) system. I'm currently running Frescobaldi 2.18 and Lilypond 2.18.2-1. I downloaded both the f20 f21 rpms as well as the tarball.

Re: Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Here again with a better 'minus' look: \version 2.18.2 #(set-global-staff-size 50) plus = #(define-music-function (parser location fingering) (ly:music?) (let ((music (make-music 'FingeringEvent)) (finger (ly:music-property fingering 'digit))) (set! (ly:music-property music

Re: Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread Gianmaria Lari
Merci Pierre, ca marche tres bien!!! Any idea why this is not part of the default Lilypond packages? Thank you, Gianmaria ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread B~M
Pierre that is fantastic work. I tried a very crude routine to mark the - sign on a finger number like -2 etc... but nothing as slick as yours. This is very useful annotation to denote a descending shift from somewhere down to a lower position with finger 2. In sight reading string music that

Re: Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread Gianmaria Lari
Yes, I understand. The violin teachear of my daughter use it for her. I'm not sure it exist a standard way to indicate that low or high finger position. And probably it is something you use only for beginner. If you have any suggestion you're welcome. Ciao, G. On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:05 PM,

Re: Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi, 2015-05-11 13:31 GMT+02:00 B~M viola1...@gmail.com: This is very useful annotation to denote a descending shift from somewhere down to a lower position with finger 2. In sight reading string music that makes what is coming next very clear. Very helpful. Personnaly I wouldn't use the

Re: Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi, 2015-05-11 13:38 GMT+02:00 Gianmaria Lari gianmarial...@gmail.com: Merci Pierre, ca marche tres bien!!! I'm glad it helps ! Any idea why this is not part of the default Lilypond packages? No idea... Cheers, Pierre ___ lilypond-user

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread tisimst
Fantastic work, David! Definitely more involved code than you would expect, but very thoroughly done, allowing for non-centered alignments even. This would make an excellent addition to the core code, IMHO. Perhaps called centered-name-column? The only thing that I would further request (and this

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi, On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hello all, In the snippet http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=383, the instrument names are centered [beautifully!] based on the total indent value. How would one make the instruments be

Re: Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Your're absolutely right. It's a bad habit and a wrong designation. I should have used guide finger instead. Pierre 2015-05-11 16:17 GMT+02:00 Stephen MacNeil classicalja...@gmail.com: no need to post to list. just wondering where you have seen a portamento indicated that way. Stephen

Re: can Keep_alive_together_engraver be temporarily suspended?

2015-05-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Peter, Where do you use \RemoveEmptyStaves? Try moving it to the lower Staff and not the PianoStaff. I don’t know how your score is organised … is that an option for you? Yes! This worked well. Thanks! Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website:

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread David Nalesnik
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:04 AM, tisimst tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com wrote: Fantastic work, David! Appreciate that! Definitely more involved code than you would expect, but very thoroughly done, allowing for non-centered alignments even. This would make an excellent addition to the core

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longestinstrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread Phil Holmes
Do you think a similar approach could solve http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=766 ? -- Phil Holmes - Original Message - From: David Nalesnik To: Kieren MacMillan Cc: Lilypond-User Mailing List Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 3:23 PM Subject: Re: can

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Abraham, Fantastic work, David! +1 This would make an excellent addition to the core code, IMHO. +1 The only thing that I would further request (and this applies to instrumentName in general) is that the indent variable automatically adjust itself to be larger to compensate for

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longestinstrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread Phil Holmes
I would suggest tweaking the indents to take account of the instrument names, but setting a warning Indent adjusted to xx to accommodate instrument name. -- Phil Holmes - Original Message - From: David Nalesnik To: tisimst Cc: lilypond-user Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:28

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longestinstrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Phil, On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net wrote: Do you think a similar approach could solve http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=766 ? I don't think so. I don't know how you'd go about changing the indentation automatically, but I imagine it

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David (et al.), This brings back the days of getting my dissertation--an orchestral composition--through all the final hoops. Did the explicit requirement of 1.5\in at the left (if I remember correctly) include the instrument name or not? There never was a conclusive answer. You

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread David Nalesnik
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Oh, and some/all of the [Short]InstrumentName settings (e.g., padding) should be adjustable after the score is “in progress. =) This is possible to a limited extent. You can't drop in a change when you

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread David Nalesnik
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi David (et al.), Not sure what the best practice would be. After all, you do want the numbers you set for indent and short-indent to exactly match what you specify. It depends on how you define

Place note over bar

2015-05-11 Thread AndrésPérezLópez
Dear all, it's a pleasure for me to write my first email in the list. I'm still very new to Lilypond, so please forgive my ignorance. We are in the development of an alternative music notation system, based on proportional pitch and time representation. At the moment we have a

Re: Place note over bar

2015-05-11 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Andrés. On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 7:06 PM, AndrésPérezLópez cont...@andresperezlopez.com wrote: Dear all, it's a pleasure for me to write my first email in the list. I'm still very new to Lilypond, so please forgive my ignorance. Welcome to Lilypond and to the list! We are in the

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David (et al.), Not sure what the best practice would be. After all, you do want the numbers you set for indent and short-indent to exactly match what you specify. It depends on how you define “indent” and “short-indent”… or “margin”… ;) All kidding aside: 1. Perhaps there could be a

Re: Violin fingering

2015-05-11 Thread Simon Albrecht
Am 11.05.2015 um 13:38 schrieb Gianmaria Lari: Merci Pierre, ca marche tres bien!!! Any idea why this is not part of the default Lilypond packages? For a simple reason: nobody implemented it. If you can give examples that this is standard notation, you might raise an enhancement request on

Guitar bends together with slides

2015-05-11 Thread Martyn Quick
For those of us who use Lilypond to typeset guitar music, we are aware that one has to apply some slightly dirty tricks to make bends work together with hammer-on/pull-offs.  This is well established, can be found referred to in the documentation for the guitar bends code, and has been

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Oh, and some/all of the [Short]InstrumentName settings (e.g., padding) should be adjustable after the score is “in progress. =) Cheers, Kieren. On May 11, 2015, at 11:57 AM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi David (et al.), Not sure what the best practice would be.

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread David Nalesnik
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi David (et al.), This brings back the days of getting my dissertation--an orchestral composition--through all the final hoops. Did the explicit requirement of 1.5\in at the left (if I remember

Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

2015-05-11 Thread David Nalesnik
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi Abraham, Fantastic work, David! +1 This would make an excellent addition to the core code, IMHO. +1 The only thing that I would further request (and this applies to instrumentName in