Re: q shortcut and voicings in TAB

2015-06-17 Thread David Kastrup
"David B. Stocker" writes: > Question: > > Using the q shorthand for chords doesn't result in exact duplicates > with regard to fret positions. > > In my minimal example, pasted below, I would intend for repeated > chords to have the same fret position as the initial iteration. I > would think th

Re: Help wanted from a blind user

2015-06-17 Thread Jim Long
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 08:33:26PM -0500, Daniel Contreras wrote: > A common practice in arranging for salsa or Latin music I am > finding out is that when one is dealing with a d.s. al coda and > things of that nature, it may require for the staff to stop at the > double bar line, notate the ds an

Help wanted from a blind user

2015-06-17 Thread Daniel Contreras
Hello ponders, Just wanted to thank you guys first of all for all your help with my questions. What I am trying to accomplish this time is the following. A common practice in arranging for salsa or Latin music I am finding out is that when one is dealing with a d.s. al coda and things of that na

q shortcut and voicings in TAB

2015-06-17 Thread David B. Stocker
Question: Using the q shorthand for chords doesn't result in exact duplicates with regard to fret positions. In my minimal example, pasted below, I would intend for repeated chords to have the same fret position as the initial iteration. I would think this would be the desired behavior to sa

repeat bars in all staves except one

2015-06-17 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, In the following [minimal] snippet, \version "2.19" global = { \time 4/4 s1 \repeat volta 1 { s1 } } \score { << \new RhythmicStaff << \global { a1 a } >> \new Staff << \global { c''1 c'' } >> >> } I would like to have the RhythmicStaff *not* have repeat barlines,

Re: Nashville notation as chord symbols

2015-06-17 Thread Amelie Zapf
Hi David, everybody, > Rather, you need to put your code into an engraver. You then "consist" > the engraver to a context. You can't get at it within your function. OK. I need to define an engraver, that's a statement I can live with. However, is there any documentation or definition of the ma

Re: Grace notes causing inverted stems in \tabFullNotation

2015-06-17 Thread David Kastrup
"Phil Burfitt" writes: > From: "David Kastrup" > Subject: Re: Grace notes causing inverted stems in \tabFullNotation > >> >> >>That's a rather long-standing problem, namely issue 630 >>https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=630> reported >>more than 7 years ago but likely present fo

Re: Grace notes causing inverted stems in \tabFullNotation

2015-06-17 Thread Phil Burfitt
From: "David Kastrup" Subject: Re: Grace notes causing inverted stems in \tabFullNotation That's a rather long-standing problem, namely issue 630 https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=630> reported more than 7 years ago but likely present for more than 10 years (See http://lilyp

Re: Grace notes causing inverted stems in \tabFullNotation

2015-06-17 Thread David Kastrup
"Phil Burfitt" writes: > Tiny example... > > > \version "2.18.2" > > treble = \relative c' { > \voiceOne > \grace g8 g4 g g > } > > bass = \relative c { > \voiceTwo > \grace s8 c4 c c > } > \score { > \new TabStaff { \key c \major >\time 3/4 >\tabFullNotation ><< > \new T

Grace notes causing inverted stems in \tabFullNotation

2015-06-17 Thread Phil Burfitt
Tiny example... \version "2.18.2" treble = \relative c' { \voiceOne \grace g8 g4 g g } bass = \relative c { \voiceTwo \grace s8 c4 c c } \score { \new TabStaff { \key c \major \time 3/4 \tabFullNotation << \new TabVoice { \treble } \new TabVoice { \bass } >

Re: Nashville notation as chord symbols

2015-06-17 Thread David Nalesnik
One more thing... This one, however, requires a translator object as input. In >> the documentation, I haven't found a proper explanation what exactly >> constitutes a translator object. >> >> A translator is either an engraver or a performer (dealing with MIDI output). David

Re: Nashville notation as chord symbols

2015-06-17 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Amelie, On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 4:52 AM, Amelie Zapf wrote: > Hi all, > > > What's left now is to isolate this function and put it into the other > > code we already have. > > Rather, you need to put your code into an engraver. You then "consist" the engraver to a context. You can't get at

Re: Nashville notation as chord symbols

2015-06-17 Thread Amelie Zapf
Hi all, > What's left now is to isolate this function and put it into the other > code we already have. I just had a go at it and am running into problems left and right. If I call (myrootpitch (ly:context-property somecontext 'tonic)) I need a context as input. The usual context names (like Sta

Re: Nashville notation as chord symbols

2015-06-17 Thread Amelie Zapf
Dear Paul, all, thanks for your great contribution of passing the tonic as an argument. > It’s possible to create a custom engraver (with scheme) that can access this > property and do something with it. (There’s not all that much documentation > on this, but maybe look in the LSR for examples