Re: pdf orientation not displayed correctly in 2.19.63

2017-06-13 Thread Juan Cristóbal Cerrillo
Thanks Andrew, Will look in lilypond-devel next time. Setting paper size to #(set-paper-size "letterlandscape”) solves it. (caution other users only for 2.19.62!) jc > On Jun 13, 2017, at 8:28 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: > > Hi Juan, > > There is a thread I started on the devel mailing list

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2017-06-13 Thread David Nalesnik
On Jun 13, 2017 9:55 PM, "Kieren MacMillan" wrote: Hi David (et al.), > It's not suitable as is, but easily remedied. The grob LyricWord is > defined in a hackish way so that it can fit in an LY file. So in C++, it would be non-hackish…? No, just parceling out the chunks to various .scm file

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2017-06-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David (et al.), > It's not suitable as is, but easily remedied. The grob LyricWord is > defined in a hackish way so that it can fit in an LY file. So in C++, it would be non-hackish…? > it's potentially useful to have a grob which organizes whole Lyric words, > so lyrics are not simply a col

RE: pdf orientation not displayed correctly in 2.19.63

2017-06-13 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Juan, There is a thread I started on the devel mailing list recently that discusses and explains this. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2017-05/msg00017.html Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://list

pdf orientation not displayed correctly in 2.19.63

2017-06-13 Thread Juan Cristóbal Cerrillo
Hello, The pdf is created with the correct orientation, however in 2.19.63 the pdf document is not displayed with the correct orientation as in previous versions (2.18.2). jc \version "2.18.2" %\version "2.19.62" \paper { #(set-paper-size "letter" 'landscape) } << {c'1 c'1} >> orientati

Re: accordion notation - counter bass note

2017-06-13 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 13.06.2017 23:18, David Kastrup wrote: Simon Albrecht writes: On 13.06.2017 18:51, Gianmaria Lari wrote: What's \etc? Any link to this command? A great, unfortunately yet undocumented new feature.

Re: accordion notation - counter bass note

2017-06-13 Thread Gianmaria Lari
Thank you David and Simon! (and Brian!) On 13 June 2017 at 23:18, David Kastrup wrote: > Simon Albrecht writes: > > > On 13.06.2017 18:51, Gianmaria Lari wrote: > >> What's \etc? Any link to this command? > > > > A great, unfortunately yet undocumented new feature. > >

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2017-06-13 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Kieren, On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi David (et al.), > > These are questions regarding the "lyric-word-reconstituter" in the thread > which includes the post > . > > I'd love to use it (or

Re: accordion notation - counter bass note

2017-06-13 Thread David Kastrup
Simon Albrecht writes: > On 13.06.2017 18:51, Gianmaria Lari wrote: >> What's \etc? Any link to this command? > > A great, unfortunately yet undocumented new feature. You'll also find it listed

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2017-06-13 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi David (et al.), > > These are questions regarding the "lyric-word-reconstituter" in the > thread which includes the post > . > > I'd love to use it (or something like it) in my engravings going fo

Re: accordion notation - counter bass note

2017-06-13 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 13.06.2017 18:51, Gianmaria Lari wrote: What's \etc? Any link to this command? A great, unfortunately yet undocumented new feature. Essentially it’s a shorthand notation for defining music functions (and markup commands, IIRC) without using scheme syntax. Bogus example: instead of writing

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2017-06-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David (et al.), These are questions regarding the "lyric-word-reconstituter" in the thread which includes the post . I'd love to use it (or something like it) in my engravings going forward. 1. It doesn't seem to work wi

Re: Chords in LilyPond

2017-06-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ivan, >> How is it "wrong" for the chord to [additionally] >> include the information 'root = a'? > > In some instances the root could be C and the A would be a passing tone. > In other instances, calling any of those four tones a root would > have no meaning. It would depend on the context.

Re: Chords in LilyPond

2017-06-13 Thread David Kastrup
Ivan Kuznetsov writes: > Kieren MacMillan wrote: >> >> How is it "wrong" for the chord to [additionally] include the >> information 'root = a'? > > In some instances the root could be C and the A would be a passing tone. > In other instances, calling any of those four tones a root would > have

Re: Chords in LilyPond

2017-06-13 Thread Ivan Kuznetsov
Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > How is it "wrong" for the chord to [additionally] include the > information 'root = a'? In some instances the root could be C and the A would be a passing tone. In other instances, calling any of those four tones a root would have no meaning. It would depend on the c

Re: Chords in LilyPond

2017-06-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ivan, Thanks for your input on this important thread. > This "every chord can/should be given a name" hypothesis > is a popular/amateur musician idea that does not exist > in the concert/conservatory musician world. Not every chord can or should be given a name, of course. That being said, I

Re: Chords in LilyPond

2017-06-13 Thread Ivan Kuznetsov
I realize I am late on this thread, and I have not even read the other responses, but I will try to explain why adding "semantics" to a chord data structure is a mistake. This "every chord can/should be given a name" hypothesis is a popular/amateur musician idea that does not exist in the concert/

Re: Adjusting OttavaBracket parameters (was "Re: can't seem to apply tweaks on tweaks")

2017-06-13 Thread Peter Crighton
2016-01-02 23:37 GMT+01:00 Thomas Morley : > > Please look at the attached png and test the attached code. > Tell me what isn't sufficient. > > Cheers, > Harm > Hi Harm, I just found your solution to the problem I had been having for a long time – it helped tremendously, thank you! Only proble

Re: accordion notation - counter bass note

2017-06-13 Thread Gianmaria Lari
It works perfectly thank you David. What's \etc? Any link to this command? Thank you!!! g. On 13 June 2017 at 18:43, David Kastrup wrote: > Gianmaria Lari writes: > > > Perfect!!! Thank you David! > > > > Now, because they are a bit verbose, I would like to create a function > with > > parame

Re: accordion notation - counter bass note

2017-06-13 Thread David Kastrup
Gianmaria Lari writes: > Perfect!!! Thank you David! > > Now, because they are a bit verbose, I would like to create a function with > parameter. > This is without parameter: > > \version "2.19.60" > newFinger = \markup \underline \finger 3 > {\clef bass e,_\newFinger } > > > How can I write some

Re: accordion notation - counter bass note

2017-06-13 Thread Gianmaria Lari
Perfect!!! Thank you David! Now, because they are a bit verbose, I would like to create a function with parameter. This is without parameter: \version "2.19.60" newFinger = \markup \underline \finger 3 {\clef bass e,_\newFinger } How can I write somethingl ike: \newFinger #3 ? __

Re: encapsulating woodwind diagrams

2017-06-13 Thread caagr98
Try removing the brackets ({ ... }) around the \markup. On 06/13/2017 04:46 PM, Jaime Oliver La Rosa wrote: Hi all, I am using the following code to place diagrams in a score: c^\markup \center-column { \override #'(size . .75) \override #'(thickness . 0.05){ \wood

Re: encapsulating woodwind diagrams

2017-06-13 Thread Jaime Oliver La Rosa
that works! thanks... J On 06/13/2017 09:51 AM, caag...@gmail.com wrote: Try removing the brackets ({ ... }) around the \markup. On 06/13/2017 04:46 PM, Jaime Oliver La Rosa wrote: Hi all, I am using the following code to place diagrams in a score: c^\markup \center-column { \ov

Hal Leonard fretboard style

2017-06-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, Before I reinvent this particular wheel… Has anyone worked up a stylesheet which exactly (or at least closely) mimics the style seen in most Hal Leonard (or Williamson Music) piano/vocal/guitar publications? Thanks, Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣

encapsulating woodwind diagrams

2017-06-13 Thread Jaime Oliver La Rosa
Hi all, I am using the following code to place diagrams in a score: c^\markup \center-column { \override #'(size . .75) \override #'(thickness . 0.05){ \woodwind-diagram #'flute-b-extension #'((cc . (one1h three)) (lh

Re: accordion notation - counter bass note

2017-06-13 Thread David Kastrup
Gianmaria Lari writes: > On the accordion to indicate that a note is to be played in the counter > bass we put a small dash *under* the number of the finger (see attached > file capture.png). How can I do it? > > * * * > > Another convention for counter bass (that my teacher uses) is to put an x

accordion notation - counter bass note

2017-06-13 Thread Gianmaria Lari
On the accordion to indicate that a note is to be played in the counter bass we put a small dash *under* the number of the finger (see attached file capture.png). How can I do it? * * * Another convention for counter bass (that my teacher uses) is to put an x in front of the number of the finger.

Re: FYI: OpenScore

2017-06-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Please note that I am just relaying this message. I'm not affiliated with this project in any way. On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 08:12:41 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > Quote: "OpenScore wants to digitise and liberate all public domain sheet > music, including the great classics of Mozart, Beethoven and Ba

Re: Changing vertical spacing on lyrics

2017-06-13 Thread spadey88
Thanks Kieran - yes that was what I was after Many thanks! > On 13 Jun 2017, at 5:57 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > Hi Adrian, > >> That helps in moving the single line of lyrics (which will be helpful >> elsewhere - thanks!), however what I want is to increase the spacing between >> stanz

Re: FYI: OpenScore

2017-06-13 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 13.06.2017 08:12, Johan Vromans wrote: Quote: "OpenScore wants to digitise and liberate all public domain sheet music, including the great classics of Mozart, Beethoven and Bach. Our community aims to transfer history’s most influential pieces from paper into interactive scores which you can l