Re: Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread Jacques Menu
Thanks everybody for your help! I asked the question because MusicXML describes an element of the figured bass this way: 3 8 I’ll use ‘figured bass element’ and 'figured bass elements’, they suit my purpose nicely. A nice day! JM > Le 15 juin 2021 à 20:31,

Re: Inserting a one-time Volta bracket

2021-06-15 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Di., 15. Juni 2021 um 08:44 Uhr schrieb Brent Annable : > > Here are my efforts so far. I don't think this solution is very elegant, but > if I could find a way to extend the measure length to accommodate the text, > this might work. But I'm sure there must be an easier way. > > Sorry for the

Re: Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread Hans Åberg
It is Merriam–Webster—there are many Webster. And no. > On 15 Jun 2021, at 20:24, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > > Hans, > > For Webster is a haircut only just a hair cut? > > M > > From: lilypond-user > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Hans >

RE: Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Hans, For Webster is a haircut only just a hair cut? M From: lilypond-user [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Hans Åberg Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 9:08 AM To: Jacques Menu Cc: lilypond-user Subject: Re: Terminology question On 15 Jun

Re: Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 15 Jun 2021, at 16:20, Jacques Menu wrote: > > What would be the plural of ‘figured bass’,… It is figured basses, or continuos (singular continuo), according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Re: Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread Shane Brandes
It never crossed my mind that figured bass was anything other than a non countable noun. Just like fish or sheep. As a spoken term it sounds more like a tax term. Shane On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 11:01 AM David Sumbler wrote: > I think the real question is "what do you call a single figure or

Re: Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread David Sumbler
I think the real question is "what do you call a single figure or column of figures under a bass note". So far as I am aware, the term "figured bass" means a bass line (not a single note) that has figuring to indicate the harmonies. If I want to talk about a number of such bass lines - e.g. the

Re: Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread David Kastrup
Jacques Menu writes: > Hello folks, > > What would be the plural of ‘figured bass’, if that applies, to denote > several occurrences of the figures > in a score, the same way has there can be several harmonies? Maybe ‘figured > bass figures’? > > In the example below, there 5 such occurrences:

Re: Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
Hi Jacques, Am 15.06.21 um 16:20 schrieb Jacques Menu: What would be the plural of ‘figured bass’, if that applies, to denote several occurrences of the figures in a score, the same way has there can be several harmonies? Maybe ‘figured bass figures’? In the example below, there 5 such

Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread Jacques Menu
Hello folks, What would be the plural of ‘figured bass’, if that applies, to denote several occurrences of the figures in a score, the same way has there can be several harmonies? Maybe ‘figured bass figures’? In the example below, there 5 such occurrences: Thanks for. your help! JM

Re: Inserting a one-time Volta bracket

2021-06-15 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
Hi Brent, Am 15.06.21 um 08:43 schrieb Brent Annable: Here are my efforts so far. I don't think this solution is very elegant, but if I could find a way to extend the measure length to accommodate the text, this might work. But I'm sure there must be an easier way. I'm very sorry - I didn't

Re: percent repeats followed by grace notes

2021-06-15 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 11/06/2021 à 22:58, Vaylor Trucks a écrit : This might be a bug that's already know but I wanted to check to see if anyone has a workaround. If you follow a multi-bar percent repeat with a grace note, the result it that the last measure is squashed a bit. Without the grace note

Re: Quick newbie help on coloring one letter at a time without space?

2021-06-15 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 15/06/2021 à 14:05, darki...@jesusgod-pope666.info a écrit : Okay, I had this wonderful script that makes colors in all the rainbow colors. But I could not figure out to set it up with (rgb-color 0.953 0.471 0.125) and not sure it is possible. Second the problem with special characters

Re: Inserting a one-time Volta bracket

2021-06-15 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 15/06/2021 à 06:41, Brent Annable a écrit : Hi all, I'm trying to create the effect in the picture, of a one-time Volta bracket above the staff with the text "last time only". I would prefer the text to be inside the bracket, but that's another matter. Right now I'm just looking for a

Quick newbie help on coloring one letter at a time without space?

2021-06-15 Thread darkijah
Okay, I had this wonderful script that makes colors in all the rainbow colors. But I could not figure out to set it up with (rgb-color 0.953 0.471 0.125) and not sure it is possible. Second the problem with special characters which are norm in my native tongue. like æ ø å won't work with

Latest Tin Whistle music book for the Children of Jehovah. *Work in progress*

2021-06-15 Thread darkijah
Hey guys, it is Darkijah - just wanted to upload everything made, if anyone wanna rip anything out of it or reuse it for whatever :) I still need some help on the automatically script for the Tin Whistle D - although I am still trying to sort out every note that is possible on the instrument,

Re: trying arranger and extract music

2021-06-15 Thread Gilles Thibault
Unfortunately, I'm not able to manage some of the functions in the right way. Oh, I'm so sorry, I've been so busy this week, I haven't taken the time to read any messages of the Lilypond list. This example doesn't work and I can't find out the mistake: The guilty line seems to be this one

Re: Adjusting colors and such... A snapshot of the work so far.

2021-06-15 Thread darkijah
Above will fail as soon as accented letters etc are used: \markup \alternate-colors #'("red" "blue" "green") "trööt" -> (process:6915): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() warning: no glyph for character U+FFFD in font

Re: Inserting a one-time Volta bracket

2021-06-15 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
Hi Brent, Am 15.06.21 um 06:41 schrieb Brent Annable: I'm trying to create the effect in the picture, of a one-time Volta bracket above the staff with the text "last time only". I would prefer the text to be inside the bracket, but that's another matter. Right now I'm just looking for a way

Re: Inserting a one-time Volta bracket

2021-06-15 Thread Brent Annable
Hi Jacques, Thanks, but I don't really need a lower bracket on the text, and I'd like the object to be linked to the measure rather than the text. Any way I can use the voltabracket spanner to do that? Regards, Brent. On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 16:47, Jacques Menu wrote: > Hello Brent, > > What

Re: Inserting a one-time Volta bracket

2021-06-15 Thread Jacques Menu
Hello Brent,What about: CustomHorizontalBracketExample.ly Description: Binary data JMLe 15 juin 2021 à 08:43, Brent Annable a écrit :Here are my efforts so far. I don't think this solution is very elegant, but if I could find a way to extend the measure length to