Re: another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches?

2021-11-01 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Got it. On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 4:38 PM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > > Le 02/11/2021 à 00:08, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit : > > That helps explain it! Thanks! > > > > But if I wanted to reproduce precisely what this arranger is doing, I > > could just enter the pitches as written and just place a note to

Re: another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches?

2021-11-01 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 02/11/2021 à 00:08, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit : That helps explain it! Thanks! But if I wanted to reproduce precisely what this arranger is doing, I could just enter the pitches as written and just place a note to instruct the performer to do the ottava manually, correct? Thanks, Ken Sure.

Re: Manipulating instrument names and staff group names

2021-11-01 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 01/11/2021 à 21:41, Kieren MacMillan a écrit : Hi Harm, attached code hacks Instrument.Y-offset. This is a proof of concept, please test thoroughly before using it in serious work. Nice! This definitely solves the basic problem nicely. Lukas sent me [off-list] a totally different

Re: how to force the placement of the ottava bracket to be below the notes?

2021-11-01 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Got it! Thanks for your patience with me! Ken On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 4:07 PM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > > Le 02/11/2021 à 00:00, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit : > > Hi Jean; > > > >Thanks for the tip. > > > >I'm using Lilypond 2.22.1. > > > >I now have the attava bracket beneath the notes

Re: another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches?

2021-11-01 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
That helps explain it! Thanks! But if I wanted to reproduce precisely what this arranger is doing, I could just enter the pitches as written and just place a note to instruct the performer to do the ottava manually, correct? Thanks, Ken On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 3:57 PM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > >

Re: how to force the placement of the ottava bracket to be below the notes?

2021-11-01 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 02/11/2021 à 00:00, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit : Hi Jean; Thanks for the tip. I'm using Lilypond 2.22.1. I now have the attava bracket beneath the notes using " \override Staff.OttavaBracket.direction = #DOWN" BTW, I'm looking at the NR for 2.22.1 and I see "ottava #X" where,

Re: how to force the placement of the ottava bracket to be below the notes?

2021-11-01 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi Jean; Thanks for the tip. I'm using Lilypond 2.22.1. I now have the attava bracket beneath the notes using " \override Staff.OttavaBracket.direction = #DOWN" BTW, I'm looking at the NR for 2.22.1 and I see "ottava #X" where, apparently the "#" is no longer needed. Is it possible

Re: another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches?

2021-11-01 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 01/11/2021 à 23:49, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit : Hi Kieren & Carl; Well, since you have already provided an MWE that shows it works as documented, may I provide my full Lilypond code? It is only a halfway completed Piano arrangement of "The Elephant" from the ""Carnival of the Animals", by

Re: another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches?

2021-11-01 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 11/1/21, 4:49 PM, "Kenneth Wolcott" wrote: Hi Kieren & Carl; Well, since you have already provided an MWE that shows it works as documented, may I provide my full Lilypond code? It is only a halfway completed Piano arrangement of "The Elephant" from the ""Carnival

Re: how to force the placement of the ottava bracket to be below the notes?

2021-11-01 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 01/11/2021 à 23:20, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit : How to force the placement of the ottava bracket to be below the notes? (or above?) Below: just \override the direction. Above: prior to version 2.23.3, you had to use the lesser known \overrideProperty (see

Re: another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches?

2021-11-01 Thread Carl Sorensen
Ken, Please show an example. I assume you are using it wrong. Always enter the sounding pitch in lilypond. In the Notation Reference, they are showing you that if you don't change the pitch, an add an ottava, the note will displace in the opposite direction of the ottava bracket, because the

how to force the placement of the ottava bracket to be below the notes?

2021-11-01 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; How to force the placement of the ottava bracket to be below the notes? (or above?) Thanks, Ken Wolcott

Re: another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches?

2021-11-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ken, > another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches? > > If the purpose of the ottava is to make it easier for the > publisher/engraver/typesetter/performer to read the notes within the > staff rather than lots of ledger lines above or below the staff, then > why

another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches?

2021-11-01 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi again; another question regarding ottava: why does Lilypond change the pitches? If the purpose of the ottava is to make it easier for the publisher/engraver/typesetter/performer to read the notes within the staff rather than lots of ledger lines above or below the staff, then why does

Re: Manipulating instrument names and staff group names

2021-11-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Harm, > attached code hacks Instrument.Y-offset. > This is a proof of concept, please test thoroughly before using it in serious > work. Nice! This definitely solves the basic problem nicely. Lukas sent me [off-list] a totally different solution that was also excellent. Maybe we can/should

Re: Manipulating instrument names and staff group names

2021-11-01 Thread Valentin Petzel
Hi Kieren, This should be very well doable with an engraver, similar to the engraver for group delimiters. Optimally this should integrate with the Instrument name engraver, so that the instrument name can behave differently depending on whether the group name is present (e.g. a group

Re: Manipulating instrument names and staff group names

2021-11-01 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Mo., 1. Nov. 2021 um 15:35 Uhr schrieb Kieren MacMillan : > > Hi all, > > Having struggled with this for almost a decade (see, e.g., > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-03/msg00314.html)… Is > this something that could be handled really well with an engraver? Or at >

arranger, context voice

2021-11-01 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear community, I would like to do with arranger.ly something similar to Key = { \key f \major } music = { \Key c'4 d' e' f'2.} artiA = { s2.( s) } music = { \context Voice << {\music} {\artiA } >> } I tried in in the following way, without success, unfortunately: \version "2.22.1"

Re: LilyPond 2.23.3 installer on MacOS 11

2021-11-01 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 1 Nov 2021, at 11:33, Thomas Scharkowski wrote: > > Am 31.10.2021 um 18:36 schrieb Hans Åberg : >> >> >>> On 31 Oct 2021, at 11:43, Thomas Scharkowski >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, I have installed this version on a fresh MacOS 12 and get this error >>> message: >> >> I have made an

Re: Manipulating instrument names and staff group names

2021-11-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, Having struggled with this for almost a decade (see, e.g., https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-03/msg00314.html)… Is this something that could be handled really well with an engraver? Or at least a bunch of helpful syntactic sugar? Surely all of this manual work

Re: Programming error & "fine" alignement

2021-11-01 Thread Mahanidhi
The include file now works but the: \once\override Score.RehearsalMark.break-visibility = ##(#t #f #f) \fine doesn't. This message show up: Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.22.1 [include-all.ly]... Processing `C:/Users/mahan/AppData/Local/Temp/frescobaldi-8ijs0g1g/tmph11fyztr/include-all.ly'

Re: Programming error & "fine" alignement

2021-11-01 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Mo., 1. Nov. 2021 um 13:02 Uhr schrieb Mahanidhi : > > I forgot to add the \include file: > > \version "2.22.1" > \language "english" > > show-barline = {\once \undo \hide Staff.BarLine \bar "|"} % to show bar line > > fine = {\once \override Score.RehearsalMark.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT \mark

Re: Programming error & "fine" alignement

2021-11-01 Thread Mahanidhi
I forgot to add the \include file: \version "2.22.1" \language "english" show-barline = {\once \undo \hide Staff.BarLine \bar "|"} % to show bar line fine = {\once \override Score.RehearsalMark.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT \mark \markup { \italic \abs-fontsize #10 "Fine" }} dcfine = {\once

Programming error & "fine" alignement

2021-11-01 Thread Mahanidhi
Hello, I have a problem with an \include code. The DC al fine is aligned to the bar but the fine is not. At the same time I get this error: programming error: file name not normalized: \users\mahan\chinmoy-sangit\include\include-all.ly Can someone help me? Thank you. minimal code: \version

Re: LilyPond 2.23.3 installer on MacOS 11

2021-11-01 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 1 Nov 2021, at 11:33, Thomas Scharkowski wrote: > > Am 31.10.2021 um 18:36 schrieb Hans Åberg : >> >> >>> On 31 Oct 2021, at 11:43, Thomas Scharkowski >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, I have installed this version on a fresh MacOS 12 and get this error >>> message: >> >> I have made an

Re: LilyPond 2.23.3 installer on MacOS 11

2021-11-01 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
Am 31.10.2021 um 18:36 schrieb Hans Åberg : > > >> On 31 Oct 2021, at 11:43, Thomas Scharkowski >> wrote: >> >> Hi, I have installed this version on a fresh MacOS 12 and get this error >> message: > > I have made an installer using MacPorts directly on MacOS 12; see separate > post. > >

Re: Start, end, gradient of Glissando

2021-11-01 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Sa., 30. Okt. 2021 um 15:54 Uhr schrieb Thomas Morley : > > Am So., 24. Okt. 2021 um 18:19 Uhr schrieb Aaron Hill > : > > > > On 2021-10-24 8:05 am, Thomas Morley wrote: > > > Am So., 24. Okt. 2021 um 16:35 Uhr schrieb Aaron Hill > > >> Let me take a stab at converting the print routine to

Re: “SubdivideBeams” problem

2021-11-01 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
While these suggestions are good suggestions, it's also important to note that beam subdivision is incorrect in many instances. See https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5547/ In case someone wants to take up that issue, it might be best to link to the current issue collection

Re: typesetting Christian Wolff Excersize

2021-11-01 Thread ole
Hi Valentin, Thanks for your perfect solution!! best ole > Am 31.10.2021 um 21:52 schrieb Valentin Petzel : > > Hi Lukas, hi Ole, > > Getting the parentheses is quite a simple modification (just use parenthesize- > stencil on the arrowhead stencil. But I think that using straight arrow lines

Re: typesetting Christian Wolff Excersize

2021-11-01 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
Hi Valentin, Getting the parentheses is quite a simple modification (just use parenthesize- stencil on the arrowhead stencil. You're right. Sorry that I didn't bother to look that up yesterday, thanks for stepping in. But I think that using straight arrow lines is more readable than the