Re: Variables, tags, filtering, conditions

2024-05-19 Thread Giles Boardman
From: Timothy Lanfear Sent: 19 May 2024 12:03 To: Giles Boardman ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Variables, tags, filtering, conditions On 19/05/2024 11:36, Giles Boardman wrote: Hello, I am an occasional Bb clarinetist and very bad at transposing on the fly. I would like

Variables, tags, filtering, conditions

2024-05-19 Thread Giles Boardman
Hello, I am an occasional Bb clarinetist and very bad at transposing on the fly. I would like to create alternative versions of a score based on the value of a parameter. I have been using variables to hold phrases and sections, but I can't find how to test their contents. I have read about

Re: Cry for help - lost plot ....

2024-05-18 Thread Giles Boardman
Just like that? Just like that! Wow! From: Kieren MacMillan Sent: 18 May 2024 18:45 To: Giles Boardman Cc: Aaron Hill ; Lilypond-User Mailing List Subject: Re: Cry for help - lost plot Hi Giles, > though being able to put multiple columns side by s

Re: Cry for help - lost plot ....

2024-05-18 Thread Giles Boardman
rious". From: David Wright Sent: 18 May 2024 18:24 To: Giles Boardman Cc: Aaron Hill ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Cry for help - lost plot On Sat 18 May 2024 at 16:46:43 (+0000), Giles Boardman wrote: > Thanks for getting back to me Aaron and throw

Re: Cry for help - lost plot ....

2024-05-18 Thread Giles Boardman
be enough and I'll want multiple lines elegantly spaced, just like this. And it's such fun too, apart from the hair tearing. Thanks again Giles From: Kieren MacMillan Sent: 18 May 2024 18:21 To: Giles Boardman Cc: Aaron Hill ; Lilypond-User Mailing List Subject: Re

Re: Cry for help - lost plot ....

2024-05-18 Thread Giles Boardman
d''4 d''8 \mark "ON079-1a-_02" \key c\major \time 9/8 a'8 a'8 a'8 d''4 d''8 e''8 f''8 g''8 \mark "ON079-1a-_03" \key c\major \time 9/8 a''8 b''8 a''8 g''4 e''8 d''4 f''8 \layout { } \midi { } } ____ From: Aaron Hill Sent: 18 May 2024 17:18 To:

Cry for help - lost plot ....

2024-05-18 Thread Giles Boardman
Hello, I hope someone will be able to put me straight as I seem to be missing something absolutely fundamental and probably just need someone to put me straight. For anyone who has already helped me, I have switched to my Windows 11 machine and am running "2.24.3" and using Frescobaldi 3.3.0

Re: Key signatures in MIDI output

2024-05-14 Thread Giles Boardman
and flats will be right there for me to see. I have actually found myself wishing for this on occasion, so all is well.  From: David Kastrup Sent: 14 May 2024 19:33 To: Giles Boardman Cc: msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Key signatures

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Giles Boardman
understanding of the composition of the environment and I don't recall what the something was (though I think it begins with "g") so I took it at face value. Best Giles From: Xavier Scheuer Sent: 14 May 2024 15:15 To: Giles Boardman Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org S

Re: Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Giles Boardman
To: Giles Boardman Cc: Kieren MacMillan ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Naming lines of music On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 14:44, Giles Boardman mailto:giles.board...@hotmail.co.uk>> wrote: > > Hello Kieren/Xavier, > > I wasn't going to be picky per Kieren's ** but ... >

Naming lines of music

2024-05-14 Thread Giles Boardman
The \mark command is centred. Can text be formatted to be left aligned (and smaller)? Is there an initialisation parameter I can change to set its default alignment? The snippet below is repeated i.e. multiple \score { blocks so I get a page of short sections of music with their titles. Only

Re: Key signatures in MIDI output

2024-05-14 Thread Giles Boardman
how data is brought into Lilypond won't change that. From: David Kastrup Sent: 11 May 2024 20:22 To: Giles Boardman Cc: msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Key signatures in MIDI output Giles Boardman writes: > You are, of course,

Re: Key signatures in MIDI output

2024-05-11 Thread Giles Boardman
does the default rehearsal mark, which appears in the layout. I've also failed in other attempts to get the same effect by other means (not necessarily for MIDI) like instrumentName = Thanks again for your support. ________ From: msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca Sent: 11 May 2024 15:

Re: Key signatures in MIDI output

2024-05-11 Thread Giles Boardman
hat when I use MIDIDSM to create a TXT file the Time Sig event is missing. I must have been mistaken in thinking I had seen the information in some output and not in other. My apologies. From: msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca Sent: 11 May 2024 13:40 To: Giles Bo

Re: Key signatures in MIDI output

2024-05-11 Thread Giles Boardman
the forum. Thanks for your interest. From: msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca Sent: 10 May 2024 21:21 To: Hans Åberg Cc: Giles Boardman ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Key signatures in MIDI output On Fri, 10 May 2024, Hans Åberg wrote: > > signature. Th

Key signatures in MIDI output

2024-05-10 Thread Giles Boardman
Hello, I am reading that I can create MIDI output which is different from the printed output. For example, I can unfold repeats in the midi output but use alternative endings and double barlines in my score. Awesome! So, I tried it and I notice that my MIDI output doesn't reflect the key

Re: MIDI format and MIDI resolution

2024-05-10 Thread Giles Boardman
_ From: lilypond-user-bounces+giles.boardman=hotmail.co...@gnu.org on behalf of Martin Tarenskeen Sent: 10 May 2024 10:06 To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: MIDI format and MIDI resolution Op donderdag 9 mei 2024 om 16:33:02 +00:00:00 schreef Giles Boardman : > Hello, > Can anyone

Re: MIDI format and MIDI resolution

2024-05-09 Thread Giles Boardman
Is that "no, you can't tell me" or "no, it can't be done? (Just kidding). Thanks very much. It will save me spending time looking. From: David Kastrup Sent: 09 May 2024 18:41 To: Giles Boardman Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: MIDI

MIDI format and MIDI resolution

2024-05-09 Thread Giles Boardman
Hello, Can anyone tell me if it is possible to generate Midi format 0 files and whether it is possible to control the resolution setting. I have been standardising resolution for midi files from different sources and the value I chose is not the one output by Lilypond. Thanks Giles

Re: Spacing in mensural notation

2024-05-08 Thread Giles Boardman
_ From: Graham King Sent: 08 May 2024 10:20 To: Giles Boardman ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Spacing in mensural notation Hi Giles, please copy the list: it helps others, and you might get better advice than I can offer. Thoughts interspersed below... On Wed, 20

Spacing in mensural notation

2024-05-07 Thread Giles Boardman
Hello, I am new to Lilypond, cutting my teeth on a couple of pretty simple layouts - this exercise is to reproduce a page of a Petrucci score. [X] I'm thrilled with this [cid:710639fb-021d-4038-8cea-e057f36c7914] but I would like to remove the space from around the notes and

Transposing into related modes

2024-04-24 Thread Giles Boardman
Hello, I have been aware of Lilypond for some time but have only just taken the plunge and started to use it. I am in awe of the people who have created this astonishing resource, so, first of all, a huge thank you to everyone involved. The functionality is amazing, the documentation world