Re: Emacs setup

2024-07-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Le jeu. 4 juil. 2024 à 17:05, Kenneth Flak a écrit : > > "Kenneth Flak" writes: > > Sorry, forgot to add subject... Still getting used to mu4e :-D > Kenneth > > > Hi list, > > > > I've started learning me a bit of emacs, and I would love to get > > lilypond working with it as well...

Re: Adjusting instrumentation of a MIDI output?

2024-05-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Le mer. 8 mai 2024 à 06:54, Alasdair McAndrew a écrit : > > Hello, > > I've set various instruments for my MIDI output (from an early 18th century > piece), but I have a new soundfont with better instruments. Is there any way > I can get lilypond to pick up, as it were, the instrument

Re: audible metronome in MIDI file?

2022-04-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > [...] > > The typical solution for that is an additional drum staff with high- and low > woodblocks in parallel to the actual music as shown in a snippet of the > snippet repository: > https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=876 > In order to be universally useful, shouldn't this

Re: help for midi instruments

2022-04-02 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Le sam. 2 avr. 2022 à 18:29, Guy Stalnaker a écrit : > > Curious question if I may. Respondents in this thread suggest something is > possible I thought was not possible. Is it true that putting on a whole note > crescendo or decrescendo dynamics > > c1\> ... \p > > creates midi output with

Re: help for midi instruments

2022-04-02 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Le sam. 2 avr. 2022 à 17:01, Kieren MacMillan a écrit : > > Hi all, > > > is there a way to create [MIDI dynamics], but then keeping them hidden on > > the score, leaving just normal dynamic sign? > > A perfect use-case for the Edition Engraver. :) What's the incantation equivalent to Knute's

Re: help for midi instruments

2022-04-02 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Le sam. 2 avr. 2022 à 01:19, Dario Marrini a écrit : > > hi guys, > I want to copy an orchestral part (as attachemento render it to midi file; > I'm quite newbie about midi, and I'd know if it's possible to perform some > things : > > i choose 'string ensemble 1' as midi instrument, but

Re: My Tuba+Piano engravings: during midi playback, the Piano dominates the Tuba; why?

2022-02-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello? Le dim. 27 févr. 2022 à 18:47, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit : > > Hi; > > My Tuba+Piano engravings: during midi playback, the Piano dominates > the Tuba; why? > > I know that this is really a midi versus live performance question... > > I can change the dynamics of the Tuba to be "fff"

Re: [OLL} Discourse forum

2020-10-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-10-16 15:47 UTC+02:00, Andrew Bernard : > To provide a focus and a sub-community for LilyPond users and those > interested in openLilyLib, I have established a Discourse forum here: > > https://discourse.openlilylib.space > > All are welcome to join. It's a forum and a parallel mailing

Re: Future of openLilyLib

2020-09-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Moving back to the ML; it was not my intention to discuss this "off-list"; I hope I won't be sued for public disclosure of a private communication. ;-) [See quoted text for the two messages that went off-list.] 2020-09-22 12:40 UTC+02:00, Karsten Reincke : > > On 22.09.

Re: Question about abbreviations

2020-08-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-08-27 10:48 UTC+02:00, Alasdair McAndrew : > Hello, > > I don't know if this is possible in Lilypond, so I'm asking the experts... > In a bar of 3/4 time I might have, say: c4. c8 c4 - a very standard > rhythm. I remember once that in a score-writing system I used years ago, > this

Re: Spacing of systems while using lyluatex

2020-08-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Le mar. 25 août 2020 à 17:09, Claire Meyer a écrit : > > Hi, > > Let me preface with the fact that I'm not sure that a system is what I think > it is, for me, it's a "line" of all the staves of my score. > I'm using lyluatex to embed my music within a latex file, and on page 3, the >

Re: Help with Midi

2020-08-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-08-14 17:49 UTC+02:00, David Sumbler : > When working on a project in Lilypond I usually set things up to > generate midi files as well as printable output, mainly for note- > checking. But it is interesting to generate an ensemble midi file too. > I play these files with TiMidity,

Re: Creating midi file that is not empty

2020-08-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. 2020-08-08 2:33 UTC+02:00, Claire Meyer : > Hi everyone, > > I have read the documentation and have gone through the archives of the > mailing list, and don't understand what I've got wrong. The midi file I > generate is empty and doesn't contain music. My .ly file is as follows : > >

Re: [OT] modify midi

2020-06-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-06-15 12:09 UTC+02:00, Gianmaria Lari : > Sometimes I would like to modify a bit the midi file generated by Lilypond. > What stops me from doing that is that in case I modify the lilypond source > I lose all the work done on the midi and I have to do it again from > scratch. > > So I was

Re: registering a composition

2020-05-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Le sam. 23 mai 2020 à 22:46, antlists a écrit : > > On 22/05/2020 13:26, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > > IIUC, CC licences aim to protect against others making money from > > your work. How is "ASCAP not being happy" related to that? > > > > > Unless

Re: registering a composition

2020-05-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Le jeu. 21 mai 2020 à 19:57, Francesco Petrogalli a écrit : > > OK, thank you all for the kind reply. > > Here is my understanding, just double cheking with you guys is my > reasoning is right. I can't follow the whole reasoning (see below), but the conclusion seems nevertheless utterly

Re: "Dangling" ties.

2020-05-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-05-21 2:28 UTC+02:00, Hwaen Ch'uqi : > Greetings, > > Is there a way to force LilyPond to engrave ties at the end of a > snippet of music? No need to "force" ;-) http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/snippets/expressive-marks#expressive-marks-laissez-vibrer-ties Regards, Gilles

Re: Paralellizing Lilypond [was: Re: Sibelius Software UK office shutsdown]

2012-08-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 01:21:27PM +0100, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: On 10/08/12 15:08, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph Rushton Wakeling joseph.wakel...@webdrake.net What counts as a chunk for the -djob-count option? It's not clear from the 2.15 usage

Re: Appreciation / Financial support

2012-06-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:03:53PM +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:35 AM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Janek Warchoł janek.lilyp...@gmail.com writes: David Nalesnik already did this: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1id=838 I think the issue at this point

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 08:12:20AM +0200, Helge Kruse wrote: Am 07.06.2012 17:23, schrieb Gilles Sadowski: besides some other voices. I know the name Clarinet in B but Likely, this should have been Clarinet in Bb where the small b is for flat (i.e. a clarinet in B flat, where a c

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 02:03:49PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: Gilles Sadowski gil...@harfang.homelinux.org writes: oboe = \relative c'' { \key g \minor d16 d8. ~ d4 } clarinetB = \relative c'' { \transposition bes c16 c8. ~ c4 } hornF = \relative c'' { \transposition f

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I am transcribing an autograph with an arrangement for a small orchestra. There are two transposing instruments: Clarinet in B and French horn in F. The piece itself is set in g minor (some parts also in g major). The original score begins with this picture: oboe = \relative c'' {

Re: Trouble with acciaccatura at the beginning of a piece

2012-01-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 02:03:19PM +0100, Ninn Langel wrote: Hi everyone, I'm just getting started with lilypond, but I do have some programming knowledge. I'm having trouble with this input: \version 2.15.24 \include english.ly global = { \time 2/4 \key d \major

Re: Empty music sheet generator in LilyPond

2011-09-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Every now and then you need empty music sheets to write a score or arrangement manually on paper, prepare some exercises for you instrumental students or simply do some homework for college. Wouldn't it be great if you could create empty score sheets for the exact instrumentation

Re: Empty music sheet generator in LilyPond

2011-09-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 06:01:56PM +0200, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: Am Donnerstag, 8. September 2011, 17:51:25 schrieb Gilles Sadowski: It looks promising. But it would be better if it were nice to the forests: Sheets should probably contain more than one staff/system if space allows

Re: Best Practices for Multiple Part Scores

2011-07-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I've been having a heck of a time finding previous threads that go into any depth. I see one from 2008 (revived in 2010) that references a part of the Learning Manual that seems to have moved from section 5 but doesn't really contain all

Re: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-07-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I would love to put together a Best Practices example/snippet/document Good idea! I don't write much music for transposing instruments, so i cannot give any advice, but i have a question that may trigger a discussion: how to prepare scores with transposing instruments so that they

Re: Question about Transposing: Score vs. Midi Output

2011-07-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 11:27:25AM +0200, Robert Schmaus wrote: Hello fellow Lilyponderers, I'm currently typesetting a score for Bigband, i.e. lots of transposing instruments. I'm writing everything in concert pitch, so I can check everything with the midi output. My initial idea was that

Re: status of mutopia project

2011-04-09 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. [...] I hope everyone knows about the Werner Icking Music Archive? http://icking-music-archive.org/index.php Public domain, pdf files, and the maintainer encourages contributors to include source (and sound or at least midi) files. Most of my music

Re: How to create a coda with a gap?

2010-11-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 3. The segno sign is for too high. Maybe the attached file helps somewhat for this item. 4. The first volta bracket doesn´t have an end line. I noticed that using \bar |. prints the vertical end line, while \bar || does not. Best, Gilles \version 2.12.0 \paper { ragged-last =

Re: help with particular notation...

2010-10-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 03:49:01PM +0100, Mark Knoop wrote: At 15:58 on 12 Oct 2010, 106ohm(G.Masetti) wrote: I don't know how to trascript a particolar notation, I had scan the paper and isolate the problem, the little image is here: http://poisson.phc.unipi.it/~masetti/IMG.jpg In the

Re: Problems with segnos and codas

2010-10-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. You're trying to put 2 rehearsal marks on the same bar line. Does something like: { r4 r r fis a c \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER \mark \markup {D.S \musicglyph #scripts.segno \musicglyph #scripts.coda Coda } | g2 r2 | } do what you

Re: Problems with segnos and codas

2010-10-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 09:26:52AM -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: While this doesn't solve the problem (somebody else seems to have done that), it'd sure be nice if using marks for segno and coda would be a lot more user friendly- like g1\segno g1\coda That would not solve the problem

Re: Help using convert-ly recursively on Linux

2010-09-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. I'm running LilyPond on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). I'd like to run convert-ly against all of my .ly files that I have created, without having to manually change directories to each directory that contains a file I want to convert, and then run convert-ly against the files in that

Re: Cord Names vs midi Instrument

2010-03-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Is it possible to override the midi instrument for named chords (to change it to a guitar, for instance) or is note format the only way ? \set ChordNames.midiInstrument = acoustic guitar (nylon) Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. I cannot quite find figure out from the manual which is a better practice when typesetting transposing instruments (say, a B\flat clarinet): I use the following (assuming that the music contents is in variable clarinetNotes and that the global variable namely contains the \key

Re: Octave help

2010-01-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. When I am using Lilypond the program assumes a different octave and no matter what I do the the \relative c, it won't change the octave. See the code below: { \clef treble \time 4/4 \key g \major \relative c \partial 4 d8 d d d g g g4 f8 g

Re: Nesting SLurs and phrases

2010-01-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. I would have expected something like this to work e''8-1^\markup {\bold #8} \slurDown ( \slurNeutral (f-2 e f) fis-3 (f-2 fis f\)) ^^ This \) seems unbalanced. but it won't compile. Gilles P.S. Please always give a self-contained example file, in

Re: RE; Re nesting curves getting closer

2010-01-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Gilles asked for an attachment I don't exactly know what to attach so I've attached the latest pdf output. What was wanted was the exact working code to get bad output, which you've included in the body of the email. Perfect! IMHO, perfect would be to *attach* a complete lilypond

Re: RE; Re nesting curves getting closer

2010-01-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Gilles asked for an attachment I don't exactly know what to attach so I've attached the latest pdf output. What was wanted was the exact working code to get bad output, which you've included in the body of the email. Perfect! IMHO, perfect would be to *attach* a complete

Re: marks

2010-01-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. can I put marks A, B, C etc etc generated by \mark\default in a separate file to be included in every staff/staffgroup, [...] Yes. You could proceed somewhat along the following lines. In file global.inc.ly: %---CUT--- \version 2.12.0 global = { \key d \minor \time 2/4 \mark

Re: octave

2009-11-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Now, the part of the first piano has to be played an octave higher the what is written on the score, so the guy who has written it with encore has placed an 8 over the clefs of the piano staves. Is this a standard way to specify to play an octave higher? If yes, how can I do this with

Re: Lilypond for drums

2009-10-01 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Thanks in advance. BTW, this is what I did for her three exercises (just beginning ;-). Is this maybe rewritable to shorthand in some case? Maybe with repeats or so? Any help wouyld be appreciated. The shorthand for cymr8 cymr8 cymr8 cymr8 would be \repeat unfold 4 { cymr8

Re: text with \musicglyph

2009-07-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. ...and I'm not getting entirely what I need. The varcoda sign is too low and too close to the preceding text. I've been searching through the docs to find a solution and have not yet come across what I need. Ideas? Try fiddling with \raise #1.0 and \hspace #1.0 Best, Gilles

Re: instrument name misalignment

2009-07-06 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I have several instances where instrument names are too high, much higher than the staff center line. It happens with both full and short names, but only when a volta bracket is over the first measure. If this rings a bell and merits further discussion, I can provide examples. Without

Re: Reuse \header definitions: Is it possible?

2009-07-06 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Is there a way to reuse a \header definition? Yes; you put all your header items in a file which you then include wherever you need them: In file header.inc.ly: ---CUT--- title = ... subtitle = ... composer = ... % etc. ---CUT--- And, in other files: ---CUT--- \header { \include

Re: RehearsalMark under Volta Bracket

2009-06-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. In this example, is there a way to move the To Coda rehearsal mark so that it is underneath the Volta Bracket? Also, I'd like to have the brackets on the same baseline (after the mark is moved down). Any hints? Things you might try to fiddle with are: \override

Re: [frogs] trailing spaces

2009-05-26 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. python script that removes tailing spaces from lines. [if: s/Python/Perl/] perl -i -pe 's/\s+$/\n/' some_file Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: midi omits one instrument in full score

2009-05-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Hi again. I did some more work and found that viola and vibraphone are silent while voice oohs, glockenspiel, and violin (and default acoustic grand) play ok. As I indicated in my previous reply, this depends on the MIDI player, and accompanying data used for rendering the sound of the

Re: midi omits one instrument in full score

2009-05-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Hi, I've copied my complete code at the bottom, but the highlighted part is this. The midi plays the piano part only. [...] I've tried repositioning the \set Staff.midiInstrument everywhere but I never hear the part. Did you try selecting another instrument? [Maybe it's the MIDI

Re: printing rest in ChordNames context

2009-05-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. This solution to the N.C. problem (use r to indicate N.C.) ^^^ Will R also work? Thanks, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Multiple skips in lyrics

2009-05-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
[...] I use underscore _ multiple times, e.g. 30 underscores. Is there any more convenient way to define multiple skips instead of long row of underscores like _ _ _ _ _ _ _? \repeat unfold 30 { _ } Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: I don't remember how to do this ...

2009-04-10 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. [...] realized that the notes are one step too high. [...] If I understood correctly, you just need to use \transpose: % -- Trombone 1-- tbonea = { all the notes of the piece } trombonea = \relative c { \global \key f \major \set Staff.instrumentName = #Trombone 1

Re: Writing text in a measure

2009-02-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I need something like music .. |s-\markup {Play loud random notes, then burn your instrument (30s) }| more notes... This seems to work for me (see attached files). Best, Gilles \version 2.10.10 mm = \relative c'' { a4 b c d | s4-\markup {Play loud random notes, then burn your

Re: Writing text in a measure

2009-02-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
This seems to work for me (see attached files). But don't you need an \instrumentSwitch command near the end? I never used this command. How is it related to what the first poster asked? Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: why does this simple notation fail a barcheck?

2009-02-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
trpta = { \partial 8*1 e8-. | e4 d8 c4 d8 | e4 e8-. r r e | e4 d8 c4 d8 | e4 e8 r r fs | g4 fs8 g4 e8 | d2 d8 e | \times 2/3 {f4 fs b} | \times 2/3 {d c b} | g2.\fermata \bar || | r1*5 } There errors are this - Interpreting music... [8] F:/Lilypond Files/Score Template.ly:41:21:

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
E.g. in this instance, I would have liked to keep the drone notes and the melody notes together (i.e. in the same file) because they both are the bagpipe content. But that, as we've seen, that makes it difficult to separate the printed from the midi output; hence I had to *separate*

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. First, the great thing about a program like LilyPond is that one is not constrained to templates. You create your own that works for you. I don't see templates are not a constraint but as a time-saver. It's nice not to be constrained to a single one. But that doesn't mean that one

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Ah, I understand now. Honestly, I would change the input to reflect what you want. What you want is a midi voice that is not present in the score. If I understand correctly, you have typeset this voice into the printed score. (This is where I learned a lot from Kieren about separating

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
I'd like a Voice to be totally invisible (i.e. taking up no space) while retaining midi output. Then don't include it in the \score block with a \layout. You can have multiple \score blocks in a file. \score { \new Staff {\bagpipeMusic} \layout {} } \score {

Re: Multi measure rest for non 4/4 measures

2009-02-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
I wanted to have something like that : \set Score.skipBars = ##t \time 12/8 r1*12/8*4 ^^^ Should be a capital R. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Total invisibility

2009-02-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I'd like a Voice to be totally invisible (i.e. taking up no space) while retaining midi output. The purpose is to add the drone to a bagpipe part. Currently I've done something like the attached file. The problem is that the \drone takes space and pushes the violin staff downwards. Also (in

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I'd like a Voice to be totally invisible (i.e. taking up no space) while retaining midi output. Then don't include it in the \score block with a \layout. You can have multiple \score blocks in a file. \score { \new Staff {\bagpipeMusic} \layout {} } \score {

Re: RemoveEmptyStaffContext

2009-02-10 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I have a score with 3 voices, A, B, and C. Voices B and C have a lot in common. For about half of the score the B parts is identical to the C part. By specifying rests in voice B where it is identical to voice C, and using \RemoveEmptyStaffContext, LilyPond can eliminate printing of

Re: jeux inegales

2009-01-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. the question I'm asking You is not directly connected with lilypond, but I guess, that some of You could help me a lot. I'm searching for instructive examples from the french baroque-music, where the so called jeux inegales (it's a little bit like swing) has

Re: Markup from HTML

2009-01-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. does anyone of you have a script or a way to convert from (simple) html to markup like this: This is a mebilis/i/bma. To get: \markup { This is a \concat { me \bold \italic lis ma. } } sed would do the job, but I'm too hazy on it to offer a solution. Depending on how complex

Re: Combining parts

2009-01-21 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. My problem is that when combining the top parts as separate voices, it looks rather messy and confusing. I can combine two parts with \partcombine, and that does give a much better copy, but it still leaves the third part. I know that \partcombine can only handle two parts, but

Re: combine dynamics of 2 voices

2008-12-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I would like to print on the same staff two parts of wind instruments (flutes, clarinettes...) but if I use { \partI } \\ { \partII } or \partcombine { \partI } { \partII }, the dynamics are not merged when they are the same. I get the same crescendo et decrescendo above and

Re: Transposing help.

2008-10-26 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. If someone could download the music and help me out here I would greatly appreciate it. It is mentioned, on the Mutopia page for that piece that this score uses LilyPond v2.6.4. Did you compile it with the right version? In fact, I guess that you have a much more recent version

Re: Escaping text in title and composer?

2008-10-26 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. [...] I can easily change to \ in the text, but perhaps there are other characters that will cause lilypond to fail. As a first step, I'd suggest to filter out (or escape) anything that your program cannot handle. Languages usually used for web development provide libraries for regular

Re: How to put whole measure rest in unmetered music?

2008-10-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Maybe that \cadenzaOn is what you should use. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: chord name position

2008-10-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. changes = \chords { c1 c1 } slashes = { \override NoteHead #'style = #'slash b'1 b'1 } \score { \new Staff \changes \slashes } --- would someone be kind enough to explain? \new Staff appears before

Re: Keeping annotations when extracting parts from a score

2008-10-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I've got a song where several annotations like Refrain or Verse are set in the Vocals (because that's the voice at the top of the system). Now I'm starting to extract parts, and of course the annotations are only shown in the vocal part. is there any other way to have the

Re: combining parts into a score

2008-10-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. \include alto+descant notes.ly \include alto2 notes.ly \new Staff \alto+descant notes \new Staff \alto2 notes This looks quite odd. Although I'm not sure whether lilypond will be confused by it, using spaces in a file name is a bad idea. Morevover space characters are used as

Re: Accidental besides trill

2008-10-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. How to put an accidental besides trill? Try this: e^\markup{\musicglyph #scripts.trill {\raise #1 \sharp}} Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: generating pdf and png but no ps

2008-10-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. How can I generate pdf and png but no ps? $ lilypond file.ly GNU LilyPond 2.10.33 Processing `file.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music... [2] Preprocessing graphical objects... Layout output to `file.ps'... Converting to `file.pdf'... $ rm file.ps Can I adjust resolution of the png? I just

Re: chords above piano staff

2008-09-30 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. The layout is as follows: \new PianoStaff \chords { ... } % 24 bars \new Staff = upper { \upperIntro% 8 bars \melody% 16 bars } \addlyrics { } } \new Staff = lower { \lowerIntro% 8

Re: chords above piano staff

2008-09-30 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Please send a minimal but *compilable* example: It's a waste of time Sorry, I thought advanced users could imagine the output. Sometimes not so advanced users, or users with less imagination can help too. ;-) Here attached a modified version of your code that puts the chords above

Re: Removing bundled LilyPond

2008-09-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Usually it is sufficient to rename the old executable and point a symbolic link to the new one; say you installed the recent version in /home/johndoe/bin/lilypond/, and the default choice is in /usr/bin/, then you have do mv /usr/bin/lilypond /usr/bin/lilypond-2.10.33 ln

Re: Removing bundled LilyPond

2008-09-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
By '$HOME', I assume you mean the path of my local home directory. By the way, what is my $PATH? Where do I find it and how may I alter it? HOME and PATH are so-called environment variables. You can change them in the initialization files of your shell (command-line interpreter). Which file

Re: padding tempo indication over multiple whole-bar rests?

2008-09-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Sorry! I'm not quite sure what you mean by the .ly code, but I typeset the indication as \mark\markup\normalsize {Maestoso} Then you probably need something like the following: \override Score.RehearsalMark #'padding = #3.0 Best, Gilles ___

Re: one voice

2008-09-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
I want to hide some notes. But, in the below quoted example, I don't see any example here... Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: How to split autobeam

2008-09-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Here's one example that produces the wrong beaming: right = \context Voice = discant { \clef violin \time 4/4 \relative b' { b8. d fis b bes,16 d f bes b,8 d fis b b,8 d fis b cis,8 eis gis cis cis,8 eis gis cis d,8 f a d d,8 f a d }| } Hmm, this is still not a

Re: Getting a list of all pitches used in a score

2008-08-29 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. In any case, here is the script inline (just copy/paste the text between the ---CUT--- marks in another file): Please be aware that this script scans anything, including commented-out lines and controls. For example, title = This is a nice song \key d \major This will give

Re: Getting a list of all pitches used in a score

2008-08-28 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I am unable to get the attachment (I get http error 404). What am I missing? A possible explanation was given in another post. In any case, here is the script inline (just copy/paste the text between the ---CUT--- marks in another file): ---CUT--- #!/usr/bin/perl -w use IO::File; my

Re: Getting a list of all pitches used in a score

2008-08-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Does anyone have any ideas about how to get a list of all the pitches from a score? ... besides just counting off the sheet music. Even better, to get a count of how many times each of the used notes are played. Here is a Perl script that counts the notes in LilyPond files (only the

Re: transparent background in lilypond generated png's

2008-08-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. I've been using Lilypond regularly for several years now with great satisfaction. Recently, I've begun using lilypond generated png files in powerpoint presentations and I'd like to know if there is a way to generate these files with a transparent (rather than white) background so

Re: ver. 2.11.56 problems

2008-08-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. [...] For what it's worth. And again...thanks for all the help people have offered me since I've arrive here. I now have a very good looking score in front of me, as fruits for this labor - and more to come. I'm loving the experience I'm having here, mostly. I'd love to give a

Re: set-global-staff-size... puzzle

2008-08-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. If I have #(set-global-staff-size 20) in my code, I get 6 staffs spread across 1.5 pages (#6 is all that's on page 2). If I set the size to 18, I get the crowded onto one page with 2 at the bottom. I cannot figure out what's happening, or how to get better control of spacing

Re: ubuntu package

2008-08-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. What I want to do is install the latest version of LilyPond, but I'm unsure how or if I should remove LilyPond 2.10.33. Since I like LilyPond so much (despite my lack of knowledge concerning markup languages and programming), I'd prefer to avoid fouling up the installation of the new

Re: collision with TimeSig

2008-08-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. I have a collision between the note and the text of the TimeSig in the below quoted example. Compiling the provided code with version 2.10.33, I don't see that there is any collision (see the attached pdf). Best, Gilles test1.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: Score with large empty section at the top

2008-08-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. For automatic adjustment of vertical spacing, you could also try what is explained here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Two_002dpass-vertical-spacing#Two_002dpass-vertical-spacing Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user

Re: Forcing note ... tail orientation

2008-08-09 Thread Gilles Sadowski
How can I force the note... erm... tail to go up or down, instead of the automatic orientation based on the note position in the stave? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Stems#index-g_t_005cstemDown-217 Gilles ___

Re: #(layout-set-staff-size 3)

2008-07-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. \score { { c' d' e' f' } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 3) } } To get a global zoom out, try to put this #(set-global-staff-size 13) at the top of the file. Best, Gilles ___

Re: Roman numeral analysis

2008-06-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I hoped there might be a seperate context for roman numerals [...] I use a \Lyrics context. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: numérotation , chiffre de chaque mesure / numbering of each measure

2008-06-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
The default setting of Lilypond displays the sequential number of the first measure of each staff. Is it possible to get that number for each measure printed on the pdf output? If yes, how? \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(every-nth-bar-number-visible 1) Best, Gilles P.S. I

Re: how to get error messages in a separate text file

2008-05-31 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. I'm using bash, but on OSX. And I don't really get the results that I was looking for with this. I still get my errors in stdout. I don't use/have Mac OSX. I have no idea whether lilypond behaves differently on different OS. You should post the exact command you are using; hopefully

Re: Outdated lilypond-mode for emacs ?

2008-04-21 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Could you please point out exactly what problems you have noted. Since you ask, one little thing I've noted is that in \figures mode, the automatic alignment is screwed up when the number is followed by a flat (minus sign), e.g.: 6-4 Then, in subsequent lines, pressing TAB sends the

Re: How to put current date in footer?

2008-04-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I'm trying to have a timestamp in the footer of every page. nice would also be to have subversion revision as metainformation printed. I'm quite new to Lilypnd... How can I do that? Define \today as today = #(strftime %d-%m-%Y (localtime (current-time))) before using it. Best,

Re: mark sugestion

2007-08-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Working in a Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto, I found a turn mark during the flute part. The \turn mark seems have to be placed in the middle of to notes. This is logical becouse, turn afects two notes not only one note. Lylipond put the \turn over the note where it is wirtten. My

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