Re: Markup text to the left of first chord on ChordNames staff

Mats Bengtsson wrote: The manual includes a direct example of how to change the minimum vertical spacing allocated to a Staff. To specify a fixed vertical space for the Staff, just use the same syntax but with the property called Y-extent instead of minumum-Y-extent. Here is a full example, whi

Re: Markup text to the left of first chord on ChordNames staff

Mats Bengtsson wrote: In contrast to the previous people who answered the questions, I would say that you cannot directly apply the same idea to move a whole line of chords. See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-03/msg00411.html for a hint on how to solve the problem. Thank

Re: Markup text to the left of first chord on ChordNames staff

Jennifer Clark wrote: Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: This should be simple but I cant find an answer after exhaustive tries. How can I attach a bit of markup text immediately to the left of the first chord in a ChordNames context staff? Did anyone reply to this? I have a similar

Re: Markup text to the left of first chord on ChordNames staff

Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: This should be simple but I cant find an answer after exhaustive tries. How can I attach a bit of markup text immediately to the left of the first chord in a ChordNames context staff? Did anyone reply to this? I have a similar requirement as well, i.e. if I

Re: No clef and key each line

Mats Bengtsson wrote: If you read in "Common Tweaks" in the manual, you can learn about the property called transparent. However, in this case, I don't think you want the removed clefs and key signatures to occupy any space. Then, you can instead add \override Score.KeySignature #'stencil = ##f

Re: Strange legato accent behaviour

Christian Hitz wrote: Am 18.04.2006 um 17:17 schrieb Jennifer Clark: When I use the legato accent like this; d'4-_ The legato sigh is written like this d'4-- Doh! Thanks Christian, that's sorted now. Although I am still wondering what the other symbol means

Strange legato accent behaviour

When I use the legato accent like this; d'4-_ It ends up placing a staccato dot under the legato accent as well. I'm using lilypond 2.8.1 for Windows; am I doing something wrong here? Thanks! Jennifer ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@

Box round multiple markup objects?

Hi folks, Is it possible to create a box round multiple markup objects? For example, in the code below, when I tried using the \box directive, it placed individual boxes round each element. I'd like it to make a single box round the whole lot. b4^\markup {\hspace #8.0 \italic \bold {"To "

Re: Chord Names

Gordon Gilbert wrote: Now ... I'm entering a piece with melody, lyrics, and chordnames which calls for "FMaj7", and any combination of that seems to make the program crash. What's the correct syntax to get that chordname? I use: f:maj7 Which is rendered as f with the wee triangle. Jen

Lilypond from DOS prompt

I'm using the native Windows version of Lilypond, version 2.6.3, and wish to produce PNG output for inclusion in other documents. I can make PDFs no problem by double clicking on the relevant lilypond file, but when I try to run lilypond from the DOS prompt (to use the PNG option) I get the fol

Re: Unusual Repeat Alternatives

Thanks Mats, that has done the trick. I had read this section in the manual but hadn't realised it could do what I wanted to do. Doh! Jennifer Mats Bengtsson wrote: Read the section on "Manual repeat commands" in the manual. /Mats Jennifer Clark wrote: I'm writing o

Unusual Repeat Alternatives

I'm writing out some music at the moment which has an odd repeat structure in it. There are two distinct alternatives, a very long one and a short one. The long one is called after repeats 1 and 3, and the short one after repeat 2. So the music should look roughly like this: _

Re: beginner problems

Robert T Wyatt wrote: (It yields Co7 instead of Co/, if you know what I mean.) Any ideas? How about:- c:m7.5- Jennifer ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Drum Scoring

Stan Mulder wrote: Try this: http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/sgadd/img/drumnotation.jpg So the notes are indeed smaller, and higher above the staff than I thought, but if I move them up to position #6 in Lilypond I get ledger lines, which is the wrong thing. Presumably getting the notes smaller i

Re: Drum Scoring

Stan Mulder wrote: There is a book on drum notation put out by the Percussive Arts Society and it is generally agreed that this is the reference book for writing drum parts. The book is called "Guide to Standardized Drumset Notation by Norman Weinberg"

Re: Drum Scoring

not certain what position you want. Two tricks are used here: - Modifying a normal Voice context so that all notes and rests appear on the same "pitch". - Telling LilyPond that you can have a Voice context also within a DrumStaff context. /Mats Jennifer Clark wrote: Mats Bengtsson w

Re: Drum Scoring

Sebastiano Vigna wrote: This is indeed an area where Lilypond would need some improvement... no matter how I tweaked the various parameters, the drum scores I got were not very satisfying (even beginners in the class noticed problems). There are problems with rest positioning, uneven spacing, plus

Re: Drum Scoring

f \with { drumStyleTable = #timbales-style \override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #2 \override BarLine #'bar-size = #2 } << \set Staff.instrument = "timbales" \timb >> \new DrumStaff << \set Staff.instrument = "dru

Drum Scoring

Dear all, I am now getting confident enough with Lilypond to use it for writing scores for larger bands, currently a nine piece jazz band for example, and find the software excellent. One area I am not entirely confident in is the writing of drum music; the latest score I did had the transcribed

Re: [Fwd: Re: Powerchords (edited..]

Brett Duncan wrote: You can overrider Lilypond's chord naming mechanism by adding the following... Thanks for your help Brett, much appreciated. I've tried the example you gave, but am getting the following error:- /home/jen/scores/RockFord/notes.ly:7:3: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING,

Re: Powerchords

Bernard Hurley wrote: A question I can't seem to find the answer to in the manual or online: Is it possible to represent powerchords, i.e. those consisting of only a root note and fifth, in the ChordNames notation? I havn't come across the term "powerchord" before. I would normally refer to

Re: Powerchords (edited..

Bernard Hurley wrote: A question I can't seem to find the answer to in the manual or online: Is it possible to represent powerchords, i.e. those consisting of only a root note and fifth, in the ChordNames notation? I havn't come across the term "powerchord" before. I would normally refer to t

Powerchords

A question I can't seem to find the answer to in the manual or online: Is it possible to represent powerchords, i.e. those consisting of only a root note and fifth, in the ChordNames notation? Using ^3 as part of the notation does not produce the desired effect, the chord is still rendered as a

Re: Still frustrated with chords

David Raleigh Arnold wrote: LilyPond uses two conventions for noting chords. I have never seen either one ever used in printed music, and with any luck at all I never will. Why not just use text/fingering or lyrics(?) for your chords? daveA Using text or lyrics for chords is a hassle; you wil

Re: Score.skipBars

Thanks Mats, that is good advice - when attempting to reduce the file size to make the problem more obvious to those on list as you suggested, I actually found the problem - I had been including chord changes in the tune which means that the rest bars were always be written out in full, not in

Score.skipBars

Hello folks, I have been preparing several scores where it is useful to have the ability to have numbered multi-rest bars rather than, say, 32 full bar rests. I have been able to implement this using the following setting as described in the manual:- \set Score.skipBars = ##t The only problem

Re: Fixed Measure Widths

> Just last week, I had a job with a local jazz ensemble (I'm a (french) > horn player, so this is pretty uncommon) and had to transpose a couple > parts, so since I was already punching out parts with lilypond, I copied > one piece that was so badly done in finale that I could barely read it. I >

Rehearsal Marks

My apologies for yet another question, I have tried to resolve this myself but cannot find the answer. Here's the situation - I can create rehearsal marks:- With letters, boxed, by manually adding text With letters, unboxed, automatically With numbers, unboxed, automatically With numbers, boxed,

Re: Adding Text After Music

> > The scoring is coming along, but I'd like to add notes about solos > > etc. at the bottom of the music. I know how to attach text related to > > the score itself, e.g. "D.S. al fine" and so on, but this is not > > actually related to any musical event so seems less clear to me. > > You could tr

Adding Text After Music

The scoring is coming along, but I'd like to add notes about solos etc. at the bottom of the music. I know how to attach text related to the score itself, e.g. "D.S. al fine" and so on, but this is not actually related to any musical event so seems less clear to me. Thanks for any help, Jennife

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> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I can see that we're heroes, but unsung? > > ;-) > > I see guys like Don Knuth and Guido van Rossum in the list. Not a bad > list to have you name mentioned in :-) Definitely exalted company! I've been using lilypond for almost a week now and