Re: Command Alises

2023-02-08 Thread p
= #(define-music-function () () #{ \sustainOn #}) Even if in this case (and in fact in most cases) this does not really make any difference I think it is useful to be aware of these differences. Cheers, Valentin Am Dienstag, 7. Februar 2023, 12:45:34 CET schrieb p...@ocmatos.com: On 2023-02-03 16

Re: Dynamics for both staves

2023-02-07 Thread p
On 2023-02-07 12:47, Jean Abou Samra wrote: On 07/02/2023 12:44, p...@ocmatos.com wrote: On 2023-02-03 17:41, Knute Snortum wrote: What I do is have a separate dynamics variable, then include that variable in both staves of the piano staff in the midi block.  Then I switch the dynamic

Re: Command Alises

2023-02-07 Thread p
On 2023-02-03 16:46, Aaron Hill wrote: Well, and those names are non-sensical. \sustainOn implies depressing the pedal. \version "2.22.0" pdown = -\sustainOn pup = -\sustainOff pupdown = -\sustainOff \sustainOn { b'4\pdown 2 4\pupdown 2. 4\pup } That probably makes more sense.

Re: Dynamics for both staves

2023-02-07 Thread p
On 2023-02-03 17:41, Knute Snortum wrote: What I do is have a separate dynamics variable, then include that variable in both staves of the piano staff in the midi block. Then I switch the dynamic performer to the staff level. It looks like this (for only one staff): Thanks. What is the

Re: Use markup in \replace when lilypond is expecting a string?

2022-06-17 Thread P J
ternative matching nothing. It also provides > ;; the base case for the recursion with \concat. > (if (null? repl) > (ly:text-interface::interpret-string layout props-norepl str) > (let* ((pat (or (hashq-ref cache repl) > (let ((p (make

Use markup in \replace when lilypond is expecting a string?

2022-06-15 Thread P J
Sorry if this is a silly question... but I am struggling with the \replace function. Let's take this example: --- \markup \replace #'(("100" . "hundred") ("dpi" . "dots per inch")) "A 100 dpi." --- What code should I use if rather than replacing "100" with

All-purpose bass tablature

2019-06-13 Thread p...@equa.co.uk
Hi, I am getting close to what I want, and yet the last bit eludes me. I am regularly transcribing bass parts from performances played on 5 or 6-string basses. Invariably my intended audience is a 4-string player and so needs either a modified part or a pencil. My idea is to accommodate all

Re: Trills With Accidentals

2012-06-16 Thread P Spalding
Arnold, In Linux Ubuntu, the Lilypond version I had was 2.12. I just upgraded to 2.14.2 hoping these commands you sent me would work. Nope! I see the include file you sent was created in version 2.15.39. Regards, RDL ArnoldTheresius wrote: P Spalding wrote: That would

Re: Trills With Accidentals

2012-06-14 Thread P Spalding
Oh !! Thank you, thank you. Very kind of you. Lots of goodies in the file. Sincerely, RDL ArnoldTheresius wrote: P Spalding wrote: That would be excellent, Arnold. I've been inking in the accidental in past. Here you are! http://old.nabble.com/file/p33991423

Trills With Accidentals

2012-06-08 Thread P Spalding
Hi ! I've been using Lilypond for a couple years now. Just for transposing, not for arranging or composing. I've never been able to work out how to show a trill with a sharp, flat, or natural sign next to the trill symbol. Pitched trill works ok sometimes. But if you look at the attached

Re: Trills With Accidentals

2012-06-08 Thread P Spalding
ArnoldTheresius wrote: P Spalding wrote: Hi ! ... That is trill to F# on the 1st E, F natural on the 2nd one. I would use pitched trill here but I can't get that to work on the 2nd E. Thanks ! ... Hello, my observation is: pitched till cooperates with trillspan

Lily language files for Carnatic Ragas

2011-03-16 Thread ananth p
Hello all, I'm happy to share with you, Lily Raga, a collection of lilypond 'language' files (headers?) that'll help us transcribe Carnatic (South Indian Classical) Raga music with lilypond in standard western notation. https://github.com/ananthp/lilyraga A short sample - \include

Re: 2 pages on 1 ?

2010-09-18 Thread ananth p
like Columns = 3 in the score header will be sweet :) Ananth On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Dmytro O. Redchuk brownian@gmail.com wrote: On Sat 18 Sep 2010, 09:01 David Kastrup wrote: ananth p l...@beautifulnote.com writes: Multi-Column layout! I need that too. This is how I did

Re: 2 pages on 1 ?

2010-09-17 Thread ananth p
Multi-Column layout! I need that too. This is how I did this score (3 Columns)- http://www.twitpic.com/2pie84 1. Calculate the width (and height?) of each column; set the page size accordingly. (page width = column width) 2. Run LilyPond, output the score as PNGs. 3. Tailor PNGs.

multiple pitchnames in a song?

2010-09-08 Thread ananth p
Is it possible to use multiple 'pitchnames' in a song (perhaps under different score segments)? something like % option 1: Include Files \include arabic.ly \include english.ly ...score1: some Arabic music here.. ... score2: some English music .. %option 2: inline

Re: multiple pitchnames in a song?

2010-09-08 Thread ananth p
Works like a charm! Thank you. Thanks for the wonderful IDE too :) On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Wilbert Berendsen lily...@xs4all.nl wrote: And if you do this? \include arabic.ly ...score1: some Arabic music here.. \include english.ly ... score2: some English

Re: Lilypond to typeset solfa style Indian music

2010-08-09 Thread ananth p
Amico, Thanks for pointing out CarMusTy. It seems to be in the earlier stages of development. Interestingly it uses Latex (xetex) under the hood. I was looking for either Latex or Lily solution. Will keep a note of it and try it out when a working version is ready. My turn - there's another

Re: Lilypond to typeset solfa style Indian music

2010-08-04 Thread ananth p
the notes print as notes, with the lyrics attached. Cheers, Wol On 7/28/10 6:27 PM, ananth p l...@beautifulnote.coml...@beautifulnote.comwrote: Hi, I've been using lilypond for quite a while to typeset scores. I'd like to typeset Carnatic (Indian) music scores, which don't use Staff

Lilypond to typeset solfa style Indian music

2010-07-28 Thread ananth p
Hi, I've been using lilypond for quite a while to typeset scores. I'd like to typeset Carnatic (Indian) music scores, which don't use Staff notation system. Just text, like solfa, nevertheless it's a music system with durations, meters, barlines etc. I can use the 'lyrics' part to enter my

Re: Coloring note heads by pitch

2009-11-04 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
david, You have _installed_ a version of the HTML manual together with your software. It does not make sense at all to google for some online version that does not fit with the rest of your installation. SNIP while i agree with your sentiments, would you mind pointing out _where_ the

Newbie question: tie between a and b

2009-01-05 Thread Gyula P. Szokoly
Hi, GNU LilyPond 2.10.33, input is at the end. The tie between the two 'a's works, but not between a and b. The problem seems to be related to the orientation of the stem (i.e. tie between opposite stems) but forcing the stem (\stemUp) does not seem to help. I am probably missing something

piano chamber music score question

2008-06-03 Thread Dan P .
Hi, I have assembled the piano score part for a violin, cello, piano trio arrangement, and I was wondering if there is a way to shrink the violin and cello staffs on the score so that they aren't as big as the piano part (to increase visibility and overall space). thanks! Dan Pinkham

Newbie: chord names above staff?

2008-01-30 Thread Jacobs, Steven P
Hello all, I am trying to do something that I think would be quite common, placing chord names for a solo in the middle of a song. Following the lilypond documentation on ChordNames and \chordmode, I came up with the code shown below. The problem is that the chord names appear below the

Figured bass: font-shape and vertical spacing

2007-04-25 Thread A P
1. I'd like to use a 'medium' font-shape (rather than what looks like boldface) for the figured bass, but I can't work out how to do it. The command \override FiguredBass.BassFigure #'font-series = #'medium neither gives an error nor does it work. Any suggestions? Better still, I'd like to

Stem lengths in 2.8.1

2006-04-20 Thread A P
I've just returned to lilypond after a long time (version 2.0.1!) and have noticed in version 2.8.1 that the stem lengths seem to be a bit shorter, at least in the following example (from Telemann) : \version 2.8.1 upper = \relative c'' { \clef treble \key bes \major \time 4/4 bes16 a

Creating image files with Lilypond?

2005-11-13 Thread P B
I want to create small fragments of music that are then exported (or just created) as image files, .gif or .jpg or .tiff doesn't matter. How do I go about doing that? Paul ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Converting ETF to LY

2005-10-16 Thread P B
I have tried invoking ETF2LY from the command line, as the manual SAYS TO DO. However... it doesn't do anything. I'm on a WinXP system. If it doesn't have an .exe extension it's not executable to the system. Yes, I have Python's shell. I know squat about how to use it. Some explanations

BIG problem

2005-10-10 Thread P B
I have the following file that simply will NOT compile. I've done it on two separate machines and re-installed LilyPond twice; it keeps crashing. Any particular idea why? Thanks Paul \version 2.7.12 \include english.ly \header { dedication = À M. Léon MacSwiney title = Chanson Triste

Re: TeX on very little Machines

2005-01-25 Thread Robinson P. Tryon 03
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need a very portable solution. Does somebody knows if lilypond works on a Psion Revo (would be best), or Zaurus (but it is expensive)... Psion Netbook is already too big or some Subnotebook too. --- end of quote --- I'm about to flash my Sl-5500 with OpenZaurus

RE: Merging rests in single-staff polyphony

2004-12-06 Thread P Scott Horne
-Original Message- From: Ruud van Silfhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 6 décembre 2004 14:31 To: Lilypond user Cc: P Scott Horne; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: Merging rests in single-staff polyphony Hi, I think this question should be posted on the lilypond user list

markup in lyrics?

2004-12-05 Thread Robinson P. Tryon 03
I'm trying to typeset more of the songs from my college songbook and I'm running across some problems. One problem is that sometimes there are different words sung for different verses... One line runs: ... zum, zum, zum. {But / For /And} here by the fire ... Where the But, For and And

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shared rests between voice parts?

2004-09-28 Thread Robinson P. Tryon 03
I'm typesetting a book of college songs and came across some parts where two voices are on a single staff and share rests. I did some digging in the archives and found that this issue had been raised before: Start Quote On Friday, Oct 25, 2002, at 10:35 US/Eastern, Klaus Zimmermann

Bug in spacing of lyrics in polyphonic context

2004-09-14 Thread P Scott Horne
In the old days of version 1.6.8, we wrote polyphony this way: {c d e}\\{e f g} Now the notation is {c d e}\\{e f g} There seems to be a bug in the engraving of lyrics set against a staff that breaks into polyphony with the new notation of double chevrons. In version 1.6.8,

RE: LilyPond error: ps2pdf not found

2004-09-06 Thread P Scott Horne
with installation? Again, this is with Lilypond 2.2.5 for Windows. Scott Horne -Original Message- From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 6 septembre 2004 06:01 To: P Scott Horne Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LilyPond error: ps2pdf not found Just rerun setup.exe once

LilyPond error: ps2pdf not found

2004-09-05 Thread P Scott Horne
I have just installed the latest version of LilyPond for Windows from your Web site. When I tried to run the test ('test.ly'), I got an error message: ps2pdf not found. How can I obtain and install this missing utility? For your reference, I have attached a copy of the log file. Thank you in

page break woes, ties, and more

2004-08-29 Thread Robinson P. Tryon 03
hi, I'm using lilypond 2.2.5 on a debian box, and although I've stumbled through the basics of lilypond, I have a few problems: - I am unable to put page breaks exactly where I want them. I'm trying to replicate a printed score as faithfully as possible, and although \break seems to be

Re: Manual section: templates (mostly piano)

2004-08-29 Thread Robinson P. Tryon 03
I'm relatively new to using lilypond. I've struggled with the syntax and have had problems finding clear documentation for certain types of markup. The wiki seems like a great place for people to contribute documentation that can then be tidied up by Graham Percival (or whoever) and folded into

lyrics: multiple words to one note?

2004-08-29 Thread Robinson P. Tryon 03
something like: _\markup { \column { first verse second verse third verse } } (in the appropriate place) Although that would probably look about as good as if I used a sharpie on my computer screen.. :P Actually I just had a thought -- I could just switch the notes for tenor 1/tenor 2

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Re: guile 1.6.4 -- followUp

2003-08-23 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 18:31, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: Ah, got it; it got confused over your use of \markup in the \header field. I've fixed it in CVS. does that mean that \markup now works in the \header block? sb -- I have a very strange feeling about this... -- Luke

Re: guile 1.6.4 -- followUp

2003-08-21 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
i'm having a bit of a blonde moment here... On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 18:05, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: Can't duplicate this over here. Can you provide a GDB stacktrace ? (run in GDB, and send output of the bt command after it crashes) sorry, gdb is complaining that ly2dvi is not in executable

Re: GSview 4.4 printing dilemma

2003-08-19 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
have you rebooted your system since the changes to autoexec.bat? if so, and it is still not working, you need to check the system variables (System Properties in the System Management -- sorry, my windows spaak is not up to scratch). easiest way: right click on My System on the desktop, select

Re: guile 1.6.4

2003-08-14 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
i like the comment in configure at line 6076... :)) # urg. should test functionality rather than version. if test $? -eq 0 -a -n 1.6.4; then am now compiling the software. if i run into problems i'll just shout. regards, sb On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 13:19, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: [EMAIL

guile 1.6.4 -- followUp

2003-08-14 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
hi all, firstly, is it possible to use the new \markup syntax in the titling paramaters of a piece? if not, then there's not a problem. if yes, then there might be a problem... :/ the following excerpt results in this error: paper output to `test.tex'... lilypond: lily-guile.cc:127: String

Re: guile 1.6.4, harakiri staves, lily 1.8

2003-08-14 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 13:19, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Yes, we will look at conversion to postfix syntax before it becomes mandatory (in 2.0). It may need the user's attention, though. ok. it was a fairly quick fix in emacs for the piece i was working on. (also, convert-ly only converts up

Re: some problems

2003-08-14 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 20:47, Stefaan Himpe wrote: 1) slurs crossing stems (bars 4, 8, 9, 10, 14) you could try attaching these slurs to stems rather than note heads. in bar 4 and 14 that should solve that problem. You will have to do a \override \revert for the slurs that are crossing stems

tuplet bug in 1.8??

2003-08-14 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
hi all, if you look at the excerpt in the attachment, you can see funny behaviour on behalf of the tuplet brackets over the rest on the last beat of the bar. the code that generated this excerpt: \score { \notes \relative c'' { \key g \major \time 3/4 \property

PFA fonts, INSTALL.txt

2003-08-14 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
there is a bad link in the INSTALL.txt file released with 1.8.0: If, in addition, you want to generate PDF files of your scores and have installed mftrace, type: make pfa-fonts make MAKE_PFA_FILES=1 install texhash (PFA versions of the fonts for the

Re: New website

2003-08-14 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 10:51, Mats Bengtsson wrote: - At first, I didn't really get the idea of the navigation system. It didn't feel obvious that the top line is the main menu and the second line is the submenu within the choice made at the top line. I don't have any good suggestion

Re: guile 1.6.4

2003-08-08 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
this one would interest me as well, as i just tried compiling lily 1.8 and failed at the guile check (1.6.0). if there is no major dependency problem, then i'll fool the configure script as well... regards, simon. On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 10:10, Mats Bengtsson wrote: Related question: Why did

Re: page break?

2003-07-29 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
try putting it in one of the staff meta objects (\piece =\newpage part II) that's how i got round this problem when i was using plain lilypond for multipart scores... hth, simon. On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 16:48, Laura Conrad wrote: Mats == Mats Bengtsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mats It

RE: Split stem for different pitches on same staff level

2003-06-30 Thread P Scott Horne
David Raleigh Arnold wrote: On Sunday 29 June 2003 05:18 am, P Scott Horne wrote: In the key of D-flat major, I wrote d,16 bes' a' aes d, bes' and got for the middle chord two noteheads side by side, preceded by a natural sign with a flat sign superimposed. Aside the obvious

Split stem for different pitches on same staff level

2003-06-29 Thread P Scott Horne
In the key of D-flat major, I wrote d,16 bes' a' aes d, bes' and got for the middle chord two noteheads side by side, preceded by a natural sign with a flat sign superimposed. Aside the obvious error (presumably a bug) of superimposing accidentals, this notation is incorrect. Standard

Re: segno (and so ...)

2003-03-31 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
hi joerg, On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 12:32, Joerg Anders wrote: Perhaps somebody could give a short answer to 6 questions: 1.) Is the sequence: notes1 segno notes2 dal segno notes3 the same as: notes1 ||: notes2 :|| notes3 So, this form is actually

Re: segno/ still one Q.

2003-03-31 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 14:14, Joerg Anders wrote: Still one question to clarify wthether I comprehended ... notes1 segno-segno notes2 segno notes3 coda-coda notes4 coda notes5 D.S. al codaI codaI: notesA D.S.S. al codaII codaII: notesB \bar |. ... this right: Is the sequence:

install trouble

2003-03-13 Thread Cecita :P
Hi! I've tried to instal lilypond SEVERAL times, but none of them I could see the Publishing section dialogue. What could be wrong?? Greetings! Cecilia Alonso _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*

Simple question about rests

2002-12-09 Thread a . p . selby
Hello. I was reading the lilypond example page http://lilypond.org/stable/examples.html and looking at the first page of the first example (Petite Ouverture ...) it seems that a rest can have an incorrect vertical position. E.g. in bars 12 and 13 the second quaver (eighth note) rest is in line

Re: Key and accidentals in Lilypond

2002-12-06 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
hi, On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 14:56, s.abeccara wrote: When I state a key for a piece in Lilypond I expect it to follow common rules for writing music, i.e. not to put natural signs on every ---SNIP--- who know this (after all simple) solution. this is a discussion that has been kicked around the

Re: Can't get the thing to compile...

2002-10-29 Thread Simon G. P. Bailey
is your python.h in the default include path? guile 1.6 is needed for lily 1.7, iirc. greetings, simon. On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 15:42, Alexandre Aractingi wrote: ... actually I can't get past the ./configure stage... I am using a Mandrake 9.0 Linux distribution, and I have tetex, python and

Re: Cygwin and Gs

2002-05-12 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Greg, Am Donnerstag, 9. Mai 2002 um 02:52 schriebst du: IMHO it is best for Windows users to get ghostscript separately. I had it before I got cygwin - lilypond and in my case lilypond did download a version of gs. However the two versions confused each other, and the way I solved