Re: Specifying \language for a single book

2020-01-21 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 01:45:41PM -0800, Aaron Hill wrote: > \layout is your friend: Thanks! Great stAff! :) > \book { > \bookOutputSuffix "G" > \score { > \transpose c b, > \leadSheet > } > } > > \book { > \bookOutputSuffix "F-ita" > \score { > \transpose c a, >

Re: Specifying \language for a single book

2020-01-21 Thread Klaus Blum
Aaron Hill wrote > There is no need to change the definition of the variable. > > \layout is your friend: > > \layout { \context { \ChordNames \italianChords } } Hi Aaron, wow - thanks for that easy solution. Another lesson learned... ;-) Klaus -- Sent from:

Re: Specifying \language for a single book

2020-01-20 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2020-01-20 10:03 am, Klaus Blum wrote: Sandro Santilli-2 wrote I would ideally use an \override so to keep the existing definition of my leadSheet. AFAIK this definition is static and I know no override that could change things at a later time. [To anybody reading this: Please correct me

Re: Specifying \language for a single book

2020-01-20 Thread Klaus Blum
Sandro Santilli-2 wrote > I would ideally use an \override so to keep the existing > definition of my leadSheet. Hmmm, that sounds difficult. I assume your leadSheet contains chords and staves like e.g. % --- leadSheet = { << \new ChordNames {

Re: Specifying \language for a single book

2020-01-20 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 11:33:15AM -0700, Klaus Blum wrote: > << > \new ChordNames \chordmode { c1 a:m f g } > \new ChordNames \chordmode { \italianChords c1 a:m f g } > \new Staff { \clef bass c1 a f g } > >> > > Does that help? Yes, but I would ideally use an \override so to keep the

Re: Specifying \language for a single book

2020-01-18 Thread Klaus Blum
Hi Sandro, Sandro Santilli-2 wrote > One musician I play with prefers reading DO RE MI FA > as chord symbols, but the rest of use still want C D E F... the \language command is used to tell LilyPond what notes (or chord roots) you want. To control the way LilyPond displays them, you might

Specifying \language for a single book

2020-01-18 Thread Sandro Santilli
One musician I play with prefers reading DO RE MI FA as chord symbols, but the rest of use still want C D E F... Is it possible, and how, to specify \language only for a specific /book section ? --strk;