Hi all!
A year ago I asked for drum notes and drum chords in LilyPond.
At that time I got the following mail from Rune Zedeler.
Is there any progress in this field ?
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Rune Zedeler wrote:
> Joerg Anders wrote:
>
> > I'm about to improve the NoteEdit drum notes export.
>
> The lilypond drum notation is currently not working properly in 1.7.
> When I get time and energy ( :-( ) I will make some better drum support.
> I don't think that you should spend much energy in supporting the
> current (1.6) drum system as it will probably not keep on working. As I
> said: It does not work in 1.7.
>
> > To comprehend the system I wrote the following
> > "crash test:
> >
> > \include "paper16.ly"
> >
> > \include "drumpitch-init.ly"
> >
> > drh = \notes { \clef "percussion"
> > bda4 bd ssh ss | ssl sna sn hc | sne tomfl hhc hh | tomfh hhp toml hho |
> > hhho tomml tommh cymca | cymc tomh cymra cymr | cymch rb tamb cyms | cb cymcb
> > vibs cymrb |
> > bohm boh boho bolm | bol bolo cghm cglm | cgho cgh cglo cgl | timh timl agh
> > agl |
> > cab mar whs whl | guis guil gui cl | wbh wbl cuim cuio | trim tri trio ua |
> > ub uc ud ue | da db dc dd | de r r r
> > \bar "|."
> > }
> >
> > \score {
> > \context Staff=drumst \notes <
> > \apply #(drums->paper 'drums) <
> > \context Voice=voa {\stemUp \drh }
> > >
> > >
> > }
> >
> > During "ly2dvi" a get a lot of messages of this kind:
> >
> > warning: lily-guile: Kit `drums' doesn't contain drum `triangle'
> > See lily/drumpitch.ly for supported drums.
> > warning: lily-guile: Kit `drums' doesn't contain drum `opentriangle'
> > See lily/drumpitch.ly for supported drums.
> > warning: lily-guile: Kit `drums' doesn't contain drum `oneup'
> >
> > And only a few notes have special drum heads.
> > But I consulted "drumpitch.ly". The "bda bd ssh ss ..." words are
>
> This is the expected result. The 'drums kit is for typesetting a normal
> drum kit - and percussion instruments (like the triangle) not present on
> a typical drum kit will not be typeset normally.
>
> The transposing pitches (from ua in the above) are NOT drums - they
> should only be entered as arguments to transpose-like commands.
>
> -Rune
>
>
--
J.Anders, Chemnitz, GERMANY ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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