"Trent J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 4. How can I ensure that the verse lines are close together and > not separated by a lot of white space?
For that particular problem, I use a function that transform a figured bass expression, ie: \figuremode { <_>4 <5> <4-> } to a regular voice with skips and markups, ie (approximatively): { s4 s-\markup \number 5 s-\markup { \number 4 \flat } } I still have problems with it, but here is a function which might be a starting point: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Custom figured bass #(define (fig-seq->markup-seq seq-music) ;; (define (alteration->markup alteration) (make-raise-markup (if (= alteration FLAT) 0.3 0.6) (make-musicglyph-markup (string-append "accidentals-" (number->string alteration))))) ;; BassFigureEvent --> TextScriptEvent and SkipEvent (define (fig->markup fig-music) (let* ((fig (ly:music-property fig-music 'figure)) (acc (ly:music-property fig-music 'alteration)) (acc-markup #f) (fig-markup (if (markup? fig) fig (if (not (eq? acc '())) (make-simple-markup "") (make-strut-markup))))) (list (make-music 'TextScriptEvent 'direction -1 'text (markup #:teeny (if (number? acc) (markup fig-markup (alteration->markup acc)) fig-markup))) (make-music 'SkipEvent 'duration (ly:music-property fig-music 'duration))))) ;; (if (not (null? seq-music)) (begin (if (ly:music-property seq-music 'element) (set! (ly:music-property seq-music 'element) (fig-seq->markup-seq (ly:music-property seq-music 'element)))) (set! (ly:music-property seq-music 'elements) (let ((elements (list))) (for-each (lambda (mus) (if (eqv? (ly:music-property mus 'name) 'BassFigureEvent) (set! elements (append (fig->markup mus) elements)) (set! elements (cons (fig-seq->markup-seq mus) elements)))) (ly:music-property seq-music 'elements)) (if (eqv? (ly:music-property seq-music 'name) 'EventChord) elements (reverse! elements)))))) seq-music) markupfigures=#(def-music-function (location music) (ly:music?) (fig-seq->markup-seq music)) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% It can be used like this: \new Staff << \clef bass \notemode { c2 d4 } \markupfigures \figuremode { <_>4 <5> <4-> } >> nicolas _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user