FOLLOW UP #2:
Added Lukas's code for instrument names to "draw-staff-symbols" and analogous
statements to the layout block in that file. The columnClef code remains, but
the layout statements are commented out. It's very close to being correct, but
3 issues that come to mind:
1) I'd prefer the columns were right-aligned instead of centered, but I tried
several times and couldn't figure out how to make that change.
2) I need to be able to shift the columns horizontally to
3) how do I shift the bar numbers up above the staff so they don't collide
with the vowel clef?
Finally: Is there a way to set up the code so that it scales with the size of
the staff spaces?
Cheers,
MB
On Dec 8 2020, at 2:06 pm, Michael Blankenship <blanken...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> FOLLOW UP:
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>
>
> I partially solved my own problem. I added the \columnClef statement to the
> layout block in "draw-staff-symbol.ily", on the line below \Staff. It works
> now, but another reasons I thought instrumentName would work better is that
> it's very hard to read the vowel clef when it's printed on top of the staff,
> instead of just before it. I can't seem to get the "officially a clef"
> version to shift to just left of the staff.
>
>
>
> Would going back to an instrument name based construction make this simpler
> and easier? How would I modify the code to do that?
>
>
> On Dec 8 2020, at 1:53 pm, Michael Blankenship <blanken...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >
> > Lukas and Leo,
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the response! I tried to frame the original question as simply
> > as possible, so I left some things out that have now become relevant. One
> > of the reasons I was trying to use instrument names is that I actually want
> > to use a more extensive version of the "clef" before the first system, and
> > a simplified version for the rest of the systems. The clef is for a larger
> > project I'm working on to transcribe the sounds of lyrics as musical
> > objects. So the clef lists the vowels that each space of the staff
> > represents. So, they could be encoded as clefs, and one would just have to
> > specify a different clef for the first system, but if they're encoded as
> > instrument names, the software would automatically do the change in clef. I
> > don't know enough to know if one way is better than the other, but
> > whichever way, I still am having issues.
> >
> >
> >
> > I put the latest code Lukas sent out into the larger context of the lyric
> > notation library, and every time I tried adding:
> >
> > \columnClef \markuplist { i ɪ ɛ æ ʌ ɑ ɝ ɔ oʊ ʊ u }
> >
> > to the lyric-notation.ily file, it either produced an output that just
> > didn't have the clef, or it threw an error, usually an "unexpected"
> > exception like:
> >
> > Parsing...
> >
> > /Users/blankens10/Documents/GitHub/lyric-notation-master/lyric-notation.ily:73:36:
> > error: syntax error, unexpected SYMBOL
> >
> > \columnClef \markuplist
> >
> > i ɪ ɛ
> > æ ʌ ɑ ɝ ɔ oʊ ʊ u
> >
> > /Users/blankens10/Documents/GitHub/lyric-notation-master/lyric-notation.ily:73:36:
> > error: not a note name: i
> >
> > \columnClef \markuplist
> >
> > i ɪ ɛ
> > æ ʌ ɑ ɝ ɔ oʊ ʊ u
> >
> > etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's the link for the lyric notation library
> > (https://gitlab.com/jeanas/lyric-notation), so maybe you can help me figure
> > out where to put the code so it works correctly?
> >
> > I added all Lukas's code through the definition of columnClef to
> > "draw-staff-symbol.ily" and I figured the line
> >
> > \columnClef \markuplist { i ɪ ɛ æ ʌ ɑ ɝ ɔ oʊ ʊ u }
> >
> > should be added to "lyric-notation.ily" somewhere. But every place I tried
> > it, it didn't work. I wasn't sure if it should go inside the \with
> > statement under \new RhythmicStaff, or if it should go in a context block
> > somewhere?
> >
> >
> >
> > Ugg, being a dumb newb is such an impotent feeling, one that I'm not used
> > to being on this side of.
> >
> > Any additional help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 8 2020, at 4:48 am, Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Leo,
> > >
> > >
> > > Am 07.12.20 um 23:36 schrieb Leo Correia de Verdier:
> > >
> > > > I’m not sure if this is an interesting suggestion, but if you want
> > > > this as the actual clef you could write
> > >
> > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > >
> > > > \once \override Staff.Clef.stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
> > >
> > > > \once \override Staff.Clef.text = \markup {
> > >
> > > > \override #'(font-size . -6.5)
> > >
> > > > \unit-height-column { First second third fourth fifth sixth
> > > > seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh } }
> > >
> > > > \once \override Staff.Clef.Y-offset = #5
> > >
> > > > \clef treble % or whatever
> > >
> > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > >
> > >
> > > That's an excellent suggestion - I remember when I read Michael's
> > >
> > > question I thought: If we want "a sort of clef", we should use a \clef
> > >
> > > for it. But of course that changes the layout (even though one might use
> > >
> > > a whiteout property to hide the staff lines).
> > >
> > >
> > > I moved your logic into a function (and replaced your explicit Y-offset
> > >
> > > by 0 combined with Y-centering the markup):
> > >
> > >
> > > \version "2.21.80"
> > >
> > >
> > > #(define-markup-command (force-unit-height layout props arg) (markup?)
> > >
> > > (let* ((y-centered-arg (markup #:general-align 1 0 arg))
> > >
> > > (stil (interpret-markup layout props y-centered-arg))
> > >
> > > (x (ly:stencil-extent stil 0))
> > >
> > > (y (cons -1/2 1/2)))
> > >
> > > (ly:stencil-outline stil (make-filled-box-stencil x y))))
> > >
> > >
> > > #(define-markup-command (unit-height-column layout props args)
> > >
> > > (markup-list?)
> > >
> > > (interpret-markup layout props #{
> > >
> > > \markup {
> > >
> > > \override #'(baseline-skip . 0)
> > >
> > > \center-column \force-unit-height #args
> > >
> > > } #} ))
> > >
> > >
> > > columnClef =
> > >
> > > #(define-music-function (contents) (markup-list?)
> > >
> > > #{
> > >
> > > \once \override Staff.Clef.stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
> > >
> > > \once \override Staff.Clef.Y-offset = 0
> > >
> > > \once \override Staff.Clef.text = \markup {
> > >
> > > \override #'(font-size . -6.5)
> > >
> > > \general-align #Y #CENTER
> > >
> > > \unit-height-column #contents
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > #})
> > >
> > >
> > > \new Staff {
> > >
> > > \columnClef \markuplist { first second third fourth }
> > >
> > > a'4
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > Lukas
> > >
> > >
> >
>
