Great! Glad it helped.
www.martinrinconbotero.com
On 27. Jan 2021, 19:02 +0100, ebenezer <ebene...@thedorsetpagdens.plus.com>,
wrote:
> Thank you Martín,
> That snippet has helped enormously. I had tried to incorporate drumStyleTable
> earlier but it didn't work the way I was using it. I tried
> StaffSymbol.line-count = #1 and that looks good, too :)
> Cheers!
>
> On 2021-01-27 15:32, Martín Rincón Botero wrote:
> > Oops, missed a couple of curly braces:
> >
> > \context DrumStaff = "bongo"
> > \with
> > {
> > \override StaffSymbol.line-count = #2
> > drumStyleTable = #bongos-style
> > instrumentName = \markup { Bongo }
> > shortInstrumentName = \markup { Bng. }
> > }
> > {
> > \drummode
> > {
> > boh4 bol boh bol
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > > Am Mi., 27. Jan. 2021 um 16:31 Uhr schrieb Martín Rincón Botero
> > > <martinrinconbot...@gmail.com>:
> > > > Well, I don't use the RhythmicStaff for bongos and wouldn't recommend
> > > > it either. What I use looks something like this:
> > > >
> > > > \context DrumStaff = "bongo"
> > > > \with
> > > > {
> > > > \override StaffSymbol.line-count = #2
> > > > drumStyleTable = #bongos-style
> > > > instrumentName = \markup { Bongo }
> > > > shortInstrumentName = \markup { Bng. }
> > > > }
> > > > \drummode
> > > > {
> > > > boh4 bol boh bol
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps you'll find this esthetically pleasing as well ;-). With this
> > > > setup I haven't had any issues with MIDI. You don't even have to
> > > > manually select any MIDI instrument or do any extra configuration. At
> > > > least for me, this "just works" and is notationally correct.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Martín.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Am Mi., 27. Jan. 2021 um 16:21 Uhr schrieb ebenezer
> > > > > <ebene...@thedorsetpagdens.plus.com>:
> > > > > > Hello Martin,
> > > > > > No, I can use DrumStaff. I'm still experimenting with LilyPond,
> > > > > > finding out what works easily and what doesn't.
> > > > > > Aesthetically, a RhythmicStaff looks better, so if it's something I
> > > > > > can accomplish without too much effort (~1 day), I would delve
> > > > > > deeper.
> > > > > > Since posting I have found that Drum_note_performer will output
> > > > > > MIDI, but it's a soft piano sound, so I am now stuck at this point.
> > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 2021-01-27 13:22, Martín Rincón Botero wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > is there any reason for not using DrumStaff if that works fine
> > > > > > > for MIDI?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > Martín.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > www.martinrinconbotero.com
> > > > > > > On 27. Jan 2021, 11:52 +0100, ebenezer
> > > > > > > <ebene...@thedorsetpagdens.plus.com>, wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hello everyone,
> > > > > > > > I am attempting to use a percussion staff for a bongo part in a
> > > > > > > > score.
> > > > > > > > staffBongo = \drummode {
> > > > > > > > boh4_\markup { \sans boh } boho8 bohm8 % -- and so on...
> > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > partBongo = \new RhythmicStaff \with {
> > > > > > > > } \staffBongo
> > > > > > > > doesn't output any MIDI. Note that using a DrumStaff works
> > > > > > > > fine. The contexts under \midi {} are the same for both
> > > > > > > > DrumStaff and RhythmicStaff. What am I doing that is incorrect,
> > > > > > > > please?
> > > > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > www.martinrinconbotero.com
> >
> >
> > --
> > www.martinrinconbotero.com
>
