Hi Father Vladimir,

Thanks for the reply. 

Is there any way to make the breve be centered for the "recitative"?

Thank you so much!

Michael Dykes
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>  1. Re: another minor quibble: Lilypond really isn't supported on
>  UNIX; Linux and MacOS, not UNIX (Knute Snortum)
>  2. Re: another minor quibble: Lilypond really isn't supported on
>  UNIX; Linux and MacOS, not UNIX (Andrew Bernard)
>  3. Re: another minor quibble: Lilypond really isn't supported on
>  UNIX; Linux and MacOS, not UNIX (Andrew Bernard)
>  4. Re: Recitative in Chant music (Vladimír Slávik)
>  5. Re: another minor quibble: Lilypond really isn't supported on
>  UNIX; Linux and MacOS, not UNIX (Valentin Petzel)
>  6. Re: Recitative in Chant music (Fr. Samuel Springuel)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:38:03 -0700
> From: Knute Snortum <ksnor...@gmail.com>
> To: Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Lily Pond <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: another minor quibble: Lilypond really isn't supported on
>  UNIX; Linux and MacOS, not UNIX
> Message-ID:
>  <calmejxsnqoacuqqu3qvv+quzauavzeg99x31vlurdzznfgz...@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 5:27 PM Kenneth Wolcott
> <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> HI;
>>
>>  This is just a tiny quibble, but the Lilypond Download web page
>> implies support for UNIX (which implies, at least to me,
>> SunOS/Solaris, HP-UX, IBM/AIX, etc), where Linux really isn't UNIX.
>>
>>  See attached screenshot.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wolcott
>>
>
> Linux stands for "Linux is not UNIX eXactly".  ;)
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:54:02 +1100
> From: Andrew Bernard <andrew.bern...@mailbox.org>
> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: another minor quibble: Lilypond really isn't supported on
>  UNIX; Linux and MacOS, not UNIX
> Message-ID: <f45d1248-fb20-6eae-3a29-7c54eb98c...@mailbox.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"
>
> While we are here, it's macOS not MacOS, believe it or not.
>
> Wikipedia:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS
>
> *macOS* (/ˌmækoʊˈɛs/ 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English>;^[8] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS#cite_note-8> previously *OS X* and 
> originally *Mac OS X*) is a Unix <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix> 
> operating system^[9] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS#cite_note-9> 
> developed and marketed by Apple Inc. 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.> since 2001.
>
>
> [And amusingly the Wikipedia convention for URL's forces them to have a 
> capital M.]
>
> [And also, note macOS is classified as a UNIX operating system - which 
> it is.]
>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:55:41 +1100
> From: Andrew Bernard <andrew.bern...@mailbox.org>
> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: another minor quibble: Lilypond really isn't supported on
>  UNIX; Linux and MacOS, not UNIX
> Message-ID: <04dd9ea3-9da1-8902-99cd-130f4c248...@mailbox.org>
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> We can have a field day of fun with this topic! It's actually GNU/Linux 
> not Linux, something RMS never tires of pointing out. And since Lilypond 
> is part of the GNU project we should probably get this right.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On 28/10/2022 11:25 am, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
>
>> HI;
>>
>>  This is just a tiny quibble, but the Lilypond Download web page
>> implies support for UNIX (which implies, at least to me,
>> SunOS/Solaris, HP-UX, IBM/AIX, etc), where Linux really isn't UNIX.
>>
>>  See attached screenshot.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wolcott
>>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:06:34 +0200
> From: Vladimír Slávik <slavik.vladi...@seznam.cz>
> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Recitative in Chant music
> Message-ID: <faf9601f-a81b-8751-c378-a6f6f5fb4...@seznam.cz>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> Hi Michael,
> Admittedly I'm not that good with lilypond and then I'm familiar mostly 
> with Roman catholic music as written here (cz), but perhaps that can 
> help you a bit with the direction.
>
> What I have seen done in psalms and thus do in these situations is make 
> the recitative note a breve. So I make the whole thing a cadenza, then 
> use explicit lengths for all the lyrics, and have a breve there. See 
> below for an example.
>
> The one thing that is not really a given, just a convention in the 
> literature I have seen, is that it's a breve. You could just use another 
> quarter for the "long part" and the lyrics and it's all the same to 
> Lilypond.
>
> Arguably typing in all the lengths for all the lyrics is a lot of work, 
> but personally I've found that preferable to littering the lyrics with 
> directives to alter lengths. I have also never (never, ever) succeeded 
> in making the lilypond "guessing" right for the lyrics lengths.
>
> If you make the whole work a cadenza, you have to also mark the bar ends 
> manually.
>
> To make the chord show "only at the beginning", you need to align the 
> lyrics left. You can do it once for each breve, but following my 
> approach of "not littering the data with programming", I just align 
> everything.
>
> Others will perhaps help correct if there's anything wrong with this 
> approach? For me, it worked well this far :-)
>
> Best,
> Vladimir
>
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> \layout {
>      \context {
>          \Lyrics
>          \consists "Bar_engraver"
>          \consists "Separating_line_group_engraver"
>          \hide BarLine
>          \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
>      }
> }
>
> noTime = \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
>
> right_hand = \relative c' {
>      \key c \major
>      \clef treble
>      \language "deutsch"
>      \noTime
>      \autoBeamOff
>      \accidentalStyle forget
>      \cadenzaOn
>
>     c4 d4 e\breve e4 f2 f4~ e2 \bar "|"
>
>     %(...more music)
>
>      \cadenzaOff
> }
>
> words = \lyricmode {
>      \set stanza = "1. "
>      Some4 words4 "that have something real"\breve -- ly4 long2 he4 -- re.2
>
>      %(... more lyrics)
> }
>
> staff = \new PianoStaff <<
>      \new Staff \right_hand
>      \new Lyrics \words
>      %(...)
>  >>
>
> \score {
>      \staff
> }
>
> Note that this is a simplified example, so might not compile as-is.
>
>
>
> Dne 25.10.2022 v 23:45 thedoctor81877--- via LilyPond user discussion 
> napsal(a):
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have another question pleae. I have typeset several Orthodox 
>> liturgical music chant settings. Before, I would type out every 
>> sylable of the music even where there is a "recitative" (several word 
>> on the same chord.
>>
>> However, I have a score somone had sent me, that, for the recitative 
>> parts, prints only the chord at the beginning of the recitative, and 
>> the chord at the end. For the exmample I was sent, only the altoWords 
>> line.
>>
>> But, I am not sure how to use this, and am working on mastering it; 
>> and could use some help please. Here is part of what I have:
>>
>> sopMusic = \relative c'' {
>>   % Music follows here.
>>   \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 13/4)
>>   g'4 g a2(b) g4 g g a b c2 \bar""
>>   \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2/4)
>>   b4 b \bar""
>>   \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 5/4)
>>   a2 g2 \bar""
>> }
>>
>> altoMusic = \relative c'' {
>>   \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 13/4)
>>   d4 d fs2(g) g4 g g g g g2 \bar""
>>   \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2/4)
>>   g4 g \bar""
>>   \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4/4)
>>   fs2 d2 \bar""
>> }
>>
>> altoWords = \lyricmode {
>>   When the stone __ had been sealed by the Jews,
>>   \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
>>   while_the_soldiers_were_guar -- ding_Thy_most -- pure
>>   \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #CENTER
>>   Bo -- dy.
>>   \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
>>
>>
>> }
>>
>> So. the recitative should have:
>>
>> "While the soldiers .. most-pure"
>>
>> and Bod--y for the last two half-notes. Also, I seem to have 2 extra 
>> g4 in the alto line for the recitative.
>>
>> I am not sure how to change and adress this; I have been trying to 
>> change the underlines and such in the lyrics but to no avail.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael D
>>
>> -- 
>> Sent with Tutanota, enjoy secure & ad-free emails.
>>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:04:30 +0200
> From: Valentin Petzel <valen...@petzel.at>
> To: Lily Pond <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
> Cc: Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: another minor quibble: Lilypond really isn't supported on
>  UNIX; Linux and MacOS, not UNIX
> Message-ID: <4753411.GXAFRqVoOG@archbox>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> Lilypond should in fact be supported on Unix, even if no one makes the effort 
> to get it and all the dependencies running. But Lilypond is available on Unix-
> Derivates and Unixoids (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, macOS and you 
> probably would be able to get it to work on many others like Solaris or HP-
> UX).
>
> Valentin
>
> Am Freitag, 28. Oktober 2022, 02:25:56 CEST schrieb Kenneth Wolcott:
>
>> HI;
>>
>>  This is just a tiny quibble, but the Lilypond Download web page
>> implies support for UNIX (which implies, at least to me,
>> SunOS/Solaris, HP-UX, IBM/AIX, etc), where Linux really isn't UNIX.
>>
>>  See attached screenshot.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wolcott
>>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:00:57 -0400
> From: "Fr. Samuel Springuel" <rpspring...@gmail.com>
> To: Vladimír Slávik <slavik.vladi...@seznam.cz>
> Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Recitative in Chant music
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> My mostly automated solution for recited notes is attached.
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>> On Oct 28, 2022, at 6:06 AM, Vladimír Slávik <slavik.vladi...@seznam.cz> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>> Admittedly I'm not that good with lilypond and then I'm familiar mostly with 
>> Roman catholic music as written here (cz), but perhaps that can help you a 
>> bit with the direction.
>>
>> What I have seen done in psalms and thus do in these situations is make the 
>> recitative note a breve. So I make the whole thing a cadenza, then use 
>> explicit lengths for all the lyrics, and have a breve there. See below for 
>> an example.
>>
>> The one thing that is not really a given, just a convention in the 
>> literature I have seen, is that it's a breve. You could just use another 
>> quarter for the "long part" and the lyrics and it's all the same to Lilypond.
>>
>> Arguably typing in all the lengths for all the lyrics is a lot of work, but 
>> personally I've found that preferable to littering the lyrics with 
>> directives to alter lengths. I have also never (never, ever) succeeded in 
>> making the lilypond "guessing" right for the lyrics lengths.
>>
>> If you make the whole work a cadenza, you have to also mark the bar ends 
>> manually.
>>
>> To make the chord show "only at the beginning", you need to align the lyrics 
>> left. You can do it once for each breve, but following my approach of "not 
>> littering the data with programming", I just align everything.
>>
>> Others will perhaps help correct if there's anything wrong with this 
>> approach? For me, it worked well this far :-)
>>
>> Best,
>> Vladimir
>>
>>
>> \version "2.18.2"
>>
>> \layout {
>>  \context {
>>  \Lyrics
>>  \consists "Bar_engraver"
>>  \consists "Separating_line_group_engraver"
>>  \hide BarLine
>>  \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
>>  }
>> }
>>
>> noTime = \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
>>
>> right_hand = \relative c' {
>>  \key c \major
>>  \clef treble
>>  \language "deutsch"
>>  \noTime
>>  \autoBeamOff
>>  \accidentalStyle forget
>>  \cadenzaOn
>>
>>  c4 d4 e\breve e4 f2 f4~ e2 \bar "|"
>>
>>  %(...more music)
>>
>>  \cadenzaOff
>> }
>>
>> words = \lyricmode {
>>  \set stanza = "1. "
>>  Some4 words4 "that have something real"\breve -- ly4 long2 he4 -- re.2
>>
>>  %(... more lyrics)
>> }
>>
>> staff = \new PianoStaff <<
>>  \new Staff \right_hand
>>  \new Lyrics \words
>>  %(...)
>> >>
>>
>> \score {
>>  \staff
>> }
>>
>> Note that this is a simplified example, so might not compile as-is.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dne 25.10.2022 v 23:45 thedoctor81877--- via LilyPond user discussion 
>> napsal(a):
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have another question pleae. I have typeset several Orthodox liturgical 
>>> music chant settings. Before, I would type out every sylable of the music 
>>> even where there is a "recitative" (several word on the same chord.
>>>
>>> However, I have a score somone had sent me, that, for the recitative parts, 
>>> prints only the chord at the beginning of the recitative, and the chord at 
>>> the end. For the exmample I was sent, only the altoWords line.
>>>
>>> But, I am not sure how to use this, and am working on mastering it; and 
>>> could use some help please. Here is part of what I have:
>>>
>>> sopMusic = \relative c'' {
>>>  % Music follows here.
>>>  \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 13/4)
>>>  g'4 g a2(b) g4 g g a b c2 \bar""
>>>  \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2/4)
>>>  b4 b \bar""
>>>  \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 5/4)
>>>  a2 g2 \bar""
>>> }
>>>
>>> altoMusic = \relative c'' {
>>>  \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 13/4)
>>>  d4 d fs2(g) g4 g g g g g2 \bar""
>>>  \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2/4)
>>>  g4 g \bar""
>>>  \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4/4)
>>>  fs2 d2 \bar""
>>> }
>>>
>>> altoWords = \lyricmode {
>>>  When the stone __ had been sealed by the Jews,
>>>  \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
>>>  while_the_soldiers_were_guar -- ding_Thy_most -- pure
>>>  \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #CENTER
>>>  Bo -- dy.
>>>  \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
>>>
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>> So. the recitative should have:
>>>
>>> "While the soldiers .. most-pure"
>>>
>>> and Bod--y for the last two half-notes. Also, I seem to have 2 extra g4 in 
>>> the alto line for the recitative.
>>>
>>> I am not sure how to change and adress this; I have been trying to change 
>>> the underlines and such in the lyrics but to no avail.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Michael D
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Sent with Tutanota, enjoy secure & ad-free emails.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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