Chris Capoccia <chriscapoccia <at> spamcop.net> writes: > > the tin whistle fingering tips might be helpful: > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general/3651 >
using the idea from the tin whistle fingering discussion, i was able to come up with something that i think will work well: \paper { #(define dump-extents #t) indent = 0\mm line-width = 180\mm - 2.0 * 0.4\in } \layout { } \version "2.8.7" \header { title = "The Ninety and Nine" composer = "Ira D. Sankey (1874)" poet = "Elizabeth C. Clephane (1868)" } melody = \relative c' { \clef treble \key g \major \time 6/8 \partial 8 d16_"◍"_"●"_"●" d_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8._"◍"_"●"_"●" g16_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" fis4_"●"_"○"_"○" fis8_"●"_"○"_"○" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g16_"◍"_"●"_"●" g_"◍"_"●"_"●" b4_"◍"_"●"_"●" b8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" a4._"●"_"●"_"○" r4 \bar "||" \break \partial 8 d,8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g16_"◍"_"●"_"●" g_"◍"_"●"_"●" b4_"◍"_"●"_"●" b8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" a4_"●"_"●"_"○" a16_"●"_"●"_"○" a_"●"_"●"_"○" fis4_"●"_"○"_"○" fis8_"●"_"○"_"○" g4._"◍"_"●"_"●" r4 \bar "||" \break \partial 8 g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" b8._"◍"_"●"_"●" b16_"◍"_"●"_"●" b8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" b4_"◍"_"●"_"●" b8_"◍"_"●"_"●" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" d'8_"●"_"◍"_"●" d8._"●"_"◍"_"●" d16_"●"_"◍"_"●" d8_"●"_"◍"_"●" d8(_"●"_"◍"_"●" b8)_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" a8(_"●"_"●"_"○" g8)_"◍"_"●"_"●" a8_"●"_"●"_"○" b4_"◍"_"●"_"●" d8_"●"_"◍"_"●" d8.^\fermata_"●"_"◍"_"●" d16_"●"_"◍"_"●" e8_"○"_"○"_"○" d8(_"●"_"◍"_"●" b8)_"◍"_"●"_"●" g8_"◍"_"●"_"●" a8(_"●"_"●"_"○" b8^\fermata)_"◍"_"●"_"●" a8_"●"_"●"_"○" g4_"◍"_"●"_"●" \bar "|." } text = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "1. " There were nine -- ty and nine, that safe -- ly lay In the shel -- ter of the fold, But one was out on the hills a -- way, Far off from the gates of gold. A -- way on the moun -- tains wild and bare, A -- way from the ten -- der Shep -- herd’s care, A -- way from the ten -- der Shep -- herd’s care. } \book{ \score{ << \new Voice = "one" { \autoBeamOn \melody } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text >> \layout { } \midi { } } \markup{ \wordwrap-string #" Verse 2. “Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine; Are they not enough for Thee?” But the Shepherd made answer: “This of Mine Has wandered away from Me; And although the road be rough and steep, I go to the desert to find My sheep, I go to the desert to find My sheep.”" } } _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user