I like both the Ideas. Will try them and let you know.

thanks for the tips.

ananth



On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Wols Lists <antli...@youngman.org.uk>wrote:

>  On 28/07/10 18:21, Mike Solomon wrote:
>
> I’d recommend entering your lyrics like normal and using notes or spaces in
> the staff.  Then, do massive amounts of transparency overrides and/or
> context removes.  The internals reference should give you a lead on what to
> turn off.  Also, check out:
>
> staff-container.ly
> staff-size.ly
>
> Lastly, you’d want to raise the lyrics, which can be done w/ extra-offset
> (and probably other things).
>
> ~Mike
>
> That sounds to me like a lot of work - per piece of music!
>
> If you're going to do that (and I don't know carnatic so I don't know
> whether this could work) couldn't you create a "carnatic.ly" and a
> carnatic "font" so you can enter your notes as normal. Then just suppress
> the staff so the "notes" print as notes, with the lyrics attached.
>
> Cheers,
> Wol
>
>
>
> On 7/28/10 6:27 PM, "ananth p" 
> <l...@beautifulnote.com><l...@beautifulnote.com>wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> I've been using lilypond for quite a while to typeset scores.
>
> I'd like to typeset Carnatic (Indian) music scores, which don't use Staff
> notation system. Just text, like solfa, nevertheless it's a music system
> with durations, meters, barlines etc.
>
> I can use the 'lyrics' part to enter my notes. No staff needed. Now, is it
> possible to space and align these notes just as lily does on staff?
>
> Here's a piece of example score I tried to typeset with Latex -
> http://twitpic.com/2998r0/full
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> cheers,
> Ananth
>
>
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