On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Is C6 considered "0"? > > Well, here I'm the one who is confused. I never heard "C6" and the > others you mention below.
Apologies. "C5" is known as middle C. "C6" is the C in the third space of treble clef. etc.. >> Thank you for the example. What I'm thinking is that I should just >> define a whole new drum configuration since it would be easier to read >> and write. I'd like to do the following: quinto (E6), conga (C6), >> hitumba (A5), lotumba (F5) (with a generic "tumba" equal to >> "hitumba"). I've patched >> /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/share/lilypond/current/ly/drumpitch-init.ly >> (see diff below), > > I would never change the internal files > (apart from testings or to create a patch to be included in the source-code) > for two reasons: > 1) The next upgrade will not contain it. You'll have to repeat it > 2) Noone will be able to compile your scores until he/she made the > same changes. > > And you'll will get little help on the list. I understand, but I was also going to submit it as a patch to development since only have two conga pitches is very antiquated at this point. However, that's a different issue. >> but the following snippet only puts 4 quarter notes >> in the middle line of a percussion staff: >> >> \new DrumStaff << >> \drummode { >> quinto4 conga4 hitumba4 mutelotumba4 >> } > > I didn't apply the diff so I can't say anything detailed to it. > But: the LilyPond-extension-language is scheme. > Why not use it as shown in my example? I'm not sure how to apply what I'm trying to do using your example. How do I make things like this work with your example: (muteconga () "stopped" 1) or opentumba . ,(ly:make-pitch 0 -1 NATURAL)) Can I put that all in a new drum definition and have the corresponding MIDI files generated properly? Thank you, again. - Eric _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user