Not a duration. Why not?

2010-04-25 Thread Trevor Skeggs
Is it OK to post suggestions on this site? (I could not find any link for such in the Lilypond site, other than for documentation changes). 1). If a note duration such as c3 is detected, an error message is issued: error: not a duration: 3 Why should 3 not be a valid duration, mid-wa

Error using Fretboard in English

2010-04-25 Thread Trevor Skeggs
The Snippet List extract for a simple lead-sheet template ( melody, lyrics, chords and fret diagrams ) is not practical because it produces only trivial 3-note fretboard diagrams (the three lowest guitar strings are always marked as unused). - - - - - - - - - - - The Snippet included in Notat

Misleading Chord-Name placement

2010-03-13 Thread Trevor Skeggs
When chord names are placed below a system, they can be much nearer to high notes in the system below (or even touch them) than to the bass notes of the system above (to which it is supposed to refer). Obviously, system separation varies with the number of ledger lines intruding into the gap betw

faulty beam defaults

2010-03-13 Thread Trevor Skeggs
Default beaming in 3/4 time is treated as though it were 6/8 time. In waltz time, it should not be necessary to type: c4. d8\noBeam e f ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

octave bug

2007-09-21 Thread trevor skeggs
% Bug report: The entire lower harmony line is raised one octave along with the final f-sharp. % Adapted from the "String Quartet" snippet, with "Violin 1" adapted for two-part polyphony. \version "2.10.25" \include "english.ly" \header { title = "To correct this, lower the last