PNG output with Lilypond?

2002-11-11 Thread Donald H. Gudehus
Hello, I am trying to create a png output file with Lilypond. I tried: lilypond -f PNG test.ly and got the response from my Linux system: GNU LilyPond 1.6.5 Now processing: `test.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music...[5] Preprocessing elements... Calculating column positions... [2] paper output

Re: LaTeX question

2002-11-11 Thread Jule Slootbeek
thanks, just making sure. in the meantime i came across a couple of bbedit plugins that also do the job. thanks On Monday, Nov 11, 2002, at 15:36 US/Eastern, Rune Zedeler wrote: Jule Slootbeek wrote: I'm trying to use lilypond-book to get text _and_music and the only way i can get a visible im

Re: Header: Two eighth = dotted eighth and sixteenth

2002-11-11 Thread Rune Zedeler
Andreas Loosen wrote: I would like to add a header line, above the score, that tells the reader, that two eighth notes printed in the score are to be played as one dotted eighth and one sixteenth (for better readability). I could not reduce vertical spacing enough (anyone?) but apart from that

Re: LaTeX question

2002-11-11 Thread Rune Zedeler
Jule Slootbeek wrote: I'm trying to use lilypond-book to get text _and_music and the only way i can get a visible image (dvi) for the latex file, is by first running it thought lilypond-book and tehn through TeX. is there an easier way to do this?? How could it be easier? In bash you can appen

LaTeX question

2002-11-11 Thread Jule Slootbeek
I have a quick question about LaTeX. I'm trying to use lilypond-book to get text _and_music and the only way i can get a visible image (dvi) for the latex file, is by first running it thought lilypond-book and tehn through TeX. is there an easier way to do this?? or is this how it's gonna be? tha

Re: manually set stem direction

2002-11-11 Thread Jérémie Lumbroso
nH> <{ c8 c4 c8}\\{ s4 <)g bf> }> nH> In this case, the upper notes stem downward, and the lower notes stems nH> upward; it's not what I want. The voicify function already explicitly sets stem directions, try to inverse the voices: <{ s4 <)g bf> } \\ { c8 c4 c8 } > If you ever need

manually set stem direction

2002-11-11 Thread neuro Hwang
My sincere thanks to all who replied my questions. Now, one more question. How to manually set the stems direction? for example, this is not an ordinary two voices, but rather an temporary two part lines: <{ c8 c4 c8}\\{ s4 <)g bf> }> In this case, the upper notes stem downward, and the low

Re: Header: Two eighth = dotted eighth and sixteenth

2002-11-11 Thread Jérémie Lumbroso
AL> I would like to add a header line, above the score, that tells the AL> reader, that two eighth notes printed in the score are to be AL> played as one dotted eighth and one sixteenth (for better AL> readability) AL> Is this possible with lilypond? This is possible with Lilypond but requires a

Re: PS failure with 1.6.6

2002-11-11 Thread Carter Brey
Mark Hindley wrote: Hi, I have exactly the same problem. Just upgraded to 1.6.6 from 1.4 12 on top of Debian woody. Installed from .deb. In fact it is even stranger: xdvi (22.29) fails to find the file, whereas oxdvik (22.40f) succeeds (but the PS specials don't look good -- ledger-lines are t

PS failure with 1.6.6

2002-11-11 Thread Mark Hindley
Hi, I have exactly the same problem. Just upgraded to 1.6.6 from 1.4 12 on top of Debian woody. Installed from .deb. In fact it is even stranger: xdvi (22.29) fails to find the file, whereas oxdvik (22.40f) succeeds (but the PS specials don't look good -- ledger-lines are too high by about 1/4 n

Header: Two eighth = dotted eighth and sixteenth

2002-11-11 Thread Andreas Loosen
Hey, I would like to add a header line, above the score, that tells the reader, that two eighth notes printed in the score are to be played as one dotted eighth and one sixteenth (for better readability). I've seen this on some score, it was done by printing two eighths on a single line, then an

Re: how to add a melody

2002-11-11 Thread Jérémie Lumbroso
nH> upper = \context Staff \notes\relative c { nH> d4. d4 e8 nH> % at this very measure, I'd like to add a nH> b2. % a 2 beats of b nH> } Have you tried using the voicify function: [...] upper = \context Staff \notes \relative c { < { d4. d4 } \\ { b2. }

Re: how to add a melody

2002-11-11 Thread Jule Slootbeek
you could use voices like so < {a2 b2} \\ {c,1}> will give you an a and a b on top of the c. you can also use the chord structure, which will give you the A minor chord. Jule On Monday, Nov 11, 2002, at 07:41 US/Eastern, neuro Hwang wrote: I really appreciate the answers from Graham Perciva

how to add a melody

2002-11-11 Thread neuro Hwang
I really appreciate the answers from Graham Percival. Thank you very much :) One more question, How to sudenly, (not of a regular voice), add a melody on a regular melody? For example, a measure goes like in --- global = \notes { \key ef \major \time 6/8 } upper = \context Staff \notes

Re: off beat measure, and measure number

2002-11-11 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 00:02:27 -0800 neuro Hwang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) > How can I put off beat on the first bar, like here : \partial 8 that gives you an eighth-note upbeat. \partial 4 gives you a quarter-note upbeat. > How do I put a bar after the first rest, "r8" ,hence begin a second

Re: the Basic Lilypond structure

2002-11-11 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 20:58:37 -0800 neuro Hwang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the basic lilypond structure? > > For example, to write a simple Piano staff, does it look like this ? Did you try it? See this for some examples: http://lilypond.org/stable/input/template/out-www/template.html

Re: Voices using comon stems

2002-11-11 Thread Rune Zedeler
Felipe Massia wrote: I need to typeset a SATB score with S+A and T+B using common stems. Stems and beams are located in voices, so if you wan't S and A to use the same stem then you should put them into the same voice: \context Grandstaff < \context Voice = women < \sop \alt > \cont

the Basic Lilypond structure

2002-11-11 Thread neuro Hwang
Again, excuse me, I am new here. I have read the document, but am still confused. What is the basic lilypond structure? For example, to write a simple Piano staff, does it look like this ? \header { filename ="the_file_nam.ly" title = "Title goes here" subtitle = "subti

off beat measure, and measure number

2002-11-11 Thread neuro Hwang
Some more questions - although I seemed read it somewhere in the document, but cannot find it again: 1) How can I put off beat on the first bar, like here : --- global = \notes { \key ef \major \time 6/8 } upper = \context Staff \notes\relative c { r8% measure 1 r8 r8 % measure 2 } --- H

Re: the Basic Lilypond structure

2002-11-11 Thread neuro Hwang
I think it's more like this: \header { filename ="neuro_mozart_horn_4_3_01.ly" title = "Mozart - Horn Concdrto No. 4 in E flat, K 495" subtitle = "III Rondo : allegro vivace" source = "source" composer ="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)" enteredby = "neuro" % copyri