Re: Centering Piano Staff Name

2003-07-07 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 20:25:18 -0400 Rick Sutphin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a very minor quibble, but I was wondering if there is a way to > center the staff name on a piano staff so that it appears centered > between the two staves. Yes -- name the PianoStaff instead of the individual st

Re: help required in input/test

2003-07-07 Thread Pedro Kroger
Graham, > Any advanced Lilypond users out there Well, I'm not an advanced user but I'll give a try :)) > 1) add-staccato.ly: the staccatos don't get added. The make-music and > scm stuff needs to be fixed/updated. (hint: add-text-script.ly does > work; maybe that can help you with add-stacca

Jazz Combo Template

2003-07-07 Thread Rick Sutphin
Hello, Attached is a template for a small jazz combo (4 horns and rhythm section). It handles part extraction and chord names on the score (once at top) and on individual parts. I put it together with ideas from the lilypond website and some suggestions from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (any hare-brained ide

PAS Notation Standards and Lilypond

2003-07-07 Thread Rick Sutphin
Hello, I was wondering if anyone as worked on the drum notation for lilypond to make it better conform to PAS (Percussive Arts Society) standards? I edited my drums.scm file (probably not the correct approach), after fighting with define with no luck. I have got most of the notation closer to PAS

Centering Piano Staff Name

2003-07-07 Thread Rick Sutphin
Hello, This is a very minor quibble, but I was wondering if there is a way to center the staff name on a piano staff so that it appears centered between the two staves. Thanks, Rick Sutphin ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail

Is there something like a Score-O-Matic?

2003-07-07 Thread Rick Sutphin
Hello Everyone, I was wonder if someone has come up with a program/script that would produce score templates automatically. I was thinking something like a bash/perl/python script that would allow you to choose the instrumentation, title, key and whatever else could be done from a script, then wo

Re: Source transposition

2003-07-07 Thread Ferenc Wagner
"Antonio PALAMA'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a simple way to transpose a mudela source file? See http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-04/msg00029.html Feri. ___ Lilypond-user

Re: Re[2]: etf2ly wows

2003-07-07 Thread Aaron
Hi, What I seem to get is that the conversion want to make all my files into c major. The rythem translates perfectly. But the notes not. I can give an example if anyone thinks it worth the time to play with etf2ly. In the mean time I convert and use search and replace to fix the note names. a s

Re: Jazz Group Template, was: Re: Problem with Chord Names

2003-07-07 Thread Paul Scott
Amelie Zapf wrote: Hi Han-Wen, Rick, all, This is a thoroughly cleaned-up version (FYE, for your edification): That's really great! FWIW I usually delay the transposition until the \score section leaving the notes in concert pitch before that. That gives me more flexibility to change things

Source transposition

2003-07-07 Thread Antonio PALAMA'
Is there a simple way to transpose a mudela source file? I'm thinking to a simple parser that replaces all the note names with the transposed ones. Antonio Palama' ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/li

Re: Re[2]: etf2ly wows

2003-07-07 Thread Aaron
Hi all, What I am doing is not starting from scratch but converting etf2ly and searching and replacing the wrong notes with the right one. What would be the easiest is a script that transposes the key. ie. you input the new key and it automatically searches and replaces. Does such a script exist??

Re: Re[2]: etf2ly wows

2003-07-07 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually, I've had this problem a few times. There's nothing you can > do about it. If you cannot reproduce the problem, there's nothing you can do. > I think staying clear of minor keys might do the trick But if you can reduce the problem to a real simple e

Re: etf2ly wows

2003-07-07 Thread Aaron
yup, thats what I'm doing. oh well. probably the version of finale is just to new... Thanks Aaron On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 12:47, Graham Percival wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 08:20:21 +0300 > Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am experiencing some problems with etf2ly. > > When I convert from etf

Re: pdftex doesn't work

2003-07-07 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Arne Bosien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But now I have a problem. I took the source code from the lilypond > tutorial > saved it to "t.ly" and invoked "ly2dvi --pdftex t.ly". And this is what > it said: Do you have a particularly reason to use --pdeftex? If not, you should try ly2dvi --pdf.

Jazz Group Template, was: Re: Problem with Chord Names

2003-07-07 Thread Amelie Zapf
Hi Han-Wen, Rick, all, This is a thoroughly cleaned-up version (FYE, for your edification): \version "1.6.6" \header { title = "Song" subtitle = "(tune)" composer = "Me" meter = "moderato" piece = "Swing" tagline = "Lilypond example file by Amelie Z

Re: Problem with Chord Names

2003-07-07 Thread Amelie Zapf
Hi Han-Wen, all, (re back to list) > It would be cool to put it in lilypond as a template file, but for > consistency either the \key should go, or the \transpose should be > added, right? I'll make you a good, consistent one. Amy ___ Lilypond-user

Re: pdftex doesn't work

2003-07-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The pdftex option is still very experimental and is not always updated when lilypond changes. Use 'ly2dvi -p' to get a PDF file. /Mats Arne Bosien wrote: Hello, I am quite new to lilypond, but as far as I explored it, I like it. But now I have a problem. I took the source code from the lilypon

Re[2]: etf2ly wows

2003-07-07 Thread Jeremy
>> I am experiencing some problems with etf2ly. >> When I convert from etf to ly the key changes??? >> >> Is there something I can do about this?? Either in Finale before I >> convert or in etf2ly?? GP> I'm not certain how up-to-date etf2ly is -- what version of Finale file are GP> you trying t

pdftex doesn't work

2003-07-07 Thread Arne Bosien
Hello, I am quite new to lilypond, but as far as I explored it, I like it. But now I have a problem. I took the source code from the lilypond tutorial --- CODE --- \score { \notes { \time 3/4 \clef bass c2 e4 g2. f4 e d c2. } \paper { } }

Re: help required in input/test

2003-07-07 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 12:13:34 +0200 Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Han? You've made almost all the changes to tutorial.itely in recent > > times. What happened to "Fine tuning a piece"? > > Some parts were moved to the refman. Follow the links, in part

Re: help required in input/test

2003-07-07 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 18:31:03 +0200 > Ferenc Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Want to fix problems in the Lilypond documentation > > > > I really wonder where "Fine tuning a piece" went from the > > Tutorial? It is

Re: dashed slur problem

2003-07-07 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:05:20 + David Bobroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using dashed slurs but I'm having a problem switching between dashed > and normal slurs. In the attached *.ly file the problem can be seen on > the fourth line of the output. The switching in the first line works >

Re: help required in input/test

2003-07-07 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 18:31:03 +0200 Ferenc Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Want to fix problems in the Lilypond documentation > > I really wonder where "Fine tuning a piece" went from the > Tutorial? It is in stable, but not in development. I fi

Re: etf2ly wows

2003-07-07 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 08:20:21 +0300 Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am experiencing some problems with etf2ly. > When I convert from etf to ly the key changes??? > > Is there something I can do about this?? Either in Finale before I > convert or in etf2ly?? I'm not certain how up-to-date etf

Fwd: Re: Problem with Chord Names

2003-07-07 Thread Amelie Zapf
-- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -- Subject: Re: Problem with Chord Names Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:15:23 +0200 From: Amelie Zapf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Han-Wen, Rick, all, > doesn't this template miss a few \transposes? yes. I just gave that as an additiona

Re: Problem with Chord Names

2003-07-07 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > That's why I never got far on the tenor saxophone... I can't stand thinking > "C" and hearing "Bb". > > trumpet = { > \Bb > } > > % -- Alto Saxophone -- > alto = \notes { > c''1 c'' c'' > } > > altosax = { > \Eb > } > > trombone =

Re: Problem with Chord Names

2003-07-07 Thread Amelie Zapf
Hi Rick, all, > I'm not sure I follow this (I have only been playing around with > lilypond for a few weeks), does this put the chord names over all of the > staves, or can it put chord names over just certain staffs and the only > in sections where I want to have chord names. What I gave you put