Re: Aligning instrument names

2006-10-24 Thread Thies Albrecht
Hi Trevor! > This is somewhat arcane - anyone found a better way? > > \set Staff.instrument=\markup { > \override #'(baseline-skip . 0) > \left-align { \column { \transparent A Solo } } > } Here's what I do (I hope I'll remember correctly as I can't find a file conta

Re: Lyrics collide with barlines

2006-10-24 Thread Catalin Francu
Hi, Thanks for your suggestions. ChoirStaff sounds like a more sensible choice, and it explains why lyrics don't try by default to avoid barlines. All the Romanian scores I've seen so far use top-to-bottom barlines, and I would have liked to use the same style, but if our conductor approves :) I'

Aligning instrument names

2006-10-24 Thread Trevor Daniels
Hi Mats Yes, I've read the 2.9 manual, but as I prefer to stick with the stable releases I shall wait for 2.10 before I try any of the new features. Incidentally there are some inconsistencies in this section of the 2.9 manual - the text uses the old form (Staff.instrument) and the examples the

Re: Repositioning \tempo, and one other question

2006-10-24 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I hope you have read the section on Instrument Names in the manual for version 2.9. /Mats Trevor Daniels wrote: However, you may find the alignment of instrument names across a range of staves is not what you would like. As I understand it this is because the instrument name is positioned d

RE: Lyrics collide with barlines

2006-10-24 Thread Trevor Daniels
Hi Catalin Try changing the \new StaffGroup statement to \new ChoirStaff. This will restrict all the barlines to just the music staves and avoid all clashes with the lyrics. Trevor > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Catalin Francu >

RE: Repositioning \tempo, and one other question

2006-10-24 Thread Trevor Daniels
Hi Try using \set Staff.instrument = "Soprano Sax" \set Staff.instr = "s.Sax" This works in ver 2.8.6 However, you may find the alignment of instrument names across a range of staves is not what you would like. As I understand it this is because the instrument name is positioned during indiv

Re: SystemStartBrace in PianoStaff

2006-10-24 Thread Mats Bengtsson
This is a bug that should be corrected in the next release, as far as I know. See the mailing list archives of bug-lilypond for more information. /Mats Valentin Villenave wrote: Hello everybody, I'm not very talented in Lilypond typesetting but -still- I wonder how comes the same Pianostaff

SystemStartBrace in PianoStaff

2006-10-24 Thread Valentin Villenave
Hello everybody, I'm not very talented in Lilypond typesetting but -still- I wonder how comes the same Pianostaff code can make a "standard" Piano system Brace : http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/ChopinFF/O27/chopin-nocturne-8/chopin-nocturne-8-preview.png or a "small" one : http://www.lilypon

Re: Repositioning \tempo, and one other question

2006-10-24 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Which version of LilyPond do you use? The property instrumentName has been renamed in version 2.9, so if you use version 2.8, you should read the documentation for that version. (In general, though, I recommend to read the manual for version 2.9 since it includes many new clarifications, but here

Re: Polyphonic Tablature

2006-10-24 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Monday 23 October 2006 12:08, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > Mats Bengtsson escreveu: > > Daniel Tonda wrote: > >> Just revised the code I proposed and you're right. I wasn't aware that > >> by using << >> one could remove the \simultaneous. Less typing indeed. > > > > Right! \simultaneous{...} is co