placing of artificial harmonic

2006-11-15 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi, I'm trying to write a doublestop in a violin piece, where on note is played as an artificail harmonic. In the sequence '4' The harmonic is placed above the 'eih' but should be placed above the 'd'. Is there any way to either flip the noteheads of the eih and d or move the harmonic diamond ho

Re: \afterGrace - afterGraceFraction [Lilypond 2.10.0 Windows]

2006-11-15 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Actually, afterGraceFraction is defined as an ordinary LilyPond identifier, in ly/music-functions-init.ly. So, one option for you if you want to change the setting globally for the full score is to add afterGraceFraction = #(cons 7 8) at the top level of the file (just as you can define mymelody

Re: \afterGrace - afterGraceFraction [Lilypond 2.10.0 Windows]

2006-11-15 Thread Bertalan Fodor
No, it means just "afterGraceFraction = #(cons 7 8)" - if you look into music-functions-init.ly, you can find this declaration there. Bert ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: String concatenation in sheme?

2006-11-15 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > myvar = { a4 b c d | } > > \appendToVariable #'myvar { e f g a | } > > > > { \myvar } It's not completely clear why you need such a thing (except performance maybe). AFAIK, this is the same as myvar = { a4 b c d | } myvar = { \myvar | e f g a | } On the other hand, perhaps it's useful

\afterGrace - afterGraceFraction [Lilypond 2.10.0 Windows]

2006-11-15 Thread Trent J
Hello, I'm not sure whether I'm doing this right but the manual states to change the fraction of an afterGrace note(s): The fraction 3/4 can be changed by setting afterGraceFraction, ie. afterGraceFraction = #(cons 7 8). By setting does it mean \set afterGraceFraction = #(cons 7 8). I've t

Re: Stupid resolution questions

2006-11-15 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Rick Hansen (aka RickH) escreveu: This is what I was hoping for. So a lily PDF is really a mathematical representation of the output, that can be applied over any size/res "pixel grid" so to speak, as provided by the printing machinery itself. So it's off to the printer! not really. The fonts

Re: Stupid resolution questions

2006-11-15 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Rick Hansen (aka RickH) escreveu: IOW do I need to do one last compile of my lily work to produce a "pre-press" PDF using some option flag I am not aware of ? Otherwise I will no, -dresolution only applies to PNG images. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Erik Sandberg escreveu: On Wednesday 15 November 2006 13:25, Mads Sejersen wrote: 2006/11/14, Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tuesday 14 November 2006 16:50, Peter O'Doherty wrote: If you really need this, I'd recommend you to use sed or similar tool as a preprocessing step for your score

Re: String concatenation in sheme?

2006-11-15 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
Nicolas Sceaux wrote: > > > What you want is not string concatenation. { a4 b c d } is a music > expression, not a string, so look how it is stored internally: > > \displayMusic { a b c d | } > \displayMusic { e f g a | } > \displayMusic { a b c d | e f g a | } > > You'll see a Sequenc

Re: old way of vertically centering refrain no longer works

2006-11-15 Thread Eduardo Vieira
Citando Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > One workaround is described in > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-09/msg00015.html > >/Mats > Thanks Mats! I knew there was that page somewhere but couldn't narrow my search sufficiently. Best regards, Eduardo ___

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Joseph Wakeling
Peter O'Doherty wrote: > Yes, this is precisely the idea. I'm typesetting music which jumps > around a lot and instead of a,,, and a,, and c' and c which > becomes very confusing, the convention I am using (simply because I am > most familiar with it) is c-1, c0, c6, c7 and so forth. It is

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
"Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Nicolas, > > I'm not the original poster, I was just wondering what this pre-processor > was, I'm ok with the current relative/absolute note entry with apostrophes. Oops! sorry. > I am considering macros to provide more-or-less what you wo

Re: String concatenation in sheme?

2006-11-15 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
"Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not a Scheme programmer, but how does one concatenate more data onto the > end of an existing variable? Is there a string concatenation expression in > scheme that will let someone "add onto" the end of a string using subsequent > comman

Re: Selling music engraved by Lilypond

2006-11-15 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
Frédéric Chiasson wrote: > > Thanks for the quick answers! And yes, I will keep the tag, it is least I > can do to encourage such a wonderful project! > > However is it possible to change the alignment, the size, the font or any > other characteristic of the tagline (while keeping it noticeabl

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
Nicolas Sceaux wrote: > > "Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I want to begin compartmentalizing my rather long lilypond templates >> to something beyond numerous \include files to make it easier to >> manage. >> >> I wish there were a lilypond dedicated text editor with

Re: Selling music engraved by Lilypond

2006-11-15 Thread Frédéric Chiasson
Thanks for the quick answers! And yes, I will keep the tag, it is least I can do to encourage such a wonderful project!However is it possible to change the alignment, the size, the font or any other characteristic of the tagline (while keeping it noticeable!) ? Is it the same as using \override on

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Peter O'Doherty
Then he could use 4c8 instead, or does lilypond have any special meaning for prepended digits? hm, then maybe 8c4 is an even better choice ("8th of pitch c4"). I guessed that the request for c4 syntax for pitches is related to some musicological convention where c4 is the actual pitch name

String concatenation in sheme?

2006-11-15 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
I'm not a Scheme programmer, but how does one concatenate more data onto the end of an existing variable? Is there a string concatenation expression in scheme that will let someone "add onto" the end of a string using subsequent commands. For example (below is in a java pseudocode where "+=" mea

Re: Selling music engraved by Lilypond

2006-11-15 Thread Joseph Wakeling
Frédéric Chiasson wrote: > I just saw a message about the tagline "Engraved by Lilypond" and I was > wondering if it is legal to sell our own partitions of our own > compositions engraved with Lilypond? Is there any limitation you put > against a «commercial» use (for now, it is really «on the side

Re: Selling music engraved by Lilypond

2006-11-15 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
Frédéric Chiasson wrote: > > Hi, > > I just saw a message about the tagline "Engraved by Lilypond" and I was > wondering if it is legal to sell our own partitions of our own > compositions > engraved with Lilypond? Is there any limitation you put against a > «commercial» use (for now, it is rea

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
"Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to begin compartmentalizing my rather long lilypond templates > to something beyond numerous \include files to make it easier to > manage. > > I wish there were a lilypond dedicated text editor with plug-ins capability > for managing l

Re: Selling music engraved by Lilypond

2006-11-15 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
"Frédéric Chiasson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just saw a message about the tagline "Engraved by Lilypond" and I was > wondering if it is legal to sell our own partitions of our own compositions > engraved with Lilypond? Is there any limitation you put against a «commercial» > use (for now, i

cross staff melody

2006-11-15 Thread Helge Kruse
Hello, I have a voice in the lower staff, that is so high, that it should be noted in the upper staff, but logically it belongs to "lower". I tried to edit this with staff change, but the "upper" staff is already full and the six 16th notes are moved to the next measure. How can I get these six

Selling music engraved by Lilypond

2006-11-15 Thread Frédéric Chiasson
Hi,I just saw a message about the tagline "Engraved by Lilypond" and I was wondering if it is legal to sell our own partitions of our own compositions engraved with Lilypond? Is there any limitation you put against a «commercial» use (for now, it is really «on the side» but still...)? Frédéric Chia

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
Erik Sandberg-2 wrote: > > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 16:50, Peter O'Doherty wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is it possible to indicate pitches in the format c4 instead of c'? >> And if not, does anybody know of any plans to create this possibility? > > If you really need this, I'd recommend you to us

AW: silly newbie question

2006-11-15 Thread Helge Kruse
4) see Lilypond-Index: tagLine, Keep the copyright as mentioned in the footnote. > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von Martial > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. November 2006 13:35 > An: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Betreff: Re: silly newbie

Re: Stupid resolution questions

2006-11-15 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
Mats Bengtsson-4 wrote: > > All fonts should be Type1 fonts, i.e. they are described by > vector graphics, not bitmaps. The same goes for slurs, > beams and other objects that are output directly as > graphics. So, there should be no need to worry about > resolution as far as I know. > >/Ma

Re: old way of vertically centering refrain no longer works

2006-11-15 Thread Mats Bengtsson
One workaround is described in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-09/msg00015.html /Mats Eduardo Vieira wrote: Hello, I'm using lilypond version 2.9.26 and am typesetting a vocal piece in which there are 4 stanzas and a refrain. As the refrain starts about the middle of the

Re: How to switch from single staff to double?

2006-11-15 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Bob Kline wrote: I'd like to set a song starting with the version in unison, which should print a single staff for a couple of lines (systems), then on the third line switch to the SATB chorus on two staves. How do I do that, please? I've tried \RemoveStaffEmptyContext, but that doesn't get rid

How to switch from single staff to double?

2006-11-15 Thread Bob Kline
I'd like to set a song starting with the version in unison, which should print a single staff for a couple of lines (systems), then on the third line switch to the SATB chorus on two staves. How do I do that, please? I've tried \RemoveStaffEmptyContext, but that doesn't get rid of the extra staff

Re: Stupid resolution questions

2006-11-15 Thread Mats Bengtsson
All fonts should be Type1 fonts, i.e. they are described by vector graphics, not bitmaps. The same goes for slurs, beams and other objects that are output directly as graphics. So, there should be no need to worry about resolution as far as I know. /Mats Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: I am u

Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 48, Issue 30

2006-11-15 Thread Tim Reeves
>Hi, >I am looking for a way to print an articulation made of the combination of >an accent (>) and a tenuto (_) >of course if I put I get an ugly result where the accent >is much wider than the tenuto. Could you use a greater-than-or-equal-to sign inserted as text? Seems like it might work.

Stupid resolution questions

2006-11-15 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
I am under the impression that the "dresolution" option flag setting only applies to PNG generation. Is this true? And that the PDF that lily generates really has no "resolution" of it's own to worry about? IOW can I assume that the PDF file is already at "pre-press quality" if it is being prin

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Wednesday 15 November 2006 13:25, Mads Sejersen wrote: > 2006/11/14, Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 16:50, Peter O'Doherty wrote: > > If you really need this, I'd recommend you to use sed or similar tool as > > a preprocessing step for your score. It should be

combined tenuto + accent

2006-11-15 Thread yota moteuchi
Hi,I am looking for a way to print an articulation made of the combination of an accent (>) and a tenuto (_)of course if I put I get an ugly result where the accent is much wider than the tenuto. If it's not yet the case these articulations http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory21.htm should be adde

Re: midi timings out of sync

2006-11-15 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Is it a known issue that the timings of the midi files created by lilypond aren't sync'd properly? this might happen in the presence of grace notes. Unfortunately the MIDI output isn't too dependable. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.xs4all.nl

Re: silly newbie question

2006-11-15 Thread Martial
Hi, 1) no only on the last page 2) you can change in the header bloc \header { tagline = "My beautiful score engraving by Lilypond" } 3) Headers may be completely removed by setting them to false. \header { tagline = ##f %not recommended by respect composer = ##f } > Is there a command to p

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Mads Sejersen
2006/11/14, Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tuesday 14 November 2006 16:50, Peter O'Doherty wrote: If you really need this, I'd recommend you to use sed or similar tool as a preprocessing step for your score. It should be fairly easy to lexically replace c4 with c', c5 with c'', etc. It wil

Re: Lilypond 2.10.0 and Denemo

2006-11-15 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Please send bug reports (and even better, bug fixes like below) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I forward this email there! /Mats Tapio Tuovila wrote: Mats Bengtsson kirjoitti: Probably, you will have to update the syntax of the file from Denemo using convert-ly, but I wouldn't expect any other prob

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 16:50, Peter O'Doherty wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to indicate pitches in the format c4 instead of c'? > And if not, does anybody know of any plans to create this possibility? If you really need this, I'd recommend you to use sed or similar tool as a preprocessi

silly newbie question

2006-11-15 Thread Ole Schmidt
Hi, I just tried out printing a sheet with lilypond. Is there a command to prevent that "Music engraving by LilyPond 2.10.0-www.lilypond.org" is printed on every page? Thank you best ole ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http:

Re: old way of vertically centering refrain no longer works

2006-11-15 Thread Eduardo Vieira
Hello, I'm using lilypond version 2.9.26 and am typesetting a vocal piece in which there are 4 stanzas and a refrain. As the refrain starts about the middle of the system, I decided to center vertically the refrain in relation to the lyrics but couldn't get it to work. So, I search the users list,

midi timings out of sync

2006-11-15 Thread sr
Is it a known issue that the timings of the midi files created by lilypond aren't sync'd properly? Or am I doing something wrong? I have an ensemble piece (5 instruments). I've written the piece by creating a separate file for each instrument and then a "score" file that uses the \include comman

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Geoff Horton
I'm suggesting something more along the lines of \include "english.ly", whereby you can enter fsharp instead of fis. So instead of c', you can enter c4, c5 instead of c''. How would you differentiate c4 meaing "c in the 4th octave" from c4 meaning "a quarter note c"? That's why I don't see any

Re: Lilypond 2.10.0 and Denemo

2006-11-15 Thread Tapio Tuovila
Mats Bengtsson kirjoitti: > Probably, you will have to update the syntax of the file from Denemo > using convert-ly, but I wouldn't expect any other problems. > > /Mats > But yes, there seems to be a minor problem with convert-ly in 2.10.0 I would suggest that there are two possible mistakes in

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

2006-11-15 Thread Peter O'Doherty
Yes, I'm familiar with relative music input. However, in my case it won't work as I'm typesettling music which leaps around an awful lot. I'm suggesting something more along the lines of \include "english.ly", whereby you can enter fsharp instead of fis. So instead of c', you can enter c4,

Re: LilyPond log messages

2006-11-15 Thread Iain Archibald
Iain Archibald wrote: Hi, I get an error message in the log file which says: programming error: Tie without heads. Suicide continuing, cross fingers Well it seems to compile OK. But I went throught he file and checked each tie (the tilde ~) to see that it went somewhere and they do