How to generate notes in a scale

2008-04-18 Thread Peter Chubb
Hi, I'm currently trying to get improved MIDI output. I have a scheme function that processes articulations like staccato, tenuto, etc., working now. But for turns and trills, I need to generate the notes around a note in the current key. Has anyone written a scheme function to

Re: New behaviour with --output= option ?!

2008-04-18 Thread James E. Bailey
Yeah, I've noticed that with other software (like wget), when the manpage gives an option as --option=setting, it's usually better for me to just replace the = with a space. Baileys are awesome! Am 18.04.2008 um 15:02 schrieb Luc: Thanks to all Baileys! I am pretty sure, I got an error wi

Re: duration as a thick line

2008-04-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
One solution is to use the feature for clusters: \relative c'{ f \makeClusters{ f2. f1 } } /Mats padovani wrote: Hi, I'm re-writing a score that I wrote on Finale, and don't know how to make thick lines to show the sustaining duration of a note... I send a small image file to show what am I

Re: Difficulty printing chords

2008-04-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Note that the concept of Staff in LilyPond perhaps differs from what you have in mind. You are not the first to consider a "staff" to contain not only the music but also the lyrics and the accompanying chords. However, in LilyPond terminology, the "Staff" context contains only the 5 lines, the n

duration as a thick line

2008-04-18 Thread padovani
Hi, I'm re-writing a score that I wrote on Finale, and don't know how to make thick lines to show the sustaining duration of a note... I send a small image file to show what am I meaning. Thanks for any help, sugestion. José H. <>___ lilypond-user mail

Re: Difficulty printing chords

2008-04-18 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Freitag, 18. April 2008 schrieb Aaron Morse: > \score { > > \new Staff > [the two lesser-than symbols here, it isn't letting me post them] > \echords > \new Voice = "zemusic" { \emusic } > >\new Lyrics \lyricsto "zemusic" { a bunch of lyrics } > [the two greater-than symbols

Difficulty printing chords

2008-04-18 Thread Aaron Morse
Hello all - I was just wondering if anyone knows what's up with this. First off, I'm running 2.10.33 on Windows XP. What I have is a file that goes something like this: \version "2.10.33" \header { title = "Title" composer = "Me" } music = \relative c'' { a bunch of music here } my cho

Re: New behaviour with --output= option ?!

2008-04-18 Thread Luc
Thanks to all Baileys! I am pretty sure, I got an error with earlier releases when trying to output to a nonexisting folder - but be it as it is (or was)! what counts is to have a stable behaviour from now on. for me personnally I will just produce default output and maybe in another step I

RE: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 65, Issue 80

2008-04-18 Thread Palmer, Ralph
Graham wrote: OK, silly question, but I simply cannot make up my mind. If we have a single entry in a list in the @seealso section, should it end with a period or not? For example, in this: --- See also Music Glossary: chord. Snippets: Simultaneous --- +++ I like consistency, and

two problems

2008-04-18 Thread hhpmusic
Hi, I encountered two problems when using Lilypond on Windows. First, the 2.11.44 documentation tarball seems have problms. I don't know how to build bz2 file using Windows, my way is to unpack the files to a doc folder using Winrar. But the tarball (from the time I began to learn Lily) alway

Re: New behaviour with --output= option ?!

2008-04-18 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 18.04.2008 um 10:21 schrieb Simon Bailey: hi luc, On Apr 16, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Luc wrote: new behaviour with version 2.11.44 (windows xp) IIRC, when invoking lilypond, the option --output=folder directed all output files to the specific folder. Now this has changed: If I run "lilypon

Re: GDP: end singleton lists with a period?

2008-04-18 Thread Nicholas WASTELL
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:05:28 +0200 "James E. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since it isn't a complete sentence, I would vote against a period. > It's non-standard to put periods in a list of bulleted items > • Normally without a period, because it isn't a complete sentence. > • Also non-st

Re: New behaviour with --output= option ?!

2008-04-18 Thread Simon Bailey
hi luc, On Apr 16, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Luc wrote: new behaviour with version 2.11.44 (windows xp) IIRC, when invoking lilypond, the option --output=folder directed all output files to the specific folder. Now this has changed: If I run "lilypond --output=myOutput C: \myFile.ly" and there i

Re: GDP: end singleton lists with a period?

2008-04-18 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:40:47 +0200 "Valentin Villenave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/4/18 James E. Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > ___ Normally without a period, because it isn't a complete > > sentence. > > That's interesting: in French, as in most latin-derived languages, > such "noun

Re: GDP: end singleton lists with a period?

2008-04-18 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/4/18 James E. Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > • Normally without a period, because it isn't a complete sentence. That's interesting: in French, as in most latin-derived languages, such "noun sentences" are actually regarded as complete sentences (and are very commonly used in literature); how

Re: GDP: end singleton lists with a period?

2008-04-18 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 18.04.2008 um 00:19 schrieb Graham Percival: On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:05:28 +0200 "James E. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am 17.04.2008 um 23:55 schrieb Graham Percival: OK, silly question, but I simply cannot make up my mind. If we have a single entry in a list in the @seealso secti

Re: end singleton lists with a period?

2008-04-18 Thread Trevor Daniels
Well, as these lists are not sentences none of them should end with a period. Trevor - Original Message - From: "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lilypond-user Mailinglist" Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:55 PM Subject: GDP: end singleton lists with a period? OK, silly