Stem Combining

Hi All, I am typesetting a number of SATB hymns and noticed that mine look quite ugly because of not combining stems in the desired manner. The hymnals I have seen combine most stems on the SA and TB parts except for: * Notes less than 2 steps apart * Notes of different durations * Eighth or sixt

Re: Setting background color for a given range of measures

Henk It is possible, but rather messy, AFAIK. Anyone know an easier way? Here's some code to give you a start. Essentially you draw a coloured box with \markup, experiment to get the right size, move it into the right position, and place it in layer -1 to put it underneath everything else.

Re: Glissando angle

Thanks Neil (and yes... I remember meeting!). Best, Josh On Sep 3, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Neil Thornock wrote: Hi Josh, Warm welcome lilyland (we met at BYU last year, if you remember). This should do the trick. \override Glissando #'bound-details #'right #'padding = #2 Neil On Wed, Sep 3, 2

Setting background color for a given range of measures

Is it possible to do this, if I want to give, say, measure 17-24 a different background color? Henk ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Glissando angle

Hi Josh, Warm welcome lilyland (we met at BYU last year, if you remember). This should do the trick. \override Glissando #'bound-details #'right #'padding = #2 Neil On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Josh Parmenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi all, > I'm just getting started with LilyPond, and

Glissando angle

Hi all, I'm just getting started with LilyPond, and am trying to create a spatial notation, and using Glissandos to show duration. My question has to do with the middle three notes in the example below. 1) For the connection between the B-flat to the C, then the C to the B- flat, is there

Re: notation TAB matching

Am 03.09.2008 um 12:48 schrieb Grammostola Rosea:Ah ok, nice. I just edited an example template, so I don't know all the commands yet... But it is good to see that something is possible with Lilypond and tablature... although there is no special signs support like bends, slides etc. I'l

Re: notation TAB matching

James E. Bailey wrote: Am 03.09.2008 um 12:01 schrieb Grammostola Rosea: Grammostola Rosea wrote: Robin Bannister wrote: Grammostola Rosea wrote: Question 2) still remains There will be other problems like this in the bars to come, each needing a special effort to overcome, usually

Re: notation TAB matching

Am 03.09.2008 um 12:01 schrieb Grammostola Rosea: Grammostola Rosea wrote: Robin Bannister wrote: Grammostola Rosea wrote: Question 2) still remains There will be other problems like this in the bars to come, each needing a special effort to overcome, usually in an unsatisfactory

Re: notation TAB matching

Grammostola Rosea wrote: Robin Bannister wrote: Grammostola Rosea wrote: Question 2) still remains There will be other problems like this in the bars to come, each needing a special effort to overcome, usually in an unsatisfactory way. This is because you are trying to put overlapping

Re: notation TAB matching

Robin Bannister wrote: Grammostola Rosea wrote: Question 2) still remains There will be other problems like this in the bars to come, each needing a special effort to overcome, usually in an unsatisfactory way. This is because you are trying to put overlapping durations into a single v

Re: notation TAB matching

Grammostola Rosea wrote: Question 2) still remains There will be other problems like this in the bars to come, each needing a special effort to overcome, usually in an unsatisfactory way. This is because you are trying to put overlapping durations into a single voice. Try starting aga