Re: Beginners questions - cross staff slurs.

2008-09-15 Thread b
Kieren MacMillan wrote: Other than making the code a little easier to read (using variables, etc.), I don't think so… see my attached solution (truncated). Thank you very much. Looks a lot better than my first try. 4) The last ottava; is it possible discard the dashed lines and just letting it

Re: Beginners questions - cross staff slurs.

2008-09-15 Thread b
Mark Polesky wrote: B, regarding the slurs, modifying the #'positions property of Slur would be the ideal solution, but, for some reason, I couldn't make that solution work. Ok - I got an example of the from Kieren which looks pretty good. Hope this helps, Mark It really does Mark. Thank

Re: OT: singing training

2008-09-15 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:06:00 +0100 Nick Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be a bit careful about teaching absolute pitch accuracy. I'm not > a musician, but it is a common mistake by us engineers and computer > scientists to consider individual notes important. Relative pitch accuracy

Re: OT: singing training

2008-09-15 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:21:38 -0500 Tim Litwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I would like to find is some kind of program that would play a > note or tone and she would try to sing that note or tone back into a > microphone and then it would continue to the next note when she hits > it. J

Re: OT: singing training

2008-09-15 Thread Tim Litwiller
Nick Bailey wrote: We did some work on Rosegarden which might interest you: http://www.n-ism.org/Papers/Nick_Bailey/icmc2008_19ETrehearsal.pdf The software described in that paper was for training expert musicians to sing microtonal songs which have more than 12 divisions of the scale suc

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

2008-09-15 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/9/15 Risto Vääräniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Neil, > > 2008/9/14 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> No, unless you're compiling from source. The asterisk's bounding box >> is hard-coded during font generation (see attached image). > > How did you get that image? In Lilypond or in Fontf

Re: OT: singing training

2008-09-15 Thread Nick Bailey
We did some work on Rosegarden which might interest you: http://www.n-ism.org/Papers/Nick_Bailey/icmc2008_19ETrehearsal.pdf The software described in that paper was for training expert musicians to sing microtonal songs which have more than 12 divisions of the scale such as Graham Ha

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

2008-09-15 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/9/15 Mark Polesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/9/14 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Unfortunately, the strings in this list are only used to build up the >> glyph names. > > That _IS_ unfortunate. I was under the impression that if I wanted to > create my own pedal asterisk, I could (ie.

Re: text moving to the eft

2008-09-15 Thread Neil Puttock
Hi Stefan, 2008/9/15 Stefan Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear Lilypond users, > how can I move a text (it is a tempoMark text) in a TimeSig to the left? > Unfortunately > \override TimeSig.TextScript #'extra-offset = #'(-1.6 .0 ) > \movement "meno mosso" "4" #76 > doesn't help! Two things: - t

Re: Vertical spacing between Staff and Lyrics

2008-09-15 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Read the section on Vertical spacing in the manual, http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Vertical-spacing-inside-a-system#Vertical-spacing-inside-a-system /Mats Alan Fabian wrote: Hi, this time I did not find the following in the manual: How to change the space between a

text moving to the eft

2008-09-15 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear Lilypond users, how can I move a text (it is a tempoMark text) in a TimeSig to the left? Unfortunately \override TimeSig.TextScript #'extra-offset = #'(-1.6 .0 ) \movement "meno mosso" "4" #76 doesn't help! ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-us

Joining Stems

2008-09-15 Thread Aaron Dalton
I am typesetting some musical examples for a professor for a book he will be publishing. In this particular example he is trying to show chronology as it pertains to sketch studies. What we have is a 16th-note tuplet 9 notes long. The 7th note used to be one pitch but was later crossed out t

Re: How to split autobeam

2008-09-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Here's one example that produces the wrong beaming: > > right = \context Voice = "discant" > > { > > \clef violin > > \time 4/4 > > \relative b' { <> <> <> < fis b>> > > <> <> <> <> }| > > } Hmm, this is still not a complete code: The \score part is missing. Why do you use t

Re: Beginners questions - cross staff slurs.

2008-09-15 Thread Patrick Horgan
Mark Polesky wrote: Nice work, Kieren. I forgot about#'height-limit. I also forgot to include an image file (something I'm trying to do more). Here it is: Mark, yours is much better than the original lilypond solution, but, particularly in the first measure, the original pdf breathed mu

Re: emacs-mode

2008-09-15 Thread Patrick Horgan
Mats Bengtsson wrote: The tex backend for LilyPond hasn't been supported for several years now. Don't expect it to work! It would make sense then to remove the option. Patrick /Mats James E. Bailey wrote: Well, now that lilypond can compile a file in emacs, I've been looking around, getti

Vertical spacing between Staff and Lyrics

2008-09-15 Thread Alan Fabian
Hi, this time I did not find the following in the manual: How to change the space between a Staff and a Lyrics? Thank you, Alan ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Beginners questions - cross staff slurs.

2008-09-15 Thread Patrick Horgan
b wrote: Hi list. I'm a beginner in lilypond (and sheet music). Just started typing in a piece. Everything is fine - except for the last couple of measures. I've been all around searching all documentation and this list. However, I still have some problems. I'd be thankful if any of you expe

OT: singing training

2008-09-15 Thread Tim Litwiller
This is not specifically on the topic of lilypond but my daughters love of singing and trying to help her learn to sing is one of the things that got me interested in lilypond in the first place. She loves to sing and I would love to help her learn to hear when she hits a pitch. We are 2 hours

Re: emacs-mode

2008-09-15 Thread John Mandereau
On 2008/09/12 10:15 +0200, James E. Bailey wrote: > Well, now that lilypond can compile a file in emacs, I've been looking > around, getting myself acquainted with the various options. > Apparently, the 2tex option calls lilypond as lilypond -b tex > filename.ly The version of lilypond that I

lilypond wiki plugin

2008-09-15 Thread Grammostola Rosea
Hi, we are searching for a plugin for our wiki: http://wiki.linuxmusicians.com/doku.php to be able to share lilypond files. Is there such a plugin for this kind of wiki? Thanks in advance, ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http:

Re: Vertical spacing on big systems

2008-09-15 Thread Joe Neeman
On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 11:47 +0200, Michael Käppler wrote: > Hi Nicolas, > > I've collected some raw data about estimated extents and real ones one > > various scores. I still have to study them, maybe a more suitable amount > > of reserved space will emerge. > that would be nice... Maybe it's also

Re: textlength in timesig

2008-09-15 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear Kieren, the problem here is of a different kind. In this multi-measure Rest the "TimeTextAn"-command doens't help, unfortunately. The example is very long, sorry! #(define ((make-format-movement-markup-function text) duration count context) (markup #:huge #:bold text #:hspace 1 "("

Re: increasing min. distance between staves in a PianoStaff

2008-09-15 Thread Tao Cumplido
Hi Kieren, thanks for your fast reply. I tried your code and read the chapter about vertical spacing (I obviously searched for the wrong keywords before) but it doesn't really do what I want. Now the distance of the staves is increased in every system by an equal amount of steps but I just want

RE: How to split autobeam

2008-09-15 Thread Gerard L. Maters
Hello Gilles, thanks for your respons. I'm using v2.11.58-2 on a Centos 5 Linux system and Jedit on Windows. It's all about modern music where auto-beam produces the wrong beaming groups. Here's one example that produces the wrong beaming: right = \context Voice = "discant" { \clef viol

Re: textlength in timesig

2008-09-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Stefan, How could I change the alignment of the tempo-text (e.g. "Subito Piu Mosso" ) to the left side of the multimeasure bar? I don't know how you've defined/coded it, so I can't answer that question — please include a minimal code example. Cheers, Kieren. __

Re: textlength in timesig

2008-09-15 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear Kieren, it worked well so far. But let me ask one more question: How could I change the alignment of the tempo-text (e.g. "Subito Piu Mosso" ) to the left side of the multimeasure bar? 2008/9/15 Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Stefan, > > thanks for Your fast answer. Do You mean w

Re: textlength in timesig

2008-09-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Stefan, thanks for Your fast answer. Do You mean with "blabla" the actual markup command, like "Piu mosso"? No… I mean, if you look at the definition of \textLengthOn (found in property-init.ly), you'll see that it says textLengthOn = { \override TextScript #'extra-spacing-width = #'

Re: Website harmony teaching

2008-09-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Mike/Ron: The least we can do perhaps is sometime get together for a coffee or beer (preferably beer) and look at the options - tons of places around there are wireless hot spots. See you at the Duke of York? =) Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mai

Re: textlength in timesig

2008-09-15 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear Kieren, thanks for Your fast answer. Do You mean with "blabla" the actual markup command, like "Piu mosso"? 2008/9/15 Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Stefan > > could it be possible, that \textLengthOn does not work in a TimeSig >> context? >> > > Sure… if it's defined as, e.g., >

Re: Website harmony teaching

2008-09-15 Thread Mike Blackstock
Ron wrote: I wish to start giving online music theory and harmony lessons for RCM exam preparation in Canada. I wish to set up a website where the students and I can interact in music notation online. Good news and bad news: bad news, as Valentin mentions, is that what you want is only in it

textlength in timesig

2008-09-15 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear lilypond users, could it be possible, that \textLengthOn does not work in a TimeSig context? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: editor for windows

2008-09-15 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
2008/9/15 Bertalan Fodor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > And how do you create templates in Notepad++? :-) > > To create you own templates in jEdit (with LilyPondTool), put your > templates to ~/.jedit/templates :-) I'm not using Notepad++ under Linux. > Then you can see them in the Template tree (open it

Re: How to split autobeam

2008-09-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > in a \time 4/4 a sequence of chords is written, patterns like this: > > <> <> <> <> Please always send a working LilyPond code example. It will make it easier to understand what you tried. The above does not compile (I'm using v2.10.33)! > these 4 chords are beamed together. But I need

How to split autobeam

2008-09-15 Thread Gerard L. Maters
Dear all, in a \time 4/4 a sequence of chords is written, patterns like this: <> <> <> <> these 4 chords are beamed together. But I need the two chords cis,8 beamed together and the two chords d,8. Tried several options, like the \noBeam and the override auto-beam commands. But I cannot get i

Re: editor for windows

2008-09-15 Thread Bertalan Fodor
> > I've tried JEdit, too, but could not figure out (in 5 or so minutes) > how to create > my own templates, so... And Notepad++ is excellent with its hotkeys. And how do you create templates in Notepad++? :-) To create you own templates in jEdit (with LilyPondTool), put your templates to ~/.jedi

Re: v2.11.58-2 guile17 error ppc

2008-09-15 Thread Stan Sanderson
Ignore previous post; known problem. Sorry- I now found the "known issue" info; I'm out of town and limited in access. Thanks, Stan On Sep 15, 2008, at 7:26 AM, Stan Sanderson wrote: Mac OS 10.5, PPC G4, LilyPond 2.11.58-2 (darwin-ppc) I get the following error message when trying to use

Re: v2.11.58-2 guile17 error ppc

2008-09-15 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/9/15 Stan Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Mac OS 10.5, PPC G4, LilyPond 2.11.58-2 (darwin-ppc) Yes, we know about it: http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=668 Hopefully this will get fixed quickly -- however it seems trickier than the similar Windows problem Han-Wen just fixed

Re: increasing min. distance between staves in a PianoStaff

2008-09-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Tao, Which do you want: a minimal distance, or a fixed distance? Both are possible, but it requires two different mechanisms. Sorry… rereading your post, I see that your question was pretty clear (and I am, apparently, pretty dense this morning). The following should give you a hint on ho

Re: increasing min. distance between staves in a PianoStaff

2008-09-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Tao, is there a way to increase the minimal distance between two staves of a PianoStaff? I didn't find something about it in the manual and on LSR there was only a way to force a fixed distance. Which do you want: a minimal distance, or a fixed distance? Both are possible, but it require

v2.11.58-2 guile17 error ppc

2008-09-15 Thread Stan Sanderson
Mac OS 10.5, PPC G4, LilyPond 2.11.58-2 (darwin-ppc) I get the following error message when trying to use LilyPond (command- line from the terminal): $ lilypond --version dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../lib//libguile.17.dylib Referenced from: /Applications/LilyPond.app/Cont

Re: Vertical spacing on big systems

2008-09-15 Thread Michael Käppler
Hi Nicolas, I've collected some raw data about estimated extents and real ones one various scores. I still have to study them, maybe a more suitable amount of reserved space will emerge. that would be nice... Maybe it's also possible to cook a patch that makes lilypond collect that information o

increasing min. distance between staves in a PianoStaff

2008-09-15 Thread Tao Cumplido
Hi, is there a way to increase the minimal distance between two staves of a PianoStaff? I didn't find something about it in the manual and on LSR there was only a way to force a fixed distance. regards, Tao -- GMX Kostenlose Spiele: Einfach online spielen und Spaß haben mit Pastry Passion! ht

Re: Website harmony teaching

2008-09-15 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/9/15 Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:43 PM > Subject: Fwd: Website harmony teaching > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Can Lilypond be of help for a set up of Java music notation on a websit

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

2008-09-15 Thread Risto Vääräniemi
Hi Neil, 2008/9/14 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No, unless you're compiling from source. The asterisk's bounding box > is hard-coded during font generation (see attached image). How did you get that image? In Lilypond or in Fontforge (or something else)? I'd like to see if the numbers in

RE: editor for windows

2008-09-15 Thread Gerard L. Maters
I'm using JEDIT with the Lilypond plugin. Works great. Gerard -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Dmytro O. Redchuk Verzonden: maandag 15 september 2008 8:49 Aan: Lewis Overton CC: lilypond-user@gnu.org Onderwerp: Re: editor for win

Re: editor for windows

2008-09-15 Thread Eluze
Dmytro O. Redchuk-2 wrote: > > > I use Notepad++ (with some syntax highlighting specifications). > > And Notepad++ is excellent with its hotkeys. > It has been discussed earlier on this list: where do you get the hilighting specs from? I would be interested in sharing updated, version-confo