Re: Show Ledger Lines for Hidden Notes

2011-09-26 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 27.09.2011 08:17, schrieb Javier Ruiz-Alma: I wish to show a staff with a few ledger lines above/below an empty staff. I don't want any notes to show. However LilyPond will not generate Ledger lines for invisible notes, so transparency overrides or \hideNotes commands I've tried take out th

Show Ledger Lines for Hidden Notes

2011-09-26 Thread Javier Ruiz-Alma
I wish to show a staff with a few ledger lines above/below an empty staff. I don't want any notes to show.  However LilyPond will not generate Ledger lines for invisible notes, so transparency overrides or \hideNotes commands I've tried take out the note heads as well as the accompanying ledger l

Re: Request for Engraving Suggestions

2011-09-26 Thread Bill Mooney
Greetings! Having read the posts about this, and assuming you have upgraded to v14., I can offer the paper-block below, which can be pasted into your .ly file. I think the values chosen give a reasonable on-page appearance... Thanks to Reinhold Kainhofer for allowing us use of his code from his

Re: best practices for divisi string writing

2011-09-26 Thread Keith OHara
Shevek saultobin.com> writes: > One thing that I have had trouble figuring out, though, > is the best way to do divisi string writing in Lilypond. I find it awkward to split the music among variables, so I learned to use the \tag system to mark different formatting options for part or score.

Re: Using mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn and override NoteColumn #'ignore-collision = ##t

2011-09-26 Thread Keith OHara
Nick Payne internode.on.net> writes: > > Using these two commands together causes the merged heads of half notes > to get filled in, so that the half note looks like a quarter note. Is > this an unintended side-effect or expected behaviour? I'd say an expected side-effect. Merely setting 'ig

ossia vertical spacing

2011-09-26 Thread luis jure
hello list, i'm making clean copies of transcriptions i made from recordings of a traditional drum. it's only one instrument, and the notation is in one two-line staff. i haven't tweaked the vertical spacing between systems, and i'm happy with the default results. but now i added an extra (trans

Re: placement sostenuto

2011-09-26 Thread luis jure
on 2011-09-25 at 20:27 David Nalesnik wrote: >Good idea. like wow, i couldn't expect that my original post would trigger all this thread (most of it way over my head, i'm afraid...) thank you all! ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Using mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn and override NoteColumn #'ignore-collision = ##t

2011-09-26 Thread Nick Payne
Using these two commands together causes the merged heads of half notes to get filled in, so that the half note looks like a quarter note. Is this an unintended side-effect or expected behaviour? %=== \version "2.15.12" \relative c'' { \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn << {

Re: Jazz Chord Symbols

2011-09-26 Thread me
Hi, I do occasional jazz lead sheets in LilyPond, and I've found the following code sufficient for my needs: % begin % raisedSharp = \markup \raise #0.6 \sharp chExceptionMusic = { % Major 1-\markup "" 1-\markup \small "6" 1-\markup \small { \override #`(baseline-skip . 1)

Re: maxosx support for 10.4 to 10.7, test binaries

2011-09-26 Thread James Worlton
On Sep 26, 2011, at 12:31 AM, Graham Percival wrote: There are darwin-ppc and darwin-x86 binaries here: http://lilypond.org/~graham/ There is one report that the x86 version fails to work on 10.5.8, which seems odd since I would have expected more complaints if that was the case. If you have

Re: Request for Engraving Suggestions

2011-09-26 Thread Alberto Simões
On 26/09/2011 22:01, Keith OHara wrote: Janek Warchoł gmail.com> writes: For starters, add ragged-bottom = ##t to your paper block. Then, read http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/flexible- vertical-spacing-_005cpaper-variables (notice that the documentation is about c

Re: Request for Engraving Suggestions

2011-09-26 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/9/26 Reinhold Kainhofer : > Am Montag, 26. September 2011, 18:11:50 schrieb Alberto Simões: >> Hello >> >> At [1] you can find the images of the engraving process of one >> transcription I did. The Lilypond source file is available at [2] and if >> you prefer the PDF version, it is available a

Re: Request for Engraving Suggestions

2011-09-26 Thread Keith OHara
Janek Warchoł gmail.com> writes: > For starters, add > ragged-bottom = ##t > to your paper block. > Then, read http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/flexible- vertical-spacing-_005cpaper-variables > (notice that the documentation is about current stable version - > 2.14.2. In

Re: Apparently bogus warning with 2.15.12

2011-09-26 Thread Nick Payne
On 26/09/11 21:47, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: Hi Nick, Am Monday, 26. September 2011, 11:27:01 schrieb Nick Payne: I'm setting Bach's BWV853 (Prelude from WTC 1), using showLastLength to just engrave the last six bars added, and as I add bars I'm getting warnings about unterminated ties that com

Re: Request for Engraving Suggestions

2011-09-26 Thread Keith OHara
Reinhold Kainhofer kainhofer.com> writes: > The default settings of lilypond simply look ugly. I know! The developers who know choral music must have been out to lunch! > To see my values, go to ... Oh no! My eyes! They have melted! Just kidding. Your more stretchable last-bottom space sho

Re: Request for Engraving Suggestions

2011-09-26 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Montag, 26. September 2011, 18:25:29 schrieb Janek Warchoł: > I'd put it differently: there's not much LilyPond *cannot* do. > For starters, add > ragged-bottom = ##t > to your paper block. > Then, read > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical > -spacing-_005c

Re: Request for Engraving Suggestions

2011-09-26 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Montag, 26. September 2011, 18:11:50 schrieb Alberto Simões: > Hello > > At [1] you can find the images of the engraving process of one > transcription I did. The Lilypond source file is available at [2] and if > you prefer the PDF version, it is available at [3]. > > In this engraving I do no

Re: Request for Engraving Suggestions

2011-09-26 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/9/26 Alberto Simões : > Hello > > At [1] you can find the images of the engraving process of one transcription > I did. The Lilypond source file is available at [2] and if you prefer the > PDF version, it is available at [3]. > > In this engraving I do not like the amount of space between the

Request for Engraving Suggestions

2011-09-26 Thread Alberto Simões
Hello At [1] you can find the images of the engraving process of one transcription I did. The Lilypond source file is available at [2] and if you prefer the PDF version, it is available at [3]. In this engraving I do not like the amount of space between the two systems. I understand that the

Re: Berklee Certification

2011-09-26 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/9/26 Kieren MacMillan : > Hi Brett, > > 1. Congratulations! +1 > 2. Thanks for reporting back to us on your Lilyvangelism! +1 :) cheers, Janek ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-

Re: Berklee Certification

2011-09-26 Thread Brett McCoy
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > 1. Congratulations! > 2. Thanks for reporting back to us on your Lilyvangelism! > 3. I'm very interested in talking with you [offline] about your experience at > Berklee. Thanks and certainly, feel free to email me with any questions!

Re: Berklee Certification

2011-09-26 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Brett, 1. Congratulations! 2. Thanks for reporting back to us on your Lilyvangelism! 3. I'm very interested in talking with you [offline] about your experience at Berklee. Cheers, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://

Re: Fermata over 2 rests?

2011-09-26 Thread Christ van Willegen
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 13:37, David Kastrup wrote: > Christ van Willegen writes: >> If there were a break between the two rests, that would not look good. > > Why would there be a break? Because, uhm, I would put one there, because it wouldn't automatically be broken between two notes? Sory, b

Berklee Certification

2011-09-26 Thread Brett McCoy
Hi Lilypond people -- I just finished up a 2 year Master Certification program through Berklee Music, the program being "Orchestration for Film & TV". I used Lilypond for all 8 of the courses I took, having made the switch a couple of years ago away from Finale and Geniesoft Overture (I used Linux

Re: best practices for divisi string writing

2011-09-26 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
On Sep 25, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Shevek wrote: > > I'm a composer that has been using Finale for around 10 years, but recently > switched to Lilypond almost exclusively. The reasons for my switch are > numerous, including that I run Linux, Lilypond's beautiful engraving, and > the natural way Lilypo

best practices for divisi string writing

2011-09-26 Thread Shevek
I'm a composer that has been using Finale for around 10 years, but recently switched to Lilypond almost exclusively. The reasons for my switch are numerous, including that I run Linux, Lilypond's beautiful engraving, and the natural way Lilypond supports a variety of extended notations. I've been

Re: maxosx support for 10.4 to 10.7, test binaries

2011-09-26 Thread Stan Sanderson
On Sep 26, 2011, at 12:31 AM, Graham Percival wrote: > There are darwin-ppc and darwin-x86 binaries here: > http://lilypond.org/~graham/ > > There is one report that the x86 version fails to work on 10.5.8, > which seems odd since I would have expected more complaints if > that was the case. I

Re: Apparently bogus warning with 2.15.12

2011-09-26 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Hi Nick, Am Monday, 26. September 2011, 11:27:01 schrieb Nick Payne: > I'm setting Bach's BWV853 (Prelude from WTC 1), using showLastLength to > just engrave the last six bars added, and as I add bars I'm getting > warnings about unterminated ties that come and go as the bars are added. > The reas

Re: Fermata over 2 rests?

2011-09-26 Thread David Kastrup
Christ van Willegen writes: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:15, David Kastrup wrote: >>> I've tried { r16 r8 }\fermata, but that gets flagged as an error. >>> >>> Is there a way to typeset that, and would the above example be a nice >>> addition for improvement? >> >> Try something like r16*1/2 s16

Re: Beaming (was Re: Adding an 8 bellow the treble clef)

2011-09-26 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 9/25/11 3:46 PM, "Janek Warchoł" wrote: > W dniu 25 września 2011 23:33 użytkownik Carl Sorensen > napisał: >> >> On 9/25/11 2:48 PM, "Janek Warchoł" wrote: >>> Our beaming really needs some improvements. >> >> Please post the problems you are aware of, > > Sure, i'm working on the rep

Re: Jazz Chord Symbols

2011-09-26 Thread Peekay Ex
Hello, On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Louis Guillaume wrote: > Hi, > > This may be a FAQ but I can't find definitive answers by googling. > > I'm looking for more control over chord symbols. > > For the most part - what I'm looking for is something close to what we see > in the Real Book. But t

Re: Apparently bogus warning with 2.15.12

2011-09-26 Thread Nick Payne
On 26/09/11 19:38, m...@apollinemike.com wrote: On Sep 26, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Nick Payne wrote: I'm setting Bach's BWV853 (Prelude from WTC 1), using showLastLength to just engrave the last six bars added, and as I add bars I'm getting warnings about unterminated ties that come and go as the

Re: Fermata over 2 rests?

2011-09-26 Thread Christ van Willegen
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:15, David Kastrup wrote: >> I've tried { r16 r8 }\fermata, but that gets flagged as an error. >> >> Is there a way to typeset that, and would the above example be a nice >> addition for improvement? > > Try something like r16*1/2 s16*1/2 \fermata r8 That way, the \ferma

Re: Apparently bogus warning with 2.15.12

2011-09-26 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
On Sep 26, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Nick Payne wrote: > I'm setting Bach's BWV853 (Prelude from WTC 1), using showLastLength to just > engrave the last six bars added, and as I add bars I'm getting warnings > about unterminated ties that come and go as the bars are added. The reason I > say the warn

Apparently bogus warning with 2.15.12

2011-09-26 Thread Nick Payne
I'm setting Bach's BWV853 (Prelude from WTC 1), using showLastLength to just engrave the last six bars added, and as I add bars I'm getting warnings about unterminated ties that come and go as the bars are added. The reason I say the warning is bogus is because there are no ties across barline

Re: Fermata over 2 rests?

2011-09-26 Thread David Kastrup
Christ van Willegen writes: > Hello, > > I'm currently looking into typesetting an old piece, which has a > \fermata over a combination of r16 r8. > > I've tried { r16 r8 }\fermata, but that gets flagged as an error. > > Is there a way to typeset that, and would the above example be a nice > addi

Fermata over 2 rests?

2011-09-26 Thread Christ van Willegen
Hello, I'm currently looking into typesetting an old piece, which has a \fermata over a combination of r16 r8. I've tried { r16 r8 }\fermata, but that gets flagged as an error. Is there a way to typeset that, and would the above example be a nice addition for improvement? Christ van Willegen --

Re: Jazz Chord Symbols

2011-09-26 Thread Robert Schmaus
I second that - for Jazz use, the cord symbols are sometimes, well, not optimal. Given that chord symbols are not/hardly used in classics, it would be a good idea to adjust them more to the requirements of pop music in general. However, those requirements are far from being homogenous. Already "th

Re: placement sostenuto

2011-09-26 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Fri 23 Sep 2011, 09:07 David Nalesnik wrote: > I was experimenting with this approach, but 'padding doesn't seem to respond > when set to a procedure. In the following snippet, the first override > works, the second doesn't. Am I missing something? > > \version "2.14.2" > > { > \once \ove