Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Francisco Vila wrote: > 2012/3/13 Tim Roberts : >> Amen.  There are people who tell me they can do data entry in Finale >> quite efficiently using a MIDI keyboard, but for me, from a standard >> computer keyboard, entering LilyPond data could not be more efficient.

Re: localized horizontal spacing

2012-03-13 Thread eriksbike
Many thanks! Francisco Vila wrote: > > 2012/3/13 eriksbike : >> >> Is there a way to expand and contract the horizontal spacing on a >> measure-to-measure basis? For a simple example, three measures of quarter >> notes: >> a4 a4 a4 a4 >> a4 a4 a4 a4 >> a4 a4 a4 a4 >> >> Can I get the second me

Re: articulate.ly with "rall" not working?

2012-03-13 Thread Peter Chubb
Looks like there's been a semantic change in Lilypond. It used to be you could \set tempoWholesPerMinute = 60 or similar anywhere in the Lilypond input and the result would be a tempo change at that point. It looks as if now there's a different event, TempoChangeEvent, that does the work. I

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/3/13 Tim Roberts : > Amen.  There are people who tell me they can do data entry in Finale > quite efficiently using a MIDI keyboard, but for me, from a standard > computer keyboard, entering LilyPond data could not be more efficient. I used to master Finale's Speedy Entry and liked to sing an

Re: [Frescobaldi] Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 2.0.4

2012-03-13 Thread Francisco Vila
I did not use (or do not remember to) the KDE version and do not 'miss' all those things, but 2012/3/13 Valentin Villenave : > - aesthetically speaking, the difference is huge and the interface > looks a lot less pretty (pinkish background in the PDF preview: wtf?). I think this is a matter of de

Re: articulate.ly with "rall" not working?

2012-03-13 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/3/13 Peter Chubb : > If I add a \displayLilyMusic before the \unfoldRepeats I see: > > << { >     { c'8*1/2 r } { d' r } { e' r } { f' r } { \set tempoWholesPerMinute = > #(ly:make-moment 9 1 0 1) > > >       { g'-"rall"  r } } { f' r } { e' r } { d' r } { c' r } { d' r } { e' r > } { f' r }

Re: difficulty filling the whole page

2012-03-13 Thread Jean-Alexis Montignies
On 8 mars 2012, at 07:51, Janek Warchoł wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Jean-Alexis Montignies > wrote: >> >> On 7 mars 2012, at 22:14, Janek Warchoł wrote: >> >> As for your question, any reason not to set page-count = #1 to force >> Lily to fill one page only? >> >> Yes: I didn't

Re: Callback function and applying to all notes in chord

2012-03-13 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Nick, I was trying to make a callback function to lengthen LV ties (thanks to > David Nalesnik for his help). It works fine when applied to single notes, > but on a chord, only one of the two ties is lengthened. Is this due to an > error in the code below or some more deep-rooted problem. If I

Callback function and applying to all notes in chord

2012-03-13 Thread Nick Payne
I was trying to make a callback function to lengthen LV ties (thanks to David Nalesnik for his help). It works fine when applied to single notes, but on a chord, only one of the two ties is lengthened. Is this due to an error in the code below or some more deep-rooted problem. If I reverse the

Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 2.0.4

2012-03-13 Thread Valentin Villenave
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > Please let me know the things you miss most! Note that F2 is only > (roughly) one year old and really written from scratch, the first commit > is of Nov 11, 2012. I intend to keep developing and adding new > features. I think the current

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread Tim Roberts
James wrote: > Oh if you've ever had to transcribe a piece of 'real' music (by real I > mean an old dog-eared printed complete score that's in the 'wrong' > pitch for your instrument) I cannot believe that typing letters on a > keyboard is anything but *significantly* faster than dragging and > dro

Re: Old style numerals for page numbers

2012-03-13 Thread James
Hello On 13 March 2012 15:40, Benjamin Bloomfield wrote: > I tried sending this earlier, but didn't receive it myself, so I am > trying again. For some reason this email ended up marked as 'spam' for me. So maybe that was the reason? -- -- James _

Re: localized horizontal spacing

2012-03-13 Thread James
Hello, On 13 March 2012 17:39, Francisco Vila wrote: > 2012/3/13 James : >> Hello, >> What would one use if (for instance) one wanted all notes to touch or >> rather be exactly touching the edge of the 'note column' of the >> previous note so if I were to write >> >> a32 a a a a a a a a a a a a

Re: Stem direction/merging in mixed identical/different rhythm

2012-03-13 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/3/13 Felipe Pereira : > Hello, > > I'd like to write this song with Lilypond: > http://www.taize.fr/spip.php?page=chant&song=203&lang=en > (in fact I'm writing with portuguese lyrics) > > Just so you don't need to click the site, here's the problem. Many of these > songs have identical rhythm,

Re: localized horizontal spacing

2012-03-13 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/3/13 James : > Hello, > > On 13 March 2012 17:15, Francisco Vila wrote: >> 2012/3/13 Francisco Vila : >>> { >>>  \override Score.SpacingSpanner >>>  #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 2) >>>  b4 b b b >>>  \newSpacingSection >>>  \override Score.SpacingSpanner >>>  #'base-shortest-

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread Stjepan Horvat
For me..After moving to Lilypond 3, 4 years ago..When i changed to NO MOUSE interface..i stoped having headaches couse i didnt have to look in the music sheet for the wrong notes..and didnt have to think of kombinations of keys and clicking with mouse..Now when i typeset music and if i'm not lazy i

Re: localized horizontal spacing

2012-03-13 Thread James
Hello, On 13 March 2012 17:15, Francisco Vila wrote: > 2012/3/13 Francisco Vila : >> { >>  \override Score.SpacingSpanner >>  #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 2) >>  b4 b b b >>  \newSpacingSection >>  \override Score.SpacingSpanner >>  #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 1

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread James
Hello, On 13 March 2012 12:02, Rodolfo Zitellini wrote: ... > If you are used to > finale/sibelius, this is indeed shocking as the first times you use > lilypond it is very difficult to correlate your textual input to what > will end up in the pdf. It took me some deal of time to stop finding

Re: localized horizontal spacing

2012-03-13 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/3/13 Francisco Vila : > { >  \override Score.SpacingSpanner >  #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 2) >  b4 b b b >  \newSpacingSection >  \override Score.SpacingSpanner >  #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 16) >  b4 b b b >  \newSpacingSection >  \override Score.SpacingS

Re: localized horizontal spacing

2012-03-13 Thread -Eluze
eriksbike wrote: > > Is there a way to expand and contract the horizontal spacing on a > measure-to-measure basis? For a simple example, three measures of quarter > notes: > a4 a4 a4 a4 > a4 a4 a4 a4 > a4 a4 a4 a4 > > Can I get the second measure to be widely spaced and then the third > measure

Old style numerals for page numbers

2012-03-13 Thread Benjamin Bloomfield
I am trying to figure out how I can get Old Style numerals to be used for the page numbers. I found some scheme code here (http://www.mrlauer.org/music/) that defines a markup command oldStyleNum that will replace any digit with the unicode string for the appropriate old style numeral. However

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread Rodolfo Zitellini
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:52 PM, John Link wrote: > > On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:42 AM, David Bobroff wrote: > > On 3/11/2012 6:39 PM, John Link wrote: > > A few years ago I was encouraged to try LilyPond as an alternative to > Sibelius because LilyPond produced more beautiful scores. I was also told >

Re: localized horizontal spacing

2012-03-13 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/3/13 eriksbike : > > Is there a way to expand and contract the horizontal spacing on a > measure-to-measure basis? For a simple example, three measures of quarter > notes: > a4 a4 a4 a4 > a4 a4 a4 a4 > a4 a4 a4 a4 > > Can I get the second measure to be widely spaced and then the third measure

Old style numerals for page numbers

2012-03-13 Thread Benjamin Bloomfield
I tried sending this earlier, but didn't receive it myself, so I am trying again. I am trying to figure out how I can get Old Style numerals to be used for the page numbers. I found some lilypond scheme code here (http://www.mrlauer.org/music/) that defines a markup command oldStyleNum that will

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread David Bobroff
On 3/13/2012 10:01 AM, David Kastrup wrote: Stjepan Horvat writes: Did you try to press number 3 in sibelius..i think it would create a third interval..and so on..i'm not sure.. Now this is actually a great example about what makes LilyPond so much better to work in the long run with than Sib

Re: Default length of laissezvibrer ties

2012-03-13 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Nick, I also played around with trying to make a callback function for \override > LaissezVibrerTie #'control-points, but although Lilypond gives no error on > the console, the LV tie doesn't appear at all when I try to use the > callback. > > The following should work. (I've also substituted

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/3/13 David Kastrup : > Stjepan Horvat writes: > >> Did you try to press number 3 in sibelius..i think it would create a >> third interval..and so on..i'm not sure.. > > Now this is actually a great example about what makes LilyPond so much > better to work in the long run with than Sibelius o

Re: addl. normal staff (ossia) in drummode or DrumStaff context

2012-03-13 Thread Uwe Falke
Quoting "Trevor Daniels" : Uwe Falke wrote Monday, March 12, 2012 5:05 PM Ah, Trevor, the simple example worked well with your advice (thanks again), but I am lost in real life ...: [snip] You had \notemode { \new staff { r4 a4 fis2 } } "Staff" needs a capital S omg what an i

Stem direction/merging in mixed identical/different rhythm

2012-03-13 Thread Felipe Pereira
Hello, I'd like to write this song with Lilypond: http://www.taize.fr/spip.php?page=chant&song=203&lang=en (in fact I'm writing with portuguese lyrics) Just so you don't need to click the site, here's the problem. Many of these songs have identical rhythm, except for some parts. When the rhythm i

Re: addl. normal staff (ossia) in drummode or DrumStaff context

2012-03-13 Thread Uwe Falke
Hm, this works in my simple example. Thank you. However, it does not so for what I really want to do - sorry for having oversimplified. I just sent another example which is a snippet of the real score, employing two \DrumVoice contexts, and that might be the turning point: I read : "This c

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread David Kastrup
Stjepan Horvat writes: > Did you try to press number 3 in sibelius..i think it would create a > third interval..and so on..i'm not sure.. Now this is actually a great example about what makes LilyPond so much better to work in the long run with than Sibelius or other GUI/WYSIWYG programs. It su

localized horizontal spacing

2012-03-13 Thread eriksbike
Is there a way to expand and contract the horizontal spacing on a measure-to-measure basis? For a simple example, three measures of quarter notes: a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 Can I get the second measure to be widely spaced and then the third measure back to more closely spaced? Many tha

Fwd: Re: addl. normal staff (ossia) in drummode or DrumStaff context

2012-03-13 Thread Uwe Falke
Dear all, I had not subscribed to the lsit until just a few minutes ago, hence my reply below was received by trevor but not by the list. Should work now .. Uwe - Forwarded message from fa...@horst.in-chemnitz.de - Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:05:11 +0100 From: "Uwe Falke" Subjec

Re: articulate.ly with "rall" not working?

2012-03-13 Thread Peter Chubb
> "Thomas" == Thomas Morley writes: Thomas> \version "2.14.2" \include "articulate.ly" Thomas> \score { \unfoldRepeats \articulate << \relative c' { c8-. d-. Thomas> e-. f-. g-.-"rall" f-. e-. d-. c-. d-. e-. f-. g-. Thomas> f-. e-. d-. c1-. } >>> Thomas> \midi { } } The ral

Re: addl. normal staff (ossia) in drummode or DrumStaff context

2012-03-13 Thread Uwe Falke
Ah, Trevor, the simple example worked well with your advice (thanks again), but I am lost in real life ...: \score { \new DrumStaff << %% done some redefinitions, hope that doesn't affect anything, omitted here ... % \set DrumStaff.drumStyleTable = #(alist->hash-table mydrums) \new DrumVoice

Re: addl. normal staff (ossia) in drummode or DrumStaff context

2012-03-13 Thread Uwe Falke
Thanks for saving me. I knew it would be possible :-) Uwe -- Quoting "Trevor Daniels" : Uwe, you wrote Monday, March 12, 2012 2:32 AM I have just started to use lilypond to set some drum scores. As I need to add a few patches of backing vocals, I'd attempted to add extra (normal) staf

Re: Aleatoric / modern notation

2012-03-13 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Mike, Excellent work! I'm glad you think so! > > I've attached a new file that addresses some of the issues you identify > above: > > --) It uses axis-group::width to box accidentals > Beautiful! Now there's really no need for the extra padding properties. (I've kept them in the attached

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread Stjepan Horvat
Did you try to press number 3 in sibelius..i think it would create a third interval..and so on..i'm not sure.. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Phil Holmes wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Kieren MacMillan" > > To: "Vaughan McAlley" > Cc: "lilypond-user" > Sent: Tuesday, March 13,

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2012-03-13 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Kieren MacMillan" To: "Vaughan McAlley" Cc: "lilypond-user" Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:09 AM Subject: Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond Hi Vaughan, Finale does automatic word extensions for lyrics. Um… so does Lilypon

Re: Aleatoric / modern notation

2012-03-13 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
On Mar 13, 2012, at 4:25 AM, David Nalesnik wrote: > I've defined a grob, Frame, and given it several properties. One of these, > 'padding, adds space between the frame and its contents, as you would expect. > The length of the continuation line is controlled by the property > 'extender-lengt

Re: Default length of laissezvibrer ties

2012-03-13 Thread Nick Payne
On 13/03/12 10:21, Thomas Morley wrote: 2012/3/11 David Kastrup: Thomas Morley writes: Hi Nick, 2012/3/9 Nick Payne: Thanks. I gave it a try. The one shortcoming I've found is that the ends of LV ties on a chord containing a second no longer align. That's because "factor" is used in a mul