can someone convert a tux guitar to lilypond to PDF for me

2013-08-13 Thread Christopher Reed
hey I tried but I lost the drum section could someone email me and I'll send you the .Tg file ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

text to the *right* of staves?

2013-08-13 Thread Adam Spiers
On 13 August 2013 23:14, wrote: > I see that lilypond supports a cool-looking No. glyph, which is great. I'd > like to get in in front of each stave in order to number a series of > exercises. See attached png for an example. Funny to see this being asked, since at the same time I need to ask th

Re: Text in front of Staves

2013-08-13 Thread David Rogers
k...@kalegood.com writes: > I see that lilypond supports a cool-looking No. glyph, which is great. Unless I'm mistaken, it's not Lilypond giving that cool-looking glyph, it's the font they were using. The Unicode designation for that glyph is U+2116 Numero Sign Some fonts have it, others don't.

Re: Text in front of Staves

2013-08-13 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/8/14 > ** > > I see that lilypond supports a cool-looking No. glyph, which is great. I'd > like to get in in front of each stave in order to number a series of > exercises. See attached png for an example. > > I'm working on making a version of Giuliani's 120 right hand studies for > clasica

Re: Text in front of Staves

2013-08-13 Thread Eluze
Kale Good-2 wrote > I see that lilypond supports a cool-looking No. glyph, which is great. > I'd like to get in in front of each stave in order to number a series of > exercises. See attached png for an example. > > I'm working on making a version of Giuliani's 120 right hand studies for > clasic

Re: End of Line Double Bar & Beginning Next Line Repeat

2013-08-13 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 14 August 2013 00:19, wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm looking to create a double bar at the end of the line with a > repeat sign at the beginning of the next line; this is for a series > of exercises (see attached). Lilypond won't let me do > > \bar "." > > \break > > \bar ":|" > > It only takes one

RE: Setting automatic beam behavior

2013-08-13 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Xavier: Thank you for your reply, the suggestion, and the manual reference. I shall experiment with them. Mark From: Xavier Scheuer [mailto:x.sche...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 12:57 PM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: lilypond-user Mailinglist Subject: Re: Setting automatic

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Colin Campbell
On 13-08-13 02:00 PM, Johan Vromans wrote: Kieren MacMillan writes: Was it NoteWriter? http://debussy.music.ubc.ca/NoteWriter/index.html >From reading the reference manual: no. "All notes, except the whole note and double whole note (breve), require two mouse clicks. The first mouse click pl

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Was it NoteWriter? I think it was MusicWorks. http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/musicworks I recognize the screen and when seeing it I can still hear the mechanical reproduction of "Alla Turka"... -- Johan ___ lilypond-user

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Richard Shann
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:55:27 +0200 Johan Vromans wrote: > Richard Shann writes: > > > Yes modern GUI based tools are slow. The main problem with your > > method, is that you have to look at the screen. Looking away from > > the music you are transcribing is fraught with danger - you will > > lo

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Richard Shann
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:09:53 -0700 David Rogers wrote: > Richard Shann writes: > > > You could have played the entire piece in by the time you have set > > about looking for mistakes in the "automatic" entry systems. > > > Richard: I think "playing the piece in" is what Johan is asking for, >

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Was it NoteWriter? > http://debussy.music.ubc.ca/NoteWriter/index.html >From reading the reference manual: no. "All notes, except the whole note and double whole note (breve), require two mouse clicks. The first mouse click places the head of the note, and the second

Re: Setting automatic beam behavior

2013-08-13 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 13 August 2013 17:57, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > > Hello: > > In a single voice (RightOnly.ly), setting automatic beam behavior > produces the desired notation. > > When the left hand is added (Both.ly) the commands – identical in > both files – do not take effect. > > Must I do something to

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Richard Shann writes: > Yes modern GUI based tools are slow. The main problem with your method, > is that you have to look at the screen. Looking away from the music you > are transcribing is fraught with danger - you will lose your place. What's a problem for one doesn't have to be a problem fo

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Richard Shann
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:11:59 +0200 Johan Vromans wrote: > Richard Shann writes: > > > If you can read music fluently and have a lot of music to enter > > sequentially into LilyPond then Denemo gives you a way of leveraging > > your sight-reading skill to enter the music by allowing you to > > e

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Johan, > Almost 30 years ago I used a music program on Macintosh. I forgot the > name but I think I may still be able to find the 400KB floppy somewhere > in my attic :). Was it NoteWriter? http://debussy.music.ubc.ca/NoteWriter/index.html At least, that's "the music program on Macintosh" *I*

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Richard Shann writes: > If you can read music fluently and have a lot of music to enter > sequentially into LilyPond then Denemo gives you a way of leveraging > your sight-reading skill to enter the music by allowing you to enter it > "in music time" - that is you can keep track of where you are

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread David Rogers
Richard Shann writes: > You could have played the entire piece in by the time you have set > about looking for mistakes in the "automatic" entry systems. Richard: I think "playing the piece in" is what Johan is asking for, and is exactly what you're saying is a bad idea. I don't think what Dene

RE: tuplet beams

2013-08-13 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
David, Thank you for your reply and the reference. At the very least I can use the file as a learning tool for Lilypond. At the most, it shall save a lot of time! Mark -Original Message- From: David Rogers [mailto:davidandrewrog...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:16 AM To:

Re: tuplet beams

2013-08-13 Thread David Rogers
"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > Andrew, > > Thank you for your reply. I know that I could manually beam and that > would suitably work for a few measures. The piece, Chopin Black Key > Etude, has 83 measures like this. Some “set it and forget it” global > command would be most helpful. Someone h

Re: (fwd)

2013-08-13 Thread David Rogers
Martin Tarenskeen writes: > ... writing LilyPond code directly is in fact easier and much faster > than ... fixing errors. Especially this. Most of the export and import processes end up with some errors, and being forced to find and solve machine-made errors (maybe obscure ones) is not easy if

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Richard Shann
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:00:01 +0200 Johan Vromans wrote: > Richard Shann writes: > > > here is your problem. You are hoping that the timing of your > > keypress could be interpreted and a duration of note estimated from > > it. Such systems have been tried many times, and are offered by > > prog

Re: LilyPond meeting in Waltrop, Germany, 2013-08-16 to 2013-08-20

2013-08-13 Thread pls
On 12.08.2013, at 19:51, Thomas Morley wrote: > > I'll arrive Thursday, leave Tuesday, sleeping in my tent. This applies to me, too! See you soon! patrick ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lily

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Richard Shann
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:50:16 -0400 Carl Peterson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Richard Shann > wrote: > > > > > here is your problem. You are hoping that the timing of your > > keypress could be interpreted and a duration of note estimated from > > it. Such systems have been tried m

RE: Setting automatic beam behavior

2013-08-13 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Carl, Thank you for your reply. Yes, the tuplets are only in the right hand. The left hand is just eighth notes. Mark From: Carl Peterson [mailto:carlopeter...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 9:06 AM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: Mailinglist lilypond-user Subject: Re: Se

Re: Setting automatic beam behavior

2013-08-13 Thread Carl Peterson
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > Hello: > > In a single voice (RightOnly.ly), setting automatic beam behavior produces > the desired notation. > > When the left hand is added (Both.ly) the commands – identical in both > files – do not take effect. > > Must I do someth

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Richard Shann writes: > here is your problem. You are hoping that the timing of your keypress > could be interpreted and a duration of note estimated from it. Such > systems have been tried many times, and are offered by programs that > don't care if you succeed or not, as long as you buy the pro

Setting automatic beam behavior

2013-08-13 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Hello: In a single voice (RightOnly.ly), setting automatic beam behavior produces the desired notation. When the left hand is added (Both.ly) the commands - identical in both files - do not take effect. Must I do something to the left hand? In the right hand? Thank you for your kind

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Carl Peterson
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Richard Shann wrote: > > here is your problem. You are hoping that the timing of your keypress > could be interpreted and a duration of note estimated from it. Such > systems have been tried many times, and are offered by programs that > don't care if you succeed

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread David Kastrup
Richard Shann writes: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:17:17 +0200 > Johan Vromans wrote: > >> Federico Bruni writes: >> >> > Denemo already supports this two pass input, you can find a >> > screencast on Vimeo. >> >> Yes, I did look at Denemo. With Denemo you have to enter the durations >> using pre

Re: Tempo mark more than once

2013-08-13 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/8/13 Peter Toye : > I want to put a tempo marking (e,g, Allegro) into a song above both the > piano part and the vocal part. (I'm one of those people who believes in > making life easier for the pianist). And I can't see how to do it. > > With the code as it is the "\tempo" indication is ignor

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Richard Shann
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:17:17 +0200 Johan Vromans wrote: > Federico Bruni writes: > > > Denemo already supports this two pass input, you can find a > > screencast on Vimeo. > > Yes, I did look at Denemo. With Denemo you have to enter the durations > using pre-defined you can choose any key pr

Tempo mark more than once

2013-08-13 Thread Peter Toye
I want to put a tempo marking (e,g, Allegro) into a song above both the piano part and the vocal part. (I'm one of those people who believes in making life easier for the pianist). And I can't see how to do it. With the code as it is the "\tempo" indication is ignored. If I move the "\tempo" ab

Re: Getting rid of space above lyrics...I'm completely stumped.

2013-08-13 Thread Eluze
John S.L. wrote > Thank you, I very much appreciate your quick reply... > Well I upgraded to 2.16.2 and put it in Frescobaldi and it gave me an > error...wouldn't compile. hi John I wonder what kind of error - I converted your code with Frescobaldi and it compiled without any error/warning (versi

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread David Kastrup
Johan Vromans writes: > Federico Bruni writes: > >> Denemo already supports this two pass input, you can find a screencast >> on Vimeo. > > Yes, I did look at Denemo. With Denemo you have to enter the durations > using pre-defined keypad keys. In other words, you need to know > beforehand whethe

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Federico Bruni writes: > Denemo already supports this two pass input, you can find a screencast > on Vimeo. Yes, I did look at Denemo. With Denemo you have to enter the durations using pre-defined keypad keys. In other words, you need to know beforehand whether the next note is 4, or 8, or 2. an

Re: HELP!!!

2013-08-13 Thread David Kastrup
Christopher Reed writes: > Hey everyone. > I used tux guitar to create a song for my HSC music piece and i have saves > it as a lilypond file and every time i attempt to open it with lilypond i > always get a message similar to: > *# -*-compilation-*-* > *Processing `C:/Users/User/Desktop/Funk so

Re: HELP!!!

2013-08-13 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
2013/8/13 Christopher Reed > Hey everyone. > Hi Christopher, Please avoid "HELP" as object, better use a simple explanation such as "convert tux to lilypond". > I used tux guitar to create a song for my HSC music piece and i have saves > it as a lilypond file and every time i attempt to open i

Re: Ossia Staves

2013-08-13 Thread Phil Holmes
Please "reply all" when answering replies from the lilypond user mailing list - that way others get to see the information exchanged, and may be able to help and may benefit. OK - firstly, your minimal example still isn't as minimal as it could be - and for me, some of that extra information o

HELP!!!

2013-08-13 Thread Christopher Reed
Hey everyone. I used tux guitar to create a song for my HSC music piece and i have saves it as a lilypond file and every time i attempt to open it with lilypond i always get a message similar to: *# -*-compilation-*-* *Processing `C:/Users/User/Desktop/Funk song 1.ly'* *Parsing...* *C:/Users/User/D

Re: (fwd)

2013-08-13 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:20:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Tarenskeen To: Marcos Press Subject: Re: On Tue, 13 Aug 2013, Marcos Press wrote: Use to have Export to Lylipond in a menu or something like that. But I do prefer it without anchovies. Ther

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Federico Bruni
2013/8/13 Johan Vromans > What I think would be handy is two pass input. In the first pass, only > register the durations of the notes. In the second pass register the > actual notes. Is there any software that facilitates this? My platform > is Linux. Rumor comes a step in the right direction, b

Re: MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Cole Ingraham
LypondTool for jEdit has midi keyboard input but I believe it is only for pitches. -Cole On Tuesday, August 13, 2013, Johan Vromans wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a lousy keyboard player... > > Nevertheless I think a MIDI keyboard could be a good companion to > produce initial note input for LilyPond. > >

Re: Different figures on one bass (y-offset question)

2013-08-13 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Francois Planiol" To: "lilypond-user" Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 9:45 PM Subject: Different figures on one bass (y-offset question) Hello, I am working at material for harmony-lectures and need different figures one the same bass (showing different cho

MIDI keyboard

2013-08-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Hi, I'm a lousy keyboard player... Nevertheless I think a MIDI keyboard could be a good companion to produce initial note input for LilyPond. What I think would be handy is two pass input. In the first pass, only register the durations of the notes. In the second pass register the actual notes.