Just a thank you

Hi everyone, I'm new to Lilypond, that's why I haven't contributed to this list, yet. I just wanted to say thank you to all those who do. By reading (and trying to understand) your posts I learn a lot, esp what Lilypond can do. Thanks for letting me participate! Cheers, Guentzel __

Re: fastest, easiest way of including fret diagram markups above music?

Thank you for the welcome and reply. I want to include every fret diagram at every chord change, the kids simply do better reading a long when they can see the actual Fret diagram marked up above the music at every change vs having to look above on their sheet for the predefined diagram on top of t

Re: adding stems to clusters

Dear David, all, Thanks for your responses. Ideally I want to make a graphic notation for overpressure bowing similar to the xenakis excerpt attached. I was thinking of adding stems to a cluster-band as a hopefully day solution, but I see it is not so easy. I did try the new voice hack, but d

Re: Two scores in one LSR snip

2014-12-30 2:51 GMT+01:00 Thomas Morley : > 2014-12-30 2:30 GMT+01:00 Simon Albrecht : >> Hello, >> >> I added a new LSR snippet for review: >> and although there are two >> \scores in the snippet, only the first is shown in the preview. Is this as >> ex

Re: Two scores in one LSR snip

2014-12-30 2:30 GMT+01:00 Simon Albrecht : > Hello, > > I added a new LSR snippet for review: > and although there are two > \scores in the snippet, only the first is shown in the preview. Is this as > expected? Yes, it's the default to print only the

Two scores in one LSR snip

Hello, I added a new LSR snippet for review: and although there are two \scores in the snippet, only the first is shown in the preview. Is this as expected? Best regards, Simon ___ lilypond-user mailing

Re: adding stems to clusters

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 6:43 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: > Hi again, > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 6:06 PM, David Nalesnik > wrote: > >> Hi Jaime, >> >> I'll look into lengthening it to reach the stem. >> >> > Not at all easy, I'm afraid. Are you looking for the cluster-band sort of > notation, or

Re: adding stems to clusters

Hi again, On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 6:06 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: > Hi Jaime, > > I'll look into lengthening it to reach the stem. > > Not at all easy, I'm afraid. Are you looking for the cluster-band sort of notation, or would individual clusters per stem suffice (like Cowell, for example)? Po

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:19:02 +0100 Federico Bruni wrote: > 2014-12-29 16:24 GMT+01:00 Federico Bruni : > > > I think that it happens because it assumes that you want to use a > > TabStaff context. > > Also, Marc Hohl recommended me (in a private email) to use voice > > contexts or you may have s

Re: adding stems to clusters

Hi Jaime, On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Jaime E Oliver wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a way to add stems to cluster events made with something like > \makeClusters { 8 8 8 8 8 } > so that there is a sense of the underlying rhythmic structure? > The Notation Manual says this isn't supported,

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

2014-12-29 16:24 GMT+01:00 Federico Bruni : > I think that it happens because it assumes that you want to use a TabStaff > context. > Also, Marc Hohl recommended me (in a private email) to use voice contexts > or you may have some problems. I'll add it to the README on github. > > Finally, there a

adding stems to clusters

Hi all, Is there a way to add stems to cluster events made with something like \makeClusters { 8 8 8 8 8 } so that there is a sense of the underlying rhythmic structure? best, J ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.g

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

2014-12-29 23:20 GMT+01:00 Federico Bruni : > But I get the same output on 2.18.2 and 2.16.2. > I've reworked your example to make it more clear and backward compatible > with 2.16: > > > \version "2.16.0" > > mus = { > \override Voice.NoteHead #'color = #red > \override TabVoice.TabNoteHead #

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

True. Me too, I started from 2.16 and got that output. Which made me upgrade to 2.18 and then to 2.19.15, where it still appears. regards, Joe On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:20:49 +0100 Federico Bruni wrote: > Il giorno lun 29 dic 2014 alle 19:11, Thomas Morley > ha scritto: > > Look at the output f

Re: Error with glissando and glissando spans

yes, that's perfect thanks! J On Dec 29, 2014, at 7:21 AM, Gagi Petrovic wrote: > Hi Jaimie, > > i just stumbled on the same issue. For me > > \override Glissando.breakable = ##t > \override Glissando.after-line-breaking = ##t > > together work well and without any error in the log. > > C

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

Il giorno lun 29 dic 2014 alle 19:11, Thomas Morley ha scritto: Look at the output from: m = 4\arpeggio mus = { \override Voice.Arpeggio.color = #red \override TabVoice.Arpeggio.color = #red \m } \new TabStaff \new TabVoice \mus \new Staff \new Voice { \clef "G_8" \mus } The overrid

Rallentando and accelerando in MIDI

Rallentando and accelerando are supported in MIDI output if the articulate.ly script is used. Looking at the script, I can see how I can additional synonyms for rall., rit. etc. that the script would then recognize. I can also begin to see how to change the amount of rall, or accel. by modifying

Re: fastest, easiest way of including fret diagram markups above music?

Il giorno lun 29 dic 2014 alle 19:03, Ryan Clarin ha scritto: I am a music teacher who has just converted to lilypond after years of frustrating finale and sibelius usage. I transcribed a little piece on ukulele with tab and included chord fret diagram markups above the music, but it took me

Re: Tweaking Y-offset of an accent with a slur

That's perfect, thanks so much. Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2014-12-29 20:46 GMT+01:00 Knute Snortum : > > Tweaking padding works great for the accent, but in a more complete > example > > of my problem, I now can't get the ottova bracket

Re: Tweaking Y-offset of an accent with a slur

2014-12-29 20:46 GMT+01:00 Knute Snortum : > Tweaking padding works great for the accent, but in a more complete example > of my problem, I now can't get the ottova bracket to move up. (In the > example, the bracket doesn't need to move, but in the full piece it does.) > > \version "2.19.15" > > \

Re: Tweaking Y-offset of an accent with a slur

Tweaking padding works great for the accent, but in a more complete example of my problem, I now can't get the ottova bracket to move up. (In the example, the bracket doesn't need to move, but in the full piece it does.) \version "2.19.15" \relative c''' { \tweak Y-offset #2 \ottava #1 \shap

Re: Typesetting chord symbols

2014-12-29 18:11 GMT+01:00 Carl Sorensen : > Johan, > > As far as I can see there are no generally-accepted, authoritative > standards about formatting of the elements of chord notation. > > There is an exhaustive book on chord notation, "Standardized Chord Symbol > Notation: A Uniform System for t

Re: Music line in a Latex table

Hi Pierre, yes, this is helpful. I will still have to adjust the page dimensions. But the real problem is that in any case these examples will not be vertically centered (lilypond makes adjustments according to flags, clefs and anything falling above or below the stafflines), so I will have to w

Re: Music line in a Latex table

Dear Brian, thanks for your suggestion. Actually for mixing music and text I would prefer equally spaced notes whatever their value, which is the opposite of proportional spacing. I usually do a trick by setting all note figures to an octave. Thank you, Andrea -- View this message in context

Re: warning of "unterminated tie"

On 2014/12/29 10:35, Thomas Morley wrote: snip Try: \relative c'' { \clef "treble" \key ees \major g'4 f8 ees ees4 g,8 \once \tieUp bes~ |%m70 << { \voiceOne bes2 g4 g8 bes } \new Voice { \voiceTwo < g ees >4 < f d > ees2 } >> } The << \\ >> returns far to often probl

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

Many thanks to Malte, Brian, David and Tim. You help me a lot. Best regards, Jinsong On 2014/12/29 10:16, Jinsong Zhao wrote: Hi there, I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. \version "2.19.15" \rel

Re: \markup and gregorian.ly

Am 29.12.2014 13:53, schrieb Alicuota618: Merci Pierre, this works fine but must be inserted in all subsequent files. A job for sed... Francois 2014-12-29 4:21 GMT-05:00, Pierre Perol-Schneider : Hi François, In your layout bloc you can try to add : \override Score.SpacingSpanner.packed-spaci

Re: Music line in a Latex table

Hi Andrea, Here's 3 different snippets with exactly the same width : \version "2.18.2" \paper { paper-height = 30 paper-width = 60 indent = 0 ragged-right = ##f tagline = ##f print-page-number = ##f } \transpose c c'' { c4 c c c } \pageBreak % <= just for this example \transpose

Re: warning of "unterminated tie"

2014-12-29 19:27 GMT+01:00 Jinsong Zhao : > Hi there, > > The LilyPond can't determinate the tie in the following snippet. Why? and > how to get a tie between the bes and bes2? Thanks! > > \version "2.19.15" > \relative c'' { > \clef "treble" > \key ees \major > g'4 f8 ees ees4 g,8 bes ~ |%m70

Re: Music line in a Latex table

At 11:21 29/12/2014 -0700, Andrea Noname wrote: I need to place a music line in a Latex table so that any measure in the music has the same width of the correspondent cell in the table. Do you need "proportional notation"? See http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13///Documentation/notation/proportional-

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

Jinsong Zhao wrote: > > I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a > flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. > > \version "2.19.15" > \relative c, { >\clef "bass" >\key ees \major >c8 g' ees' g, c,4 < g'' bes, > |%m69 > } What you wa

warning of "unterminated tie"

Hi there, The LilyPond can't determinate the tie in the following snippet. Why? and how to get a tie between the bes and bes2? Thanks! \version "2.19.15" \relative c'' { \clef "treble" \key ees \major g'4 f8 ees ees4 g,8 bes ~ |%m70 << { bes2 g4 g8 bes } \\ { < g ees >4 < f d > ees2 } >

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

Hi, and welcome to the community! On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Jinsong Zhao wrote: > Hi there, > > I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat > symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. > > \version "2.19.15" > \relative c, { > \clef "bass"

Re: Tweaking Y-offset of an accent with a slur

2014-12-29 17:05 GMT+01:00 Knute Snortum : > I can tweak the Y-offset of an accent if there is no slur, but with a slur, > Y-offset doesn't seem to "respond". How can I tweak the Y-offset of an > accent when the note is slurred? > > \version "2.19.15" > > \relative c''' { > c4 ^\tweak Y-offset #

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

To force an accidental, simply write an exclamation mark behind the pitch: bes! Am 29.12.2014 um 19:16 schrieb Jinsong Zhao: Hi there, I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. \version "2.19.15" \rela

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

At 10:16 29/12/2014 -0800, Jinsong Zhao wrote: I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. Easy: append an exclamation mark to the note name. Even better, append a question mark, which helpfully parenthes

Music line in a Latex table

Dear Lilypondians, I need to place a music line in a Latex table so that any measure in the music has the same width of the correspondent cell in the table. I tried placing single lilypond files in the table, but because they contain different objects (minims, different clefs, whole notes etc.)

display flat symbol in ees major

Hi there, I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. \version "2.19.15" \relative c, { \clef "bass" \key ees \major c8 g' ees' g, c,4 < g'' bes, > |%m69 } The last note in that score has a flat s

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

2014-12-29 16:24 GMT+01:00 Federico Bruni : > 2014-12-29 14:05 GMT+01:00 : >> >> I'm trying to write out Alvin Lee's (phenomenal) guitar solo from >> his Woodstock performance of I'm going home with 10 Years After, and >> for the bends got the guitar-string-bending notation-snippet >> >> http://3.h

fastest, easiest way of including fret diagram markups above music?

I am a music teacher who has just converted to lilypond after years of frustrating finale and sibelius usage. I transcribed a little piece on ukulele with tab and included chord fret diagram markups above the music, but it took me quite a while. The fret diagram markups was probably the hardest p

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:22:40 +0100 Federico Bruni wrote: > My reply was actually: AFAIK you **must** use a TabStaff / TabVoice I understood your reply as a possible explanation for the unwanted behaviour of the snippet, sorry for the misunderstanding. Actually you did write: "I think that it hap

Typesetting chord symbols

Johan, As far as I can see there are no generally-accepted, authoritative standards about formatting of the elements of chord notation. There is an exhaustive book on chord notation, "Standardized Chord Symbol Notation: A Uniform System for the Music Profession", by Carl Brandt and Clinton Roemer

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

My reply was actually: AFAIK you **must** use a TabStaff / TabVoice and I sent a file with this score block: \score { \new StaffGroup << \new Voice { \clef "treble_8" \melody } \new TabVoice { \clef "moderntab" \melody } >> \layout { \omit StringNumber \context { \Staff

Tweaking Y-offset of an accent with a slur

I can tweak the Y-offset of an accent if there is no slur, but with a slur, Y-offset doesn't seem to "respond". How can I tweak the Y-offset of an accent when the note is slurred? \version "2.19.15" \relative c''' { c4 ^\tweak Y-offset #6 -> ( a ) c -\tweak Y-offset #6 -> a } Knute Snortum (

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

OMG! Did I really use hidemyass.com for that snippet? :) Ok, I put the voice context in place. I don't know whether I did that the way you were aiming at, because the 'TAB' phenomena are still there. See attachments. regards, Joe On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:24:31 +0100 Federico Bruni wrote: > 20

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

2014-12-29 16:24 GMT+01:00 Federico Bruni : > I think that it happens because it assumes that you want to use a TabStaff > context. btw, find attached a file which compiles fine do you really want just a staff without tablature? \version "2.19.15" %\include "bend.ly" \include "notation-snippet

Re: Typesetting chord symbols

Is this what you're looking for? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/displaying-chords#customizing-chord-names Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 4:13 AM, Johan Vromans wrote: > Hi, > > I was quite surprised to find hardly any information on typesetting of > c

Re: strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

2014-12-29 14:05 GMT+01:00 : > I'm trying to write out Alvin Lee's (phenomenal) guitar solo from > his Woodstock performance of I'm going home with 10 Years After, and > for the bends got the guitar-string-bending notation-snippet > > http://3.hidemyass.com/ip-1/encoded/czovL2dpdGh1Yi5jb20vb3Blbmx

strange phenomenon from guitar bends snippet

I'm trying to write out Alvin Lee's (phenomenal) guitar solo from his Woodstock performance of I'm going home with 10 Years After, and for the bends got the guitar-string-bending notation-snippet http://3.hidemyass.com/ip-1/encoded/czovL2dpdGh1Yi5jb20vb3BlbmxpbHlsaWIvb3BlbmxpbHlsaWIvYmxvYi9tYXN0ZXI

Re: \markup and gregorian.ly

Merci Pierre, this works fine but must be inserted in all subsequent files. A job for sed... Francois 2014-12-29 4:21 GMT-05:00, Pierre Perol-Schneider : > Hi François, > In your layout bloc you can try to add : \override > Score.SpacingSpanner.packed-spacing = ##f > E.g: > > \version "2.18.2" >

Re: Error with glissando and glissando spans

Hi Jaimie, i just stumbled on the same issue. For me *\override Glissando.breakable = ##t\override Glissando.after-line-breaking = ##t* together work well and without any error in the log. Cheers! Gagi On 4 December 2014 at 16:35, Jaime E Oliver wrote: > Thanks, > > I still get the error in

Typesetting chord symbols

Hi, I was quite surprised to find hardly any information on typesetting of chord symbols. For example, assuming c-sharp, we have the C and the sharp. The sharp follows the C, but should it be aligned? Top or bottom? How big should it be compared to the C? And where to put m (minor) - (minor)? + (

Re: Scale noteheads independent?

Hi Wim, See: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/inside-the-staff.html#selecting-notation-font-size Cheers, Pierre 2014-12-29 10:35 GMT+01:00 Wim van Dommelen : > Hi, > > Is there a possibility to change the size of the notepads independent from > everything else? > > I tried f

Scale noteheads independent?

Hi, Is there a possibility to change the size of the notepads independent from everything else? I tried for example noytehead-style “altdefault” which looks slightly bigger on my screen, but the composer wants noteheads which really touch the lines. For example when I set the system staff-size

Re: \markup and gregorian.ly

Hi François, In your layout bloc you can try to add : \override Score.SpacingSpanner.packed-spacing = ##f E.g: \version "2.18.2" \include "gregorian.ly" \score { << \new Voice = "cantus" { c'^\markup "a very very very very long text" c' a a g f f } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "cantu