Re: combined problems,chords,layout

2016-03-07 Thread Klaus Blum
vector wrote > would be nice to have the fretdiagrams centred on the page tho. No problem: %% \markup \fill-line { \score { << %{Chord names above Fret diagrams %} \new ChordNames { \usedChords } %Fret diagrams \new FretBoard

Re: Help with fonts from a blind user

2016-03-07 Thread tisimst
Daniel, On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Daniel Contreras [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n188259...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > Hello Kieren and Abraham, > Thank you all very much for your assistance. I have copied all the files > to there appropriate locations. My next question is, should I copy th

Fwd: Help with fonts from a blind user

2016-03-07 Thread Daniel Contreras
Daniel Contreras Begin forwarded message: > From: Daniel Contreras > Date: March 7, 2016 at 4:09:00 PM CST > To: Kieren MacMillan > Subject: Re: Help with fonts from a blind user > > Hello Kieren and Abraham, > Thank you all very much for your assistance. I have copied all the files to >

Re: Position title

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Terpstra
tisimst wrote: > Can you post your (compilable) source file and resulting PDF so we can see > exactly what's going on? Thank you kindly. The pdf looks okay, extra top-margin is added after printing, i see it clearly now here. example sourcefile: \version "2.18.2" date = #(strftime "%A %d %B %

Re: Position title

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Terpstra
David Wright wrote: > run it through TeX to produce a PDF file and print it. I don't have. > This will give you some idea of where the printer/printer driver is > placing what. > > (If you don't have TeX, I can send you the letter size PDF.) Yes, thank you so much. > If you're unhappy with th

Re: Position title

2016-03-07 Thread David Wright
On Mon 07 Mar 2016 at 08:42:17 (-0800), Peter Terpstra wrote: > Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > >> Does this also work in version version "2.18.2”? > > > > I believe so. (I don’t have that version to check against.) > > Apologies, than my guess is a hard to find printer setting that adds > top-marg

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 07.03.2016 22:53, Craig Dabelstein wrote: Hi David, No, I didn't have to move the Default_bar_line_engraver. It worked fine the way you originally said. The one with Default_bar_line_engraver was directed at me. Best, Simon ___ lilypond-user ma

Re: combined problems,chords,layout

2016-03-07 Thread vector
ahh thanks Klaus, I was beginning to wonder if I was using the block and score paragraphs correctly. Using arranger solves my immediate problem On 8/03/2016 2:02 AM, Klaus Blum wrote: Hi vector, vector wrote Q) Why does it (opus) print twice? try: arranger="work in progress" It seems that

Re: combined problems,chords,layout

2016-03-07 Thread vector
Perfect BB that did the trick On 7/03/2016 11:49 PM, BB wrote: Add \layout { \context { \Score proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/10) } } On 07.03.2016 10:40, vector457 wrote: 3)I would like to have all the bars line up ie like they're in columns. I like to have some

Re: combined problems,chords,layout

2016-03-07 Thread vector
thanks BB, indent removed, thats better.. would be nice to have the fretdiagrams centred on the page tho. I'll have a play with that. On 7/03/2016 11:25 PM, BB wrote: To avoid the indent try \paper { indent = 0 } On 07.03.2016 10:40, vector457 wrote: 2) first bar is inset? see Q3 3)I woul

Re: Help with fonts from a blind user

2016-03-07 Thread tisimst
Daniel, On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Kieren MacMillan [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n188244...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how and where to > install these font files. > > 1. Right- [or control-] click on your Lilypond applicatio

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread Craig Dabelstein
Hi David, No, I didn't have to move the Default_bar_line_engraver. It worked fine the way you originally said. Craig On 8 March 2016 at 07:24, David Kastrup wrote: > Malte Meyn writes: > > > Am 07.03.2016 um 21:45 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: > >>\set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(3 . 4)

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread David Kastrup
Malte Meyn writes: > Am 07.03.2016 um 21:45 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: >>\set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(3 . 4) >>\scaleDurations #'(3 . 2) { > > You can use 3/4 and 3/2 here instead of the more complicated and less > clear #'(3 . 4) and #'(3 . 2) ;) commit 0757febe2084fd8507334987b

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 07.03.2016 22:20, David Kastrup wrote: Simon Albrecht writes: On 07.03.2016 21:21, Craig Dabelstein wrote: I'm struggling with a piece of polymetric notation. I have a piece in 9/8 but halfway through some staves need to change to 3/4. I have this: \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread David Kastrup
Simon Albrecht writes: > On 07.03.2016 21:21, Craig Dabelstein wrote: >> >> I'm struggling with a piece of polymetric notation. I have a piece >> in 9/8 but halfway through some staves need to change to 3/4. >> >> I have this: >> >> \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(3 . 4) >> \scaleDuration

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread Craig Dabelstein
Thanks everyone. My fraction was right, but my eyes had glazed over from code and I had missed one sneaky spacer rest that was throwing everything else out. All the best, Craig On 8 March 2016 at 06:58, Malte Meyn wrote: > > > Am 07.03.2016 um 21:45 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: > >>\set St

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 07.03.2016 um 21:45 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(3 . 4) \scaleDurations #'(3 . 2) { You can use 3/4 and 3/2 here instead of the more complicated and less clear #'(3 . 4) and #'(3 . 2) ;) ___ lilypond-us

Re: Help with fonts from a blind user

2016-03-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Daniel, > Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how and where to install > these font files. 1. Right- [or control-] click on your Lilypond application file/icon, and from the contextual menu choose “Show Package Contents”. 2. Navigate down to the Contents > Resources > share > L

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 07.03.2016 21:21, Craig Dabelstein wrote: I'm struggling with a piece of polymetric notation. I have a piece in 9/8 but halfway through some staves need to change to 3/4. I have this: \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(3 . 4) \scaleDurations #'(3 . 2) but I can't figure out what fra

Help with fonts from a blind user

2016-03-07 Thread Daniel Contreras
Hello Lilyponders, Abraham kindly sent me the latest lilyjazz fonts a few days ago. My question now is, what now? haha. I admit that I am a little clueless as to what to do with these files. I am running lilypond 2.18.2 on mavericks. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how and wher

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Craig, > I'm struggling with a piece of polymetric notation. I have a piece in 9/8 but > halfway through some staves need to change to 3/4. > I have this: > \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(3 . 4) > \scaleDurations #'(3 . 2) > but I can't figure out what fraction it needs to make it wor

Re: scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread David Kastrup
Craig Dabelstein writes: > Hi Lilyponders, > > I'm struggling with a piece of polymetric notation. I have a piece in 9/8 > but halfway through some staves need to change to 3/4. > > I have this: > > \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(3 . 4) > \scaleDurations #'(3 . 2) > > but I can't figure

scale durations

2016-03-07 Thread Craig Dabelstein
Hi Lilyponders, I'm struggling with a piece of polymetric notation. I have a piece in 9/8 but halfway through some staves need to change to 3/4. I have this: \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(3 . 4) \scaleDurations #'(3 . 2) but I can't figure out what fraction it needs to make it work.

Re: Position title

2016-03-07 Thread tisimst
Peter, Can you post your (compilable) source file and resulting PDF so we can see exactly what's going on? Best, Abraham On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Peter Terpstra [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n188234...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > >> Does this also work in versi

Re: Position title

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Terpstra
Kieren MacMillan wrote: >> Does this also work in version version "2.18.2”? > > I believe so. (I don’t have that version to check against.) Apologies, than my guess is a hard to find printer setting that adds top-margin above the one of lilyponds. __

Re: combined problems,chords,layout

2016-03-07 Thread Klaus Blum
Hi vector, vector wrote > Q) Why does it (opus) print twice? try: arranger="work in progress" It seems that the "opus" field is printed on top of every score block. Cheers, Klaus -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/combined-problems-chords-layout-tp18822

Re: Piece/instrument names choice

2016-03-07 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 07.03.2016 14:39, Menu Jacques wrote: Hello folks, I’m re-scoring the bassoon parts of Spohr’s first clarinet concerto, whose originals are hard to read. They start with movement and instrument names placed this way: Try redefining the paper variable bookTitleMarkup, as explained here:

Re: combined problems,chords,layout

2016-03-07 Thread BB
Add \layout { \context { \Score proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/10) } } On 07.03.2016 10:40, vector457 wrote: 3)I would like to have all the bars line up ie like they're in columns. I like to have some spare empty staff on the end cause I scribble things down when aw

Re: combined problems,chords,layout

2016-03-07 Thread BB
Try this: \repeat unfold 8 { s1 s1 s1 s1 \break } May be there are other (better) solutions possible? On 07.03.2016 10:40, vector457 wrote: Q) why is bar 25, 29 so much wider than the others? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.or

Re: combined problems,chords,layout

2016-03-07 Thread BB
To avoid the indent try \paper { indent = 0 } On 07.03.2016 10:40, vector457 wrote: 2) first bar is inset? see Q3 3)I would like to have all the bars line up ie like they're in columns. I like to have some spare empty staff on the end cause I scribble things down when away from the computer

Re: Changing Staff Size Without Messing Up Fonts

2016-03-07 Thread kwpaprocki
Thanks so much! -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Changing-Staff-Size-Without-Messing-Up-Fonts-tp188190p188224.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-us

Re: Generation of Notation Videos with Lilypond Tool Chain

2016-03-07 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2016-03-06 at 19:24 +0100, Dr. Thomas Tensi wrote: > Dear all, > > > for my practising and stage usage I developped a tiny > toolchain based on lilypond. > > Starting from a lilypond file an MP4 video is produced > playing the music (or part of) and showing the score (or > part of) with

combined problems,chords,layout

2016-03-07 Thread vector457
Hi all, Im using lilypond with frescaboldi to generate a simple chord progression chart and basic midi chord progression to practice guitar and bass too. Disclaimer:I have no music theory training, probably not helping. I have done simple sheets in the past but having trouble putting it all

Re: Hyperlink to Metacode

2016-03-07 Thread David Kastrup
Konstantin Heuer writes: > Hi there, > > > I would like to employ point-and-click on Lilypond-files, > that are algorithmically generated by means > of other programming languages. > > Is there a way to override the hyperlinks in the pdf-files, > to make them point to a user defined line and f