RE: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-08 Thread Stephen MacNeil
Actually I just noticed \halign -- that's not needed I copied it from another one where it was needed so those examples should just read \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "B"} etc. Stephen ___ lilypond-use

RE: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-08 Thread Stephen MacNeil
There are several ways I do this, I use this for students a lot here are a few ways to achieve this % \version "2.18.2" \paper { indent = 0 left-margin = 15 } A = \relative c' { \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup {\halign #-2 \box \fontsize #5 \pad-around #.5 \bold "A"} c

Re: \keepWithTag #'A {\keepWithTag #'B \music}

2016-05-08 Thread H. S. Teoh
On Sun, May 08, 2016 at 05:13:31PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 07 May 2016 at 10:42:43 (+0200), Gianmaria Lari wrote: > > Dear David thank you for explaining the problem and pointing me out > > the documentation where this is discussed. > > > > Yes, I could organize my code differently but

Re: \keepWithTag #'A {\keepWithTag #'B \music}

2016-05-08 Thread David Wright
On Sat 07 May 2016 at 10:42:43 (+0200), Gianmaria Lari wrote: > Dear David thank you for explaining the problem and pointing me out > the documentation where this is discussed. > > Yes, I could organize my code differently but this would be less > clear. Try to have a look to the attached image ca

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread David Wright
On Sun 08 May 2016 at 19:13:37 (+0200), Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote: > Would dynamics parts dedicated to breaks and pageBreaks, stored in variables, > be useful? They might contain only spacer rests and such breaks, and be used > by Piano I and Piano II parts. > > I use this satisfactorily to prod

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Urs Liska
Am 08.05.2016 um 19:13 schrieb Urs Liska: > One thing I just start thinking of: you can use openLilyLib's break package > to ease your workflow. This allows you to specify breaks as one single list. > Then you can apply that break list to both scores. You still have to do the > page breaking

Re: Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-08 Thread David Wright
On Sun 08 May 2016 at 19:06:27 (+0100), Anthonys Lists wrote: > Basically, I want to do pretty much what "instrument name" does in a > score - I want to put the name of the section in front of the start > of the staff. The problem is, as always, when you use a feature for > what it's not intended f

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Jacques Menu Muzhic
Just found out that: \tempo 2 = 60 was misplaced, put it in Controle instead of Basse. JM > Le 8 mai 2016 à 21:59, Jacques Menu Muzhic a écrit : > > > > >> Le 8 mai 2016 à 19:14, Alberto Simões a >> écrit : >> >> >> >> On 08/05/16 18:13, Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Jacques Menu Muzhic
Hello Alberto, You’ll find attached an example, a reduction from one of my actual scores. I hope it’s not too big, but I needed to keep if of some length to show the idea. The dimming of sections of the « dessus » is because the soloists will take over one after the other (they’re oboists). You

Placing a section name at the start of a staff

2016-05-08 Thread Anthonys Lists
Basically, I want to do pretty much what "instrument name" does in a score - I want to put the name of the section in front of the start of the staff. The problem is, as always, when you use a feature for what it's not intended for, you can get unexpected side effects. I've got four sections, s

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Alberto Simões
On 08/05/16 18:13, Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote: Hello, Would dynamics parts dedicated to breaks and pageBreaks, stored in variables, be useful? They might contain only spacer rests and such breaks, and be used by Piano I and Piano II parts. I use this satisfactorily to produce director and mu

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Jacques Menu Muzhic
Hello, Would dynamics parts dedicated to breaks and pageBreaks, stored in variables, be useful? They might contain only spacer rests and such breaks, and be used by Piano I and Piano II parts. I use this satisfactorily to produce director and musicians parts, with the same breaks in the first

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Urs Liska
Am 8. Mai 2016 16:39:56 MESZ, schrieb "Alberto Simões" : > > >On 08/05/16 15:37, Jean-Charles Malahieude wrote: >> >> Has anyone tried to build it as one markup with three columns (left >> pianist, the binding, and right pianist) on an A3-landscape sheet? >> The only problem would be the page nu

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Alberto Simões
On 08/05/16 15:37, Jean-Charles Malahieude wrote: Has anyone tried to build it as one markup with three columns (left pianist, the binding, and right pianist) on an A3-landscape sheet? The only problem would be the page numbering… That could always be done later... use pdfjam or the like to

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Jean-Charles Malahieude
Le 08/05/2016 à 16:27, Urs Liska a écrit : The issue with that kind of score is that one needs two independent scores with identical page breaks. AFAICS there's still no alternative to doing that manually, though. Has anyone tried to build it as one markup with three columns (left pianist,

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Alberto Simões
On 08/05/16 15:27, Urs Liska wrote: The issue with that kind of score is that one needs two independent scores with identical page breaks. AFAICS there's still no alternative to doing that manually, though. OK, that was what I feared. Thanks for confirming it. Alberto _

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Urs Liska
Am 8. Mai 2016 16:09:05 MESZ, schrieb Andrew Bernard : >Hi Alberto, > > >On 8 May 2016 at 23:55, Alberto Simões >wrote: >> Hi >> >> I imagine this is a recurring question. Well, at least I remember >doing a >> similar question about ten years ago. >> >> I am asking again because things change, a

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Alberto Simões
On 08/05/16 15:09, Andrew Bernard wrote: Hi Alberto, On 8 May 2016 at 23:55, Alberto Simões wrote: Hi I imagine this is a recurring question. Well, at least I remember doing a similar question about ten years ago. I am asking again because things change, and I expect to be some better app

Re: 4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Alberto, On 8 May 2016 at 23:55, Alberto Simões wrote: > Hi > > I imagine this is a recurring question. Well, at least I remember doing a > similar question about ten years ago. > > I am asking again because things change, and I expect to be some better > approaches to what I need. Better th

4 hands piano pieces book

2016-05-08 Thread Alberto Simões
Hi I imagine this is a recurring question. Well, at least I remember doing a similar question about ten years ago. I am asking again because things change, and I expect to be some better approaches to what I need. I want to prepare a small book of small 4 hands piece. This mean that I need

Re: Figured Bass Tweaks

2016-05-08 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-05-08 2:28 GMT+02:00 Sam Bivens : > Hi all, > > Attached, I show my solutions for two figured bass tweaks: first, a > parenthesized (not bracketed) figure; and second, a lone integer on the > "lower line." > > The work-arounds are good enough for now, I'm just curious if anyone has any > bette

Re: Figured Bass Tweaks

2016-05-08 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi Sam, How about: \version "2.19.40" line = { c'1 | d' | } figs = \figuremode { < 7 >2 <\markup\concat {( \tiny\number "6" ) } > | < 5_3 > < \markup\tiny\number\transparent "5" _3 > | } \score { << \new Staff \line \new FiguredBass \figs >> } Cheers, Pierre 2016-05-08 2