version 2.24.4 lacks Installer for MacOS

2025-07-02 Thread David Olson
'm accustomed to using. is Frescobaldi now required? I don't see an installer anywhere on my desktop or in the Applications folder. TIA, David Olson San Diego

Das Glasperlenspiel coding question

2024-10-21 Thread David Olson
that my first draft of Nothing Other Than's description is unsatisfying to people who actually write code. Suggestions welcome. Pond-fraternally yours, David Olson Los Angeles

italic phrase in lyrics

2024-05-15 Thread David Olson
Suppose the lyrics contain two contradictory propositions: Ma -- the -- ma -- tics is in -- vent -- ed. Ma -- the -- ma -- tics is dis -- cov -- ered. Is this the only way to put the second proposition in italics? \markup { \italic Ma } -- \markup { \italic the } -- \markup { \italic ma }

Re: subscript in lyrics

2024-04-26 Thread David Olson
As it turns out, the "bc" text needs to be in lower case for \smallCaps to work. title = \markup { 539. Threshing Floor of Aruna. 1100 \smallCaps bc } it doesn't operate on text that's already capitalized. Thanks for the help! I never would have solved this by myse

Re: subscript in lyrics

2024-04-26 Thread David Olson
he \markup command is not being compiled. The PDF only prints the literal text of the command itself, including the curly brackets. Thanks again for your earlier help; it works beautifully. David Olson Los Angeles - Original Message - From: "mskala" To: "dadadharma @ds

subscript in lyrics

2024-04-20 Thread David Olson
countered the example cited above, I reacted passionately to "They shall not..." becoming "We will overcome" -- a definite sense of the Muse at work. This definite sense was perhaps the intellectual thought that paralleled my passion. Well-chosen! and Thanks for the Inspirati

N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-19 Thread David Olson
ul? If the intention is not to be helpful, but cute, then it's an insult to anyone who wants to suppress the "N.C." How can it be otherwise? David Olson

Re: error :GUILE signaled an error for the expression

2021-07-13 Thread David Olson
the median of the singers) (why is that?) (below the dignity of the neocortex, but lodged in the periaqueductal grey?) Not a fan of かな漢字変換 feature on Mac OSX (System 8 and System 9 were much better). David Olson Tinseltown From: "ming tsang" To: "lilypond-user" Cc: &

edit to Lilypond wikipedia article

2020-04-16 Thread David Olson
. Respectfully, David Olson

Re: alignAboveContext for alto

2019-12-09 Thread David Olson
ou would like a more appropriate solution, tell me know. Have a nice day, Rémy > Message du 08/12/19 20:42 > De : "David Olson" > A : "lilypond-user" > Copie à : > Objet : alignAboveContext for alto > > Dear Lilyponders, Suppose I have a C

alignAboveContext for alto

2019-12-08 Thread David Olson
xt = "Voice" } { alignAboveContext = "altoMusic" } \new Voice = "two" { \altoMusic } \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "two" } {\lyricsto "two" \stanzaFirst } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "two" \stanzaTwo This just prints the &

Re: octavating slurs

2019-11-01 Thread David Olson
Sorry, my comments are no longer lilypondish, nevertheless represent a little-known aspect of the sociability of music. Thanks again, David Kastrup, and others who built this option into Lilypond! David Olson Los Angeles p.s. Also, these songs are not so difficult. <http://w

Re: octavating slurs

2019-10-31 Thread David Olson
Thank you David ! ^(_( works perfectly -- david olson - Original Message - From: "David Kastrup" To: "dadadharma @dslextreme.com" Cc: "lilypond-user" Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 4:42:46 PM Subject: Re: octavating slurs David Olson writes: &g

octavating slurs

2019-10-31 Thread David Olson
s who take the profound option, it would be nice if there was a slur symbol right where their eyes are focused If it can't be done, we'll live with it... TIA, David Olson

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread David Olson
Hello Jacques, If the intention is to eliminate the display of time signatures, Isn't it possible to use the make-moment function? { \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2 2) d2 a'2 fis2} { \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 3 2) d2 a'2 b4 b4 } From: "Guy Stalnaker

Re: [OT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir

2018-06-11 Thread David Olson
Shane wrote: > Then again a many of them have had some > "helpful" person tidy things up and disposed > of vast amounts of "useless" stuff. They also make trades with other choir directors. David From: "Shane Brandes" To: "Bernhard Kleine" , "lilypond-user" Sent: Monday, June 11, 2

Re: [VOT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir

2018-06-10 Thread David Olson
n group on Anthroposophical poetry and music? David Olson Culver City, California - Original Message - From: "J Martin Rushton" To: "lilypond-user" Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 10:18:37 AM Subject: Re: [VOT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir On 10/06/18 18:0

Re: shaped notes

2018-05-10 Thread David Olson
. To quibble, Rachel Hall says " typeset the music" but of course Lilypond is about engraving, not typesetting. And that's why it's so beautiful. Come sing with us if you're ever in Los Angeles, David Olson <http://www.hosorembo.com/> From: "

perfect major thirds

2014-07-01 Thread David Olson
what should I write to actually do this? <http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=786> > The arrows represent the alteration > that changes a Pythagorean major > third to a perfect major third. And MIDI will output this, right? Thanks in advance, David Olson Culver C

braille output

2010-02-01 Thread David Olson
If a blind singer starts coming to our group, and we already have our songs in .ly files, is there a way of generating braille copies? Surfing the web, I see that historically, various hopeful announcements have been made, but I can't find anything documentationwise. David

Re: stanza set to AABA tune

2010-01-20 Thread David Olson
Thanks everybody. In the meantime, I created dummy unnumbered stanzas, and it worked. <http://www.hosorembo.com/Revival/Friendship.html> The info from Francisco Vila is very useful and I'll start using it. Thanks again, David Olson ___ li

stanza set to AABA tune

2010-01-20 Thread David Olson
epeat { one two three } } it does not compile -- expecting LYRICS_STRING or STRING or STRING_IDENTIFIER Do I need to name the repeated section and then integrate it in the "score" section? Any template of AABA music out there? David Olson Culver City, CA ___

Re: [frogs] Re: Numeric note heads for singers

2010-01-10 Thread David Olson
>From a teaching point of view: the "mi" (diamond/lozenge) is unique, so it doesn't need a number. Would dice-like dots be better than numbers, I wonder. the "fa" (triangle) is the main source of confusion. In major, fa is both "1" (tonic") and "4" (subdom). In minor/dorian, fa is both "3" and

Re: [frogs] Re: Numeric note heads for singers

2010-01-09 Thread David Olson
gle points in the opposite direction from the triangular outline of "4". Getting new singers to distinguish between tonic-triangle and fourth-triangle is the main thing. I guess there isn't any way of doing this right now, and that's a

Numeric note heads for singers

2010-01-03 Thread David Olson
te.net/berkley/HesperianHarp.htm> LilyPond seems to have been designed for instrumentalists. It would be useful to have a site/tutorial that focuses on four-part-harmony issues. If someone has already done this, let me know. Photo of me is here: <http://www.meetup.com/Ballona-Fasola-Singe