Re: problems with learning lilypond

2008-11-19 Thread Federico Grau
I've found the lilypond documentation to be quite good (after having been using it now for about a year). It starts with an introduction, has a friendly gentle tutorial, followed up by a detailed reference. If you're not able to use it, maybe start with a simple project. As you become more comfo

Re: lilypond print jobs consistently disappear to dev null

2008-11-17 Thread Federico Grau
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 01:55:28PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote: > >>>>> "Federico" == Federico Grau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Federico> Hello, My lilypond print jobs consistently disappear to dev > Federico> null when I try to print them with

lilypond print jobs consistently disappear to dev null

2008-11-16 Thread Federico Grau
Hello, My lilypond print jobs consistently disappear to dev null when I try to print them with a free software tool such as kpdf or gpdf?! My printer is a pretty standard laser printer, (HP Lasterjet 4 with PS support) connected via parallel cable to a CUPS server. Most of the time it works fine

Chords as roman numerals

2008-04-02 Thread Federico Grau
Hello, I would like to have chord names shown as roman numerals. Ex: in the key of D minor names roman numerals Dm i A7 V7 Gm7 iv7 I have a simple 4 bar example using the named chords posted online here: http://casagrau.org/~donfede/lily/notation_

Creating lead sheet "rhythmic slashes"

2007-10-09 Thread Federico Grau
Hello Lilypond folk, First, thanks for a wonderful product. While I am still getting comfortable with it, I have already begun to create nice looking scores with it. Now my question; in "simple" lead-sheets, sometimes no actual notes are written, instead only "rhythmic patterns" and chords above