Re: "oom pah" and chord line

2024-08-02 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Le mer. 31 juil. 2024 à 18:18, Gilles Sadowski a écrit : > > Hello. > > A common accompaniment motive is "oom pah": > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oom-pah > > An excerpt of a LilyPond-generated score is attached. > I get this PDF output by encoding separatel

"oom pah" and chord line

2024-07-31 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. A common accompaniment motive is "oom pah": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oom-pah An excerpt of a LilyPond-generated score is attached. I get this PDF output by encoding separately the "oom" ("bassoon" line) and the "pah" (the chord line), for the purpose of getting the MIDI output right

Re: Emacs setup

2024-07-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Le jeu. 4 juil. 2024 à 17:05, Kenneth Flak a écrit : > > "Kenneth Flak" writes: > > Sorry, forgot to add subject... Still getting used to mu4e :-D > Kenneth > > > Hi list, > > > > I've started learning me a bit of emacs, and I would love to get > > lilypond working with it as well... Howe

Re: Adjusting instrumentation of a MIDI output?

2024-05-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Le mer. 8 mai 2024 à 06:54, Alasdair McAndrew a écrit : > > Hello, > > I've set various instruments for my MIDI output (from an early 18th century > piece), but I have a new soundfont with better instruments. Is there any way > I can get lilypond to pick up, as it were, the instrument from

Re: audible metronome in MIDI file?

2022-04-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > [...] > > The typical solution for that is an additional drum staff with high- and low > woodblocks in parallel to the actual music as shown in a snippet of the > snippet repository: > https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=876 > In order to be universally useful, shouldn't this functionalit

Re: help for midi instruments

2022-04-02 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Le sam. 2 avr. 2022 à 18:29, Guy Stalnaker a écrit : > > Curious question if I may. Respondents in this thread suggest something is > possible I thought was not possible. Is it true that putting on a whole note > crescendo or decrescendo dynamics > > c1\> ... \p > > creates midi output with incr

Re: help for midi instruments

2022-04-02 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Le sam. 2 avr. 2022 à 17:01, Kieren MacMillan a écrit : > > Hi all, > > > is there a way to create [MIDI dynamics], but then keeping them hidden on > > the score, leaving just normal dynamic sign? > > A perfect use-case for the Edition Engraver. :) What's the incantation equivalent to Knute's t

Re: help for midi instruments

2022-04-02 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Le sam. 2 avr. 2022 à 01:19, Dario Marrini a écrit : > > hi guys, > I want to copy an orchestral part (as attachemento render it to midi file; > I'm quite newbie about midi, and I'd know if it's possible to perform some > things : > > i choose 'string ensemble 1' as midi instrument, but

Re: My Tuba+Piano engravings: during midi playback, the Piano dominates the Tuba; why?

2022-02-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello? Le dim. 27 févr. 2022 à 18:47, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit : > > Hi; > > My Tuba+Piano engravings: during midi playback, the Piano dominates > the Tuba; why? > > I know that this is really a midi versus live performance question... > > I can change the dynamics of the Tuba to be "fff" an

Re: [OLL} Discourse forum

2020-10-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-10-16 15:47 UTC+02:00, Andrew Bernard : > To provide a focus and a sub-community for LilyPond users and those > interested in openLilyLib, I have established a Discourse forum here: > > https://discourse.openlilylib.space > > All are welcome to join. It's a forum and a parallel mailing li

Re: Future of openLilyLib

2020-09-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Moving back to the ML; it was not my intention to discuss this "off-list"; I hope I won't be sued for public disclosure of a private communication. ;-) [See quoted text for the two messages that went off-list.] 2020-09-22 12:40 UTC+02:00, Karsten Reincke : > > On 2

Re: Question about abbreviations

2020-08-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-08-27 10:48 UTC+02:00, Alasdair McAndrew : > Hello, > > I don't know if this is possible in Lilypond, so I'm asking the experts... > In a bar of 3/4 time I might have, say: c4. c8 c4 - a very standard > rhythm. I remember once that in a score-writing system I used years ago, > this could

Re: Spacing of systems while using lyluatex

2020-08-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. Le mar. 25 août 2020 à 17:09, Claire Meyer a écrit : > > Hi, > > Let me preface with the fact that I'm not sure that a system is what I think > it is, for me, it's a "line" of all the staves of my score. > I'm using lyluatex to embed my music within a latex file, and on page 3, the > int

Re: Help with Midi

2020-08-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-08-14 17:49 UTC+02:00, David Sumbler : > When working on a project in Lilypond I usually set things up to > generate midi files as well as printable output, mainly for note- > checking. But it is interesting to generate an ensemble midi file too. > I play these files with TiMidity, using

Re: Creating midi file that is not empty

2020-08-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. 2020-08-08 2:33 UTC+02:00, Claire Meyer : > Hi everyone, > > I have read the documentation and have gone through the archives of the > mailing list, and don't understand what I've got wrong. The midi file I > generate is empty and doesn't contain music. My .ly file is as follows : > > \scor

Re: [OT] modify midi

2020-06-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-06-15 12:09 UTC+02:00, Gianmaria Lari : > Sometimes I would like to modify a bit the midi file generated by Lilypond. > What stops me from doing that is that in case I modify the lilypond source > I lose all the work done on the midi and I have to do it again from > scratch. > > So I was

Re: registering a composition

2020-05-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Le sam. 23 mai 2020 à 22:46, antlists a écrit : > > On 22/05/2020 13:26, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > > IIUC, CC licences aim to protect against others making money from > > your work. How is "ASCAP not being happy" related to that? > > > > > Unless I'

Re: registering a composition

2020-05-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Le jeu. 21 mai 2020 à 19:57, Francesco Petrogalli a écrit : > > OK, thank you all for the kind reply. > > Here is my understanding, just double cheking with you guys is my > reasoning is right. I can't follow the whole reasoning (see below), but the conclusion seems nevertheless utterly unfa

Re: "Dangling" ties.

2020-05-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. 2020-05-21 2:28 UTC+02:00, Hwaen Ch'uqi : > Greetings, > > Is there a way to force LilyPond to engrave ties at the end of a > snippet of music? No need to "force" ;-) http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/snippets/expressive-marks#expressive-marks-laissez-vibrer-ties Regards, Gilles

Re: Paralellizing Lilypond [was: Re: Sibelius Software UK office shutsdown]

2012-08-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 01:21:27PM +0100, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: > On 10/08/12 15:08, Phil Holmes wrote: > >- Original Message - From: "Joseph Rushton Wakeling" > > > >>What counts as a "chunk" for the -djob-count option? It's not clear from > >>the > >>2.15 usage manual. > > > >I

Re: Appreciation / Financial support

2012-06-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:03:53PM +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:35 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > > Janek Warchoł writes: > > > >> David Nalesnik already did this: > >> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=838 > >> > >>> I think the issue at this point is not LilyPond's

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 02:03:49PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > Gilles Sadowski writes: > > >> oboe = \relative c'' { \key g \minor d16 d8. ~ d4 } > >> clarinetB = \relative c'' { \transposition bes c16 c8. ~ c4 } > >> hornF

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 08:12:20AM +0200, Helge Kruse wrote: > Am 07.06.2012 17:23, schrieb Gilles Sadowski: > >>besides some other voices. I know the name "Clarinet in B" but > > > >Likely, this should have been "Clarinet in Bb" where the small &qu

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I am transcribing an autograph with an arrangement for a small > orchestra. There are two transposing instruments: Clarinet in B and > French horn in F. The piece itself is set in g minor (some parts > also in g major). > > The original score begins with this picture: > > oboe = \relative

Re: Trouble with acciaccatura at the beginning of a piece

2012-01-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 02:03:19PM +0100, Ninn Langel wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm just getting started with lilypond, but I do have some programming > knowledge. > > I'm having trouble with this input: > > \version "2.15.24" > \include "english.ly" > > global = { > \time 2/4 > \k

Re: Empty music sheet generator in LilyPond

2011-09-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 06:01:56PM +0200, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 8. September 2011, 17:51:25 schrieb Gilles Sadowski: > > It looks promising. > > But it would be better if it were nice to the forests: Sheets should > > probably contain more than one staff/s

Re: Empty music sheet generator in LilyPond

2011-09-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Every now and then you need empty music sheets to write a score or > arrangement > manually on paper, prepare some exercises for you instrumental students or > simply do some homework for college. Wouldn't it be great if you could create > empty score sheets for the exact instrumentat

Re: Best Practices for Multiple Part Scores

2011-07-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I've been having a heck > of a time finding previous threads that go into any depth. I see one > from 2008 (revived in 2010) that references a part of the Learning > Manual that seems to have moved from section 5 but doesn't really > contain a

Re: Question about Transposing: Score vs. Midi Output

2011-07-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 11:27:25AM +0200, Robert Schmaus wrote: > Hello fellow Lilyponderers, > > I'm currently typesetting a score for Bigband, i.e. lots of > transposing instruments. I'm writing everything in concert pitch, so > I can check everything with the midi output. My initial idea was >

Re: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-07-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > > > I would love to put together a "Best Practices" example/snippet/document > > Good idea! > I don't write much music for transposing instruments, so i cannot give > any advice, but i have a question that may trigger a discussion: how > to prepare scores with transposing instruments so t

Re: status of mutopia project

2011-04-09 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > [...] > I hope everyone knows about the Werner Icking Music Archive? > http://icking-music-archive.org/index.php > > Public domain, pdf files, and the maintainer encourages contributors to > include source (and sound or at least midi) files. Most of my music >

Re: How to create a coda with a gap?

2010-11-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > 3. The segno sign is for too high. Maybe the attached file helps somewhat for this item. > 4. The first volta bracket doesn´t have an end line. I noticed that using \bar "|." prints the vertical end line, while \bar "||" does not. Best, Gilles \version "2.12.0" \paper { ragged-la

Re: help with particular notation...

2010-10-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 03:49:01PM +0100, Mark Knoop wrote: > At 15:58 on 12 Oct 2010, 106ohm(G.Masetti) wrote: > > I don't know how to trascript a particolar notation, I had scan the > > paper and isolate the problem, the little image is here: > > http://poisson.phc.unipi.it/~masetti/IMG.jpg > >

Re: Problems with segnos and codas

2010-10-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 09:26:52AM -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: > While this doesn't solve the problem (somebody else seems to have > done that), it'd sure be nice if using marks for segno and coda > would be a lot more user friendly- like > > g1\segno > > g1\coda That would not solve the problem

Re: Problems with segnos and codas

2010-10-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > You're trying to put 2 rehearsal marks on the same bar line. Does > something like: > > { r4 r r >\override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER >\mark \markup {"D.S " \musicglyph #"scripts.segno" " " > \musicglyph #"scripts.coda" "Coda "} > | > g2 r2 | > } > > d

Re: Help using convert-ly recursively on Linux

2010-09-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I'm running LilyPond on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). > > I'd like to run convert-ly against all of my .ly files that I have created, > without having to manually change directories to each directory that > contains a file I want to convert, and then run convert-ly against the files > in t

Re: Replies to the list

2010-09-01 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Maybe another, non-technical, viewpoint. I think that, out of respect for those people who are on the list, someone who intends to ask for help from them, should have made the (little) effort of subscribing. Or, if he is not subscribed, he should state it in his message, and kindly request th

Re: Cord Names vs midi Instrument

2010-03-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Is it possible to override the midi instrument for named chords (to > change it to a guitar, for instance) or is note format the only way ? \set ChordNames.midiInstrument = "acoustic guitar (nylon)" Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I cannot quite find figure out from the manual which is a better practice when > typesetting transposing instruments (say, a B\flat clarinet): I use the following (assuming that the music contents is in variable "clarinetNotes" and that the "global" variable namely contains the "\key" de

Re: Octave help

2010-01-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > When I am using Lilypond the program assumes a different octave and > no matter what I do the the \relative c, it won't change the octave. > See the code below: > > { > \clef treble > \time 4/4 > \key g \major > \relative c > \partial 4 d8 d > d d g g

Re: RE; Re nesting curves getting closer

2010-01-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > >>> Gilles asked for an attachment I don't exactly know what to attach so > >>> I've attached the latest pdf output. > >> > >> What was wanted was the exact working code to get bad output, which you've > >> included in the body of the email. Perfect! > > > > IMHO, perfect would be to *att

Re: RE; Re nesting curves getting closer

2010-01-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > Gilles asked for an attachment I don't exactly know what to attach so > > I've attached the latest pdf output. > > What was wanted was the exact working code to get bad output, which you've > included in the body of the email. Perfect! IMHO, perfect would be to *attach* a complete lilyp

Re: Nesting SLurs and phrases

2010-01-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I would have expected something like this to work > e''8-1^\markup {\bold "#8"} \slurDown > ( > \slurNeutral > (f-2 e f) fis-3 (f-2 fis f\)) ^^ This "\)" seems unbalanced. > but it won't compile. Gilles P.S. Please always give a self-contained example

Re: marks

2010-01-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > can I put "marks" A, B, C etc etc generated by \mark\default in a > separate file to be included in every staff/staffgroup, [...] Yes. You could proceed somewhat along the following lines. In file "global.inc.ly": %---CUT--- \version "2.12.0" global = { \key d \minor \time 2/4 \

Re: octave

2009-11-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Now, the part of the first piano has to be played an octave higher the > what is written on the score, so the guy who has written it with > encore has placed an "8" over the clefs of the piano staves. > > Is this a standard way to specify to play an octave higher? > If yes, how can I do thi

Re: new website, nothing happening

2009-10-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Anybody volunteers? For, say, making an orchestra example? I can provide a version of "Adeste fideles"[1] arranged for SATB, oboe, trumpet, basson and strings. Let me know whether it would be useful. Best, Gilles [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeste_Fideles

Re: Lilypond for drums

2009-10-01 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Thanks in advance. BTW, this is what I did for her three exercises (just > beginning ;-). Is this maybe rewritable to shorthand in some case? Maybe > with repeats or so? Any help wouyld be appreciated. The shorthand for cymr8 cymr8 cymr8 cymr8 would be \repeat unfold 4 { cymr

Re: text with \musicglyph

2009-07-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > ...and I'm not getting entirely what I need. The varcoda sign is too > low and too close to the preceding text. I've been searching through > the docs to find a solution and have not yet come across what I need. > > Ideas? Try fiddling with \raise #1.0 and \hspace #1.0 Best, Gil

Re: Reuse \header definitions: Is it possible?

2009-07-06 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Is there a way to reuse a \header definition? Yes; you put all your header items in a file which you then include wherever you need them: In file "header.inc.ly": ---CUT--- title = "..." subtitle = "..." composer = "..." % etc. ---CUT--- And, in other files: ---CUT--- \header { \include

Re: instrument name misalignment

2009-07-06 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I have several instances where instrument names are too high, much higher > than the staff center line. It happens with both full and short names, but > only when a volta bracket is over the first measure. > > If this rings a bell and merits further discussion, I can provide examples. With

Re: RehearsalMark under Volta Bracket

2009-06-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > In this example, is there a way to move the "To Coda" rehearsal mark so > that it is underneath the Volta Bracket? Also, I'd like to have the > brackets on the same baseline (after the mark is moved down). > > Any hints? Things you might try to fiddle with are: \override Score.Rehear

Re: [frogs] trailing spaces

2009-05-26 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. >>> python script that removes tailing spaces >>> from lines. [if: s/Python/Perl/] perl -i -pe 's/\s+$/\n/' some_file Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: midi omits one instrument in full score

2009-05-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Hi again. I did some more work and found that "viola" and "vibraphone" are > silent while "voice oohs", "glockenspiel", and "violin" (and default > acoustic grand) play ok. As I indicated in my previous reply, this depends on the MIDI player, and accompanying data used for rendering the

Re: midi omits one instrument in full score

2009-05-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Hi, I've copied my complete code at the bottom, but the highlighted part is > this. The midi plays the piano part only. > > [...] > > I've tried repositioning the \set Staff.midiInstrument everywhere but I > never hear the part. Did you try selecting another instrument? [Maybe it's the

Re: printing rest in ChordNames context

2009-05-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > This solution to the N.C. problem (use r to indicate N.C.) ^^^ Will R also work? Thanks, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/

Re: Multiple skips in lyrics

2009-05-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> [...] I use > underscore "_" multiple times, e.g. 30 underscores. Is there any more > convenient way to define multiple skips instead of long row of > underscores like "_ _ _ _ _ _ _"? \repeat unfold 30 { _ } Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user maili

Re: I don't remember how to do this ...

2009-04-10 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > [...] > realized that the notes are one step too high. > [...] If I understood correctly, you just need to use "\transpose": > > % -- Trombone 1-- > tbonea = { all the notes of the piece } > trombonea = \relative c { > \global > \key f \major > \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Tro

Re: Writing text in a measure

2009-02-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
>> This seems to work for me (see attached files). > > But don't you need an \instrumentSwitch command near the end? I never used this command. How is it related to what the first poster asked? Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user

Re: Writing text in a measure

2009-02-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I need something like > > music .. |s-\markup {"Play loud random notes, then burn your instrument (30s) > "}| more notes... This seems to work for me (see attached files). Best, Gilles \version "2.10.10" mm = \relative c'' { a4 b c d | s4-\markup {"Play loud random notes, then burn

Re: why does this simple notation fail a barcheck?

2009-02-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> trpta = { > \partial 8*1 e8-. | > e4 d8 c4 d8 | > e4 e8-. r r e | > e4 d8 c4 d8 | > e4 e8 r r fs | > g4 fs8 g4 e8 | > d2 d8 e | > \times 2/3 {f4 fs b} | > \times 2/3 {d c b} | > g2.\fermata \bar "||" | > r1*5 > } > > There errors are this - > > > Interpreting music... [8] > F:/Lilypond Files/Scor

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > First, the great thing about a program like LilyPond is that one is > not constrained to templates. You create your own that works for you. I don't see templates are not a constraint but as a time-saver. It's nice not to be constrained to a single one. But that doesn't mean that one templa

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
>> E.g. in this instance, I would have liked to keep the drone notes and >> the >> melody notes together (i.e. in the same file) because they both are >> the >> bagpipe "content". >> But that, as we've seen, that makes it difficult to separate the >> printed >> from the midi output; hence I ha

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Ah, I understand now. Honestly, I would change the input to reflect what > you want. What you want is a midi voice that is not present in the score. > If I understand correctly, you have typeset this voice into the printed > score. (This is where I learned a lot from Kieren about separati

Re: Multi measure rest for non 4/4 measures

2009-02-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> > I wanted to have something like that : > > \set Score.skipBars = ##t > \time 12/8 r1*12/8*4 ^^^ Should be a capital R. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
I'd like a "Voice" to be totally invisible (i.e. taking up no space) while retaining midi output. >>> >>> Then don't include it in the \score block with a \layout. You can >>> have >>> multiple \score blocks in a file. >>> \score { >>> \new Staff {\bagpipeMusic} >>> \layout

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. >> I'd like a "Voice" to be totally invisible (i.e. taking up no space) >> while >> retaining midi output. > > Then don't include it in the \score block with a \layout. You can have > multiple \score blocks in a file. > \score { > \new Staff {\bagpipeMusic} > \layout {} > } > \sc

Total invisibility

2009-02-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I'd like a "Voice" to be totally invisible (i.e. taking up no space) while retaining midi output. The purpose is to add the drone to a bagpipe part. Currently I've done something like the attached file. The problem is that the "\drone" takes space and pushes the violin staff downwards. Also (

Re: RemoveEmptyStaffContext

2009-02-10 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I have a score with 3 voices, A, B, and C. > Voices B and C have a lot in common. For about half of the score the B > parts is identical to the C part. > > By specifying rests in voice B where it is identical to voice C, and > using \RemoveEmptyStaffContext, LilyPond can eliminate printing

Re: jeux inegales

2009-01-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > the question I'm asking You is not directly connected with lilypond, > but I guess, that some of You could help me a lot. > I'm searching for instructive examples from the french baroque-music, > where the so called "jeux inegales" (it's a little bit like swing) has ^^

Re: Markup from HTML

2009-01-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. >> does anyone of you have a script or a way to convert from (simple) >> html to markup like this: >> >> This is a melisma. >> >> To get: >> >> \markup { "This is a " \concat { "me" \bold \italic "lis" "ma." } } >> > > sed would do the job, but I'm too hazy on it to offer a solution. Dep

Re: Combining parts

2009-01-21 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > My problem is that when combining the top parts as separate voices, it > > looks rather messy and confusing. I can combine two parts with > > \partcombine, and that does give a much better copy, but it still leaves > > the third part. I know that \partcombine can only handle two parts, b

Re: combine dynamics of 2 voices

2008-12-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I would like to print on the same staff two parts of wind instruments > (flutes, clarinettes...) but if I use << { \partI } \\ { \partII } >> or > \partcombine { \partI } { \partII }, the dynamics are not merged when > they are the same. I get the same crescendo et decrescendo above an

Re: Escaping text in title and composer?

2008-10-26 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > [...] I can easily change " to \" > in the text, but perhaps there are other characters that will cause lilypond > to fail. As a first step, I'd suggest to filter out (or escape) anything that your program cannot handle. Languages usually used for web development provide libraries for regul

Re: Transposing help.

2008-10-26 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > If someone could download the music and help me out here I would greatly > appreciate it. It is mentioned, on the Mutopia page for that piece that this score uses LilyPond v2.6.4. Did you compile it with the right version? In fact, I guess that you have a much more recent version installe

Re: How to put whole measure rest in unmetered music?

2008-10-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Maybe that \cadenzaOn is what you should use. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: chord name position

2008-10-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > changes = \chords { > c1 c1 > } > > slashes = { > \override NoteHead #'style = #'slash > b'1 b'1 > } > > \score { > \new Staff << > \changes > \slashes > >> > } > > --- > > would someone be kind enough to explain? \new Staff

Re: Keeping annotations when extracting parts from a score

2008-10-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I've got a song where several annotations like "Refrain" or "Verse" are set > in > the Vocals (because that's the voice at the top of the system). > Now I'm starting to extract parts, and of course the annotations are only > shown in the vocal part. > is there any other way to have the

Re: Accidental besides trill

2008-10-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > How to put an accidental besides trill? Try this: e^\markup{\musicglyph #"scripts.trill" {\raise #1 \sharp}} Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: combining parts into a score

2008-10-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > \include "alto+descant notes.ly" > \include "alto2 notes.ly" > << > \new Staff \alto+descant notes > \new Staff \alto2 notes > >> This looks quite odd. Although I'm not sure whether lilypond will be confused by it, using spaces in a file name is a bad idea. Morevover "space" characters

Re: generating pdf and png but no ps

2008-10-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > How can I generate pdf and png but no ps? $ lilypond file.ly GNU LilyPond 2.10.33 Processing `file.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music... [2] Preprocessing graphical objects... Layout output to `file.ps'... Converting to `file.pdf'... $ rm file.ps > Can I adjust resolution of the png? I just

Re: chords above piano staff

2008-09-30 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > > Please send a minimal but *compilable* example: It's a waste of time > > Sorry, I thought advanced users could imagine the output. Sometimes not so advanced users, or users with less imagination can help too. ;-) Here attached a modified version of your code that puts the chords ab

Re: chords above piano staff

2008-09-30 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > The layout is as follows: > > \new PianoStaff << > \chords { ... } % 24 bars > \new Staff = "upper" { > \upperIntro% 8 bars > \melody% 16 bars > } > \addlyrics { } > } > \new Staff = "lower" { > \lowerInt

Re: Removing bundled LilyPond

2008-09-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> By '$HOME', I assume you mean the path of my local home directory. By > the way, what is my $PATH? Where do I find it and how may I alter it? "HOME" and "PATH" are so-called "environment" variables. You can change them in the initialization files of your shell (command-line interpreter). Whi

Re: Removing bundled LilyPond

2008-09-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Usually it is sufficient to rename the old executable and point a > symbolic link to the new one; say you installed the recent version in > /home/johndoe/bin/lilypond/, and the default choice is in /usr/bin/, > then you have do > mv /usr/bin/lilypond /usr/bin/lilypond-2.10.33 >

Re: padding tempo indication over multiple whole-bar rests?

2008-09-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> Sorry! I'm not quite sure what you mean by the .ly code, but I typeset the > indication as > > \mark\markup\normalsize {Maestoso} Then you probably need something like the following: \override Score.RehearsalMark #'padding = #3.0 Best, Gilles

Re: one voice

2008-09-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> I want to hide some notes. But, in the below quoted example, I don't see any example here... Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: How to split autobeam

2008-09-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Here's one example that produces the wrong beaming: > > right = \context Voice = "discant" > > { > > \clef violin > > \time 4/4 > > \relative b' { <> <> <> < fis b>> > > <> <> <> <> }| > > } Hmm, this is still not a complete code: The \score part is missing. Why do you use t

Re: How to split autobeam

2008-09-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > in a \time 4/4 a sequence of chords is written, patterns like this: > > <> <> <> <> Please always send a working LilyPond code example. It will make it easier to understand what you tried. The above does not compile (I'm using v2.10.33)! > these 4 chords are beamed together. But I need

Re: Getting a list of all pitches used in a score

2008-08-29 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > In any case, here is the script inline (just copy/paste the text between > > the "---CUT---" marks in another file): > > Please be aware that this script scans anything, including > commented-out lines and controls. For example, > > title = "This is a nice song" > \key d \major > >

Re: Getting a list of all pitches used in a score

2008-08-28 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I am unable to get the attachment (I get http error 404). What am I missing? A possible explanation was given in another post. In any case, here is the script inline (just copy/paste the text between the "---CUT---" marks in another file): ---CUT--- #!/usr/bin/perl -w use IO::File; my $

Re: Getting a list of all pitches used in a score

2008-08-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Does anyone have any ideas about how to get a list of all the pitches from a > score? ... besides just counting off the sheet music. > Even better, to get a count of how many times each of the used notes are > played. Here is a Perl script that counts the notes in LilyPond files (only the

Re: transparent background in lilypond generated png's

2008-08-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I've been using Lilypond regularly for several years now with great > satisfaction. Recently, I've begun using lilypond generated png files in > powerpoint presentations and I'd like to know if there is a way to > generate these files with a transparent (rather than white) background

Re: "set-global-staff-size..." puzzle

2008-08-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > If I have > > "#(set-global-staff-size 20)" > > in my code, I get 6 staffs spread across 1.5 pages (#6 is all that's on > page 2). If I set the size to 18, I get the crowded onto one page with > 2" at the bottom. > > I cannot figure out what's happening, or how to get better control of

Re: ver. 2.11.56 problems

2008-08-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > [...] > > For what it's worth. > > And again...thanks for all the help people have offered me since I've > arrive here. I now have a very good looking score in front of me, as > fruits for this labor - and more to come. I'm loving the experience I'm > having here, mostly. I'd love to giv

Re: ubuntu package

2008-08-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > What I want to do is install the latest version of LilyPond, but I'm > unsure how or if I should remove LilyPond 2.10.33. Since I like LilyPond > so much (despite my lack of knowledge concerning markup languages and > programming), I'd prefer to avoid fouling up the installation of the ne

Re: collision with TimeSig

2008-08-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I have a collision between the note and the text of the TimeSig in the below > quoted example. Compiling the provided code with version 2.10.33, I don't see that there is any collision (see the attached pdf). Best, Gilles test1.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document _

Re: Score with large empty section at the top

2008-08-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. For automatic adjustment of vertical spacing, you could also try what is explained here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Two_002dpass-vertical-spacing#Two_002dpass-vertical-spacing Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user ma

Re: Forcing note ... tail orientation

2008-08-09 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> > How can I force the note... erm... tail to go up or down, instead of the > automatic orientation based on the note position in the stave? > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Stems#index-g_t_005cstemDown-217 Gilles ___ li

Re: #(layout-set-staff-size 3)

2008-07-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > \score { > { > c' d' e' f' > } > \layout { > #(layout-set-staff-size 3) > } > } To get a global zoom out, try to put this #(set-global-staff-size 13) at the top of the file. Best, Gilles ___

Re: Roman numeral analysis

2008-06-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > I hoped there might be a seperate context for roman numerals [...] I use a \Lyrics context. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

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