Combining voices in the first part of choir music

I would like to write choral scores for soprano I, soprano II, alto and bass. The first part is quite simple. All parts are almost in unison, only the bass is an octave lower. This section should be written on two staves. The upper system consists of the sopranos and the alto part, the lower

Re: Connect final bar line in ChoirStaff

Am 19.05.2025 um 19:33 schrieb Michael Werner: ... \layout {   \context {     \ChoirStaff     \consists Span_bar_engraver     \override SpanBar.break-visibility = ##(#t #f #t)   } } The SpanBar.break-visibility is what's taking care of this. The 3 boolean values are basically beginning, mi

Re: Connect final bar line in ChoirStaff

Am 19.05.2025 um 19:05 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: There may be a more elegant way…? Hope that helps! Kieren. This does the requested job nearly to perfectly. I have control where exactly the connected bar appear. The notes are move a little bit, but that's okay for me. Thanks Helge

Connect final bar line in ChoirStaff

I am writing notes for a choir. That's why I use the ChoirStaff. Everything looks nice. But the original like many other printed notes have a closing bar line connected after the final measure. I tried to this with BarLine.allow-span-bar. This doesn't give neither a warning nor a error message.

Make tuplets evenly spaced

When notes are written, they should look nice so that they are easier to read. For example, the notes in triplets should have roughly the same spacing. When writing vocal music, however, we are dealing with syllables of different lengths. This can confuse the same spacing in triplets. How can the

Tweak the acidentials' order

I am sometimes not happy with the order of accidentals that Lilypond places. In the following example I would like to have the sharp right of the flat accidential, i.e. more narrower to the fis notehead: \version "2.24.4" \relative c {   \key d \minor   \clef bass   } How can I tweak the accide

Re: Interesting article on music editors (the human kind) in NY Times

Am 13.03.2025 um 17:22 schrieb Kevin Zembower: Thought this audience might be interested in this New York Times article entitled, "Inside the Detail-Obsessed, Essential World of Music Editing." There's some quotes from Elaine Gould, and a link to "Behind Bars." No mention of Lilypond, but does me

Re: Vertical re-order of text markup

Original Message From: Cameron Hall [mailto:camerongh...@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 7:49 PM To: Helge Kruse Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Vertical re-order of text markup That is controlled by the "outside-staff-priority" property. The default

Vertical re-order of text markup

I am experimenting with some fuzzy notation examples. These examples shall sometimes "violate" the standard rules of good note engraving. In one example some annotations are added to the notes, similar as shown in the PNG. I found a Lilypond code that does it halfway. But the annotation of the no

Fwd: Stanzas with different rhythms

Weitergeleitete Nachricht Betreff:Re: Stanzas with different rythms Datum: Fri, 20 May 2022 13:01:10 -0600 Von:Carl Sorensen An: Helge Kruse My way of doing it (based on the way it is done in the hymnals with which I am most familiar) is not to use small

Stanzas with different rythms

Although using Lilypond for some years I am a beginner in typsettings songs. I want to copy an existing sheet and replicate the style as far as possible. One idea is that the melody shows the rythm for the first stanza. The differences of other stanzas should be indicated with smaller notes (head

Re: Version 2.22.1 problem

On 21.11.2021 18:52, Leonid Hrabovsky wrote: Ok, I will check. My Windows version is 8. The errors are: "Error opening file for writing: C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\ bin\libexpat-1.dll Ther is a space in front of the "bin" in the directory name. That's strange. If this is not a typo in

Re: Windows Media Player alternatives for midi playing?

Am 31.10.2021 um 02:02 schrieb Wol: On 30/10/2021 08:42, Pablo Cordal wrote: The problem: WMP blocks the midi file while (and after) it's playing, so if I modify something in lilypond and I want to hear it, I have to close WMP, then compile, go to the folder and reproduce again.. and I'm compos

Re: Windows Media Player alternatives for midi playing?

Am 30.10.2021 um 09:42 schrieb Pablo Cordal: Question: anybody knows a mid player with does not block the file, so it loads the file each time for playing it? You can try the DesktopMidiPlayer. (http://breakoutbox.de/software/desktopmidi/desktopmidi.htm). This /app/ doesn't lock the file. But

Re: attenzione: troppe collisioni tra pause

On 25.09.2021 09:31, Mario Moles wrote: Ok! Here is an example in the attached file! You are engraving music for a single guitar in a single system. Your source source is not complete yet, two voices are empty in the example. But it looks like you want the player to play four voices simultaneo

Re: attenzione: troppe collisioni tra pause

On 24.09.2021 06:57, Mario Moles wrote: Hi! How to solve this warning: attenzione: troppe collisioni tra pause ? t's annoying! May be. But it's also hard to find an answer without more details. There is the idea of a minimum working example. Could you try to provide the snippet that causes

Re: Gracenote bug?

14 years, wow! I thought GCC bug 1773 would be the oldest bug. But that had been closed a decade ago. Helge Am 23.08.2021 um 20:49 schrieb Kees van den Doel: A 14 year old bug must be some sort of record. Workaround seems to put a grace note in all voices, but use 's' to make unwanted ones inv

Re: Barcheck failed when MIDI is enabled

Hi Lukas, Am 14.05.21 um 08:45 schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser: Hi Helge, Am 14.05.21 um 07:43 schrieb Helge Kruse: Why do I get the warning only for MIDI output and how can I avoid it? It seems MIDI creation does not deal correctly with the incomplete bars in the \alternative's. I didn&#

Barcheck failed when MIDI is enabled

Hello, I am copying a manuscript that uses volta repeats. The first measure is a upbeat (partial 4). I get the expected result. I looks like the manuscript. I also want to use the MIDI playback to get an impression how it will sound. Unfortunately I get PartialRepeat1.ly:65:31: warning: barchec

FingeringOrientation ignored

Hello, corresponding to http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/inside-the-staff#Ausgewahlte-Schnipsel-21 I want to change the position of the fingering. This doesn't work in my case. Wrong's wrong here? \version "2.19.80" \relative c' {   \key es\major   \clef bass   \set fingeri

Leadsheet for voice and ukulele

Hello, I want to transpose a song consisting of leadsheat and ukulele. It's my first song I typeset with Lilypond. At least I get an output that shows the most parts. But I am not satisfied in some points. I hope you can give me some hints how to improve it. - There are a lot of warnings "No st

Leadsheet for voice and ukulele

Hello, I want to transpose a song consisting of leadsheat and ukulele. It's my first song I typeset with Lilypond. At least I get an output that shows the most parts. But I am not satisfied in some points. I hope you can give me some hints how to improve it. - There are a lot of warnings "No st

Re: Manual

On 15.04.2021 08:13, Mario Moles wrote: Hi! You know the manual for moveto, lineto etc ? Thanks. Sounds like you ask for PostScript commands. Would this help? https://www.adobe.com/jp/print/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf Regards, Helge

Implementing MIDI simile

Hi, I have a score that follows a dynamic pattern over some lines. I want to use the "simile" to indicate the pattern for the player and of course to save typing effort. Additionally I want to use the MID sound to verify my score. Unfortunately my approach ends in a very silent MIDI output volume

Re: Position of fingering

Am So., 26. Juli 2020 um 13:50 Uhr schrieb Helge Kruse : > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to put the fingering information below the notes. Corresponding to > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/inside-the-staff#fingering-instructions > > >

Re: Position of fingering

Thanks, I realized my error. Regards, Helge Am So., 26. Juli 2020 um 14:00 Uhr schrieb Thomas Morley : > > Am So., 26. Juli 2020 um 13:50 Uhr schrieb Helge Kruse : > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to put the fingering information below the notes. Corresponding to >

Position of fingering

Hi, I want to put the fingering information below the notes. Corresponding to http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/inside-the-staff#fingering-instructions and http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.20/Documentation/notation/inside-the-staff#fingering-instructions this should be possible wit

Re: Looking for inter-note ornament

Am 31.12.2018 um 14:56 schrieb Helge Kruse: > It would be perfect to place them in the middle > between the two notes but in the same y-position like the finger > numbers. I found that this can be entered with two variables: raus = \once -\tweak Script.X-offset #-2 \upbow aus = \onc

Re: Looking for inter-note ornament

Am 31.12.2018 um 14:41 schrieb Andrew Bernard: > Hi Helge, > > Can't you just use a violin upbow \upbow? Or are you asking how to offset > it between notes? Well the \upbow has the right shape but the wrong location. It should be moved between the notes. It would be perfect to place them in the m

Looking for inter-note ornament

For harp fingerings it's important to have the fingers for each note. But there is an additional annotation for removing all fingers and start a new placing of the fingers for the next notes. My teacher calls this "Auswerfen" or "Rauswerfen". I don't know how this is called in English. All fingers

Re: Function for tweaks

Am 06.10.2018 um 12:32 schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser: > makeSpace = #(define-event-function (size) (number?) >    #{ > -\tweak #'stencil #(ly:make-stencil '() '(0 . 0.1) `(0 > . ,size) ) _"" >    #} >    ) Hi Lukas, this works for me. I wasn't awa

Function for tweaks

Hi, I want to use kneed beams for my score. These look ugly if the system system distance is too small. Therefor I extend the spacing as in the following example. Removing the percent character gives a reasonable spacing. \version "2.18.2" \language "deutsch" staffUpper = { \change Staff="upper"

Re: Customize \RemoveEmptyStaves

Am 18.07.2018 um 03:36 schrieb Marcos Press: > Link for the example image... > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vuTzR23XOfx1gTEra-aMv-oz35s_XY0h That's the image that you already attached to a former mail (Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:11:38 -0300). It shows a snippet from a sheet of music with incom

Re: Customize \RemoveEmptyStaves

Am 17.07.2018 um 19:09 schrieb Marcos Press: > Actually I'm not certain of which method to use. Perhaps it should be other > way. > The attached image is what I'm transcribing. > > It's for a double hand/staff instrument that lots of times use only one. Or > both doing the same so we just write on

Re: Customize \RemoveEmptyStaves

Marcos Press schrieb am Di., 17. Juli 2018, 02:58: > Is there any way to set RemoveEmptyStaves just for SKIP's or when the > rest/skip is larger than 1 (one) bar? > > { > a1 | b4 a8 g b2 | > R1 | % no Remove > a1 | b4 a8 g b2 | > R1*2 | % yes Remove > a1 | b4 a8 g b2 | > R1 | % no Remove > f1 | >

Splitting chaotic glissando to parts

I have struggling for a while with few measures and I am currently a bit frustrated. I use the great fancy glissando from LSR 1066 (http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1066) to write some chaotic glissandi. The players should start one after the other. For that purpose the composer used a triplet as

Non-double glissando

The Lilypond snippet http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/snippets/expressive-marks#expressive-marks-double-glissando shows how to get a double glissando. It add adds a second voice to draw the glissando lines with hidden notes: \relative c { \clef bass << { % new voice ( =

Re: Glissando passing rest in tuplet

Am 03.06.2018 um 11:37 schrieb David Kastrup: >> How can I write the (first) spacer rest as normal reset and keep the >> glissando? > > By setting glissando-skip for all involved note columns? You can either > replicate the \once \override, or you can use a temporary override and > revert like th

Glissando passing rest in tuplet

Hi, I want to write a glissando over several measures. The exact starting point shall be set with sufficient rests, but it's in a tuplet. Therefore the composer writes the tuplet elements (rest chord rest). Unfortunately Lilypond suppresses the glissando if there is a something between start and

Re: Scheme learning

Am 27.05.2018 um 13:38 schrieb Andrew Bernard: > I would recommend obtaining a copy of SICP, Structure and Interpretation of > Computer Programs, by Ableson and Sussman, the MIT text and classic of > computer science. This is the famous Wizard book, from the cover picture. > My hardback copy sits o

Re: \path and \postscript in staff

Am 25.05.2018 um 13:13 schrieb Thomas Morley: > Hi, > > you'll need a spanner from note to note, Glissando is your best bet, I'd say. > I once made the attached code. Wow! That solves the problem. This fancy glissando can be fine tuned for each instrument, so that it produces nearly the picture o

Re: \path and \postscript in staff

Am 25.05.2018 um 13:44 schrieb Aaron Hill: > On 2018-05-24 23:15, Helge Kruse wrote: >> But these lines are outside the staff. If you change "(rlineto 10 1)" to >> "(rlineto 10 10)" then the starting point is moved down to keep the >> markup outside th

\path and \postscript in staff

The appendix A.10.3 of the Lilypond notation manual describes several possibilities to use \path or \postscript in a \markup context. So you can use this to draw some lines: \version "2.18.2" << \relative c' { e4^\markup { \path #0.25 #'((rmoveto 0 0) (rline

Re: Ad lib glissando

Am 21.05.2018 um 12:35 schrieb Andrew Bernard: > I usually just draw this stuff as PostScript paths. Do you want me to do > you an example? Andrew, I found some examples to put postscript in a Lilypond source file. But that's all related to a \markup command. But challenge is to fill the staves w

Re: Ad lib glissando

Am 21.05.2018 um 12:35 schrieb Andrew Bernard: > Hi Helge. > > I usually just draw this stuff as PostScript paths. Do you want me to do > you an example? That would be great. Regards Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://

Re: Ad lib glissando

Am 21.05.2018 um 12:38 schrieb Ben: > Hello, > > Maybe this code can help you? > (see attached) Ben, thanks for reply. Unfortunately this works only for half and quarter notes. If you have \quaver it's necessary to add "\omit Beam\omit Flag". But the approach has a side effect. The next ordinary

Re: Spacer Rests Global Confusion

Am 26.04.2018 um 17:21 schrieb R: > Thank you but I have difficult understanding why Frescobaldi configured > the score like that if it's not prone to using the global block easily. > For instance, what is different about your code structurely and is there > a con to doing it your way? The Fresco

Re: Cross staff stems for beamed notes

Am 26.04.2018 um 16:43 schrieb Mark Stephen Mrotek: > Helga, > Mark, \autoBeamOf/On and the correct placement of \crossStaff did the job perfectly. Thanks, Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listi

Cross staff stems for beamed notes

I need to add cross staff stems and used the approach found in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/snippets/staff-notation.html#staff-notation-cross-staff-stems Unfortunately this doesn't give the expected result for eighth notes. - If the stem points down, cross staff is not working - The

Re: Stanzas over staves

Am 20.04.2018 um 07:58 schrieb Partitura Organum: > > > On 19-4-2018 22:19, Thomas Morley wrote: >> The function expects `text' to be a string. So >> (1) use wordwrap-string >> (2) without {} > > Thank you, now it works. And  I learned how to do calculations in scheme > along the way as well. So

Re: Stanzas over staves

Am 18.04.2018 um 12:39 schrieb Engraver: > I use "with-dimensions" if I want to place some text over staves. And > "\whiteout" can be used to blot out the staff-lines. See attached. > It's rather hackish, so I hope the more knowledgeable members of the > list have a more elegant solution for you.

Re: Stanzas over staves

Am 17.04.2018 um 21:13 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: it looks like you simply want to stack the text as markup above a measure-long rest (with fermatas in all parts, I would assume?). Oh, my bad wording. I mean not above the lines but inside. That's definitely a simple situation, easy to accompli

Stanzas over staves

I am starting a small project for a harp trio. The score is in most part "just" harp music. But in some measure one of the players shall recite some text of the literary source. Example: measure 1: some notes measure 2: text: This is the story of Max and Moritz measure 3: some notes measure 4: tex

Re: The search for an API

Hi Mason, this is intentionally not to the Lilypond list to avoid unnecessary traffic in that list. I followed the link you posted. It doesn't address a sensible web site. All you can read is: Web access is restricted. Please contact the administrator. (Parked Domains) (If you feel this site

Re: Exited with return code -1073741819

Am 05.04.2018 4:35 vorm. schrieb "David Wright" : > > It seems that beyond a certain level of complexity I get Exit. In the > > current example it's return code -1073741819, but it can be other codes. Googling 1073741819 is jaw-dropping. I don't think you'll find out anything specific from that

Re: First steps in Lilypond

Am 02.04.2018 um 13:44 schrieb foxfanfare: > I started to ask some questions, I thought better to start a separate thread > in order to ask some of my newbie questions! Yes it's very appreciated to start a new thread if you have your own topic. Responding to old mail and just changing the topic wou

Re: Reduce PianoStaves for rest

Am 21.12.2017 um 23:19 schrieb David Kastrup: > Easier to just use > > \new GrandStaff << ... >> > > The only difference is the Keep_alive_together_engraver if I remember > correctly. Yes, this works great. I never realized what actually is the difference between the combined Staff types, except

Reduce PianoStaves for rest

I have a score for an orchestra instrument (harp). The harp starts after tens of measures. There are several meter changes. Therfore a simple multi-measure-rest is inappropriate. Instead I would like to write all measures and meter changes, so that the harpist can follow the music and get the r

Re: Custom note heads

Am 17.12.2017 um 11:06 schrieb Thomas Morley: > Some time ago Torsten (original author of the lily-jazz-font) created > "circus"-note-heads. > https://archiv.lilypondforum.de/index.php/topic,1432.msg7908.html#msg7908 > That is exactly the approach that is currently used for that boy who's learning

Custom note heads

Hello, I've been asked to write some scores with custom note heads. These heads are designed for beginners. I know that the Emmentaler font contains some special heads but I don't know how to add new shapes. I found this question at Stackoverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47341754/lilyp

Re: [OT] Grammatic gender

>> It's the same with gender - and that can also be confusing especially >> when making a diminutive. "Die Frau" (feminine), "Das Fraulein" >> (neuter). "Die Mad", "Das Madchen" likewise. > > > Actually, the base word is „Die Maid“. Mark Twain has famously and > hilariously roasted the German langu

Re: MsLily - LilyPond Add-In for Word

The website announces a free and a standard edition. What are your plans for difference between these two editions? Best regards Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: OT!?

And why do you think that this is arranged with Lilypond/Frescobald? I can't find a hint neither in the video nor the comment. Regards Helge 2017-06-30 8:10 GMT+02:00 Anders Eriksson : > This is the link to the video > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiC1znjrRVk > > // Anders > > > > On 2017-06

Re: change staff

Am 26.01.2017 um 10:51 schrieb Gianmaria Lari: > ... and this is one more way to do the change staff using a scheme function > that toggle between the two staff. > ... > Not sure it can be more useful than the other ones. Also have no idea if > this logic should be written differently. But it has

Re: Dorico announced

Am 18.05.2016 4:19 vorm. schrieb "Vaughan McAlley" : > > On 17 May 2016 11:37 p.m., "Kieren MacMillan" < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Spanish for Dorian? > > As a name it is almost as esoteric as Lilypond. It reminds me of the we're-not-leaving-until-we-have-a-name meeting the a male c

Re: lilypond-windows.exc vs lilypond-exc

There is lilypond.exe and lilypond-windows.exe in the Lilypond edition for Microsoft Windows. You use lilypond.exe when you want to capture the output of the program, e.g. error messages. lilypond-windows.exe opens a new window, outputs the messages in this windows and closes it finally.I usually m

Re: Confused about line breaking

Andrew, The last duration in the treble staff is 4*16 i.e. four whole notes with a quarter note head. The first note in the next voice (in the bass staff) inherits this length. Use this: bass = { \clef bass \time 4/4 c1 % set duration explicitly c c } Regards Helge 2016-02-23

Re: Is there a bug in the way Lilypond handles staccatos?

Maybe I'm wrong. But how are slurs related to stccatos? Regards Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Midi doesn't build correctly from version 2.12

Hi, When you have a \score block without a \layout inside you still get a layout. But when you add \midi you get the MIDI instead. That can be faster than generating the PDF. With your description the behavior isn't wrong for me. I would try to add \layout and \midi in the \score. Regards Helge

Re: LilyPond score used on PhotoScore site

Am 09.02.2016 um 18:12 schrieb Alberto Simões: > >> I was pleasantly surprised to see a Mutopia score (Beethoven's Piano >> Trio, Opus 11, Movement 1) >> >> >> "featured" on PhotoScore's product page. Here's the dir

Re: override default bar width for only one bar

I don't see the difference except the bar number. You can set it though before the next bar line is visible. Regards Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: override default bar width for only one bar

You can hide the bar lines as in the example of the notation reference: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/visibility-of-objects Regards Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l

Re: OCR to lilypond

2015-12-02 15:28 GMT+01:00 jerry : > I find a free online ocr , it can > recognize text from jpg, png, tiff, bmp and gif image. Do you have lilypond code printed at paper that you want to scan? As you wrote, this "Free Online OCR" recognizes text. It doesn't

Aw: Re: PDF Links in Windows

> The most direct point-and-click connection involves: > A: the pdf program sending the textedit URL > B: having a custom Windows 'URL Protocol' tell your editor > C: your editor going to the right place   I think the last two steps are described here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa

Re: OT: Beauty of programming languages

I am 54 years old and work as software developer. Playing harp is my hobby. I perform solo, in ensemble and in orchestras. I used NoteWorthy Composer for a few years, tried MusixTex for a short period of time and use Lilypond since many years. In most cases I typeset music for harp, harp ensemble,

Suppress one of two staves

Hello,   I have a harp score where there are a lot of lines that require only the upper staff. How can I suppress the lower staff in lines where it is empty. The following example illustrates this:   \version "2.18" \new PianoStaff <<   \new Staff \relative c' {     \repeat unfold 5 { c4 e g

Re: Partial Bars

Hi Bill, Can you please include a minimal compilable example that shows your problem? I don't plan to do both - goto the next shop or library to get that menut - guess what 'part' expresses in the context of that piece - write an example that could probably the same problems yours have Partial me

Re: volta repeat with and without alternative ending

> Conductor will say bar number. Nope. From my experience I would say she says everytime something different: - from 3 measures before rehearsal mark B - from the lyric measure - second repeat, please - proabaly from a specific bar number Regards Helge __

Re: Is Sibelius really as bad as this?

Am 29.05.2015 um 10:29 schrieb Urs Liska: > This is correct. From my own experience and comments by others most > (major) publishers require you to submit one of the following:; > - Finale files > - Sibelius files > - SCORE files > - PDF > >> How can this be? > > Good question. > Has to b

Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 2.18.1

Am 25.05.2015 um 08:58 schrieb Wilbert Berendsen: > If you use the windows installer, you don't need to install python-ly > separately. Hi Wilbert, many thanks for this excellent program and the installer. I had never any problem with the installation as it runs out of the box. The components i

connect arpeggio down

I have a problem with connecting arpeggio. The arrow of \arpeggioArrowDown or -Up vanishes when I connect the arpeggios of two staves. You can reproduce it with the example below. Comment out the connectArpeggios line and you see arrows. Is this a known bug? Regards Helge \version "2.18.0" up

Re: arpeggio on single note

Am 30.01.2015 um 03:30 schrieb Br. Samuel Springuel: >> a cross staff arpeggio > > Ha! I think I know where to find this one: > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-as-lines#Selected-Snippets-33 Yes, this shows the cross-staff arpeggio. But the examples there

Re: Transposition of instruments

Am 27.01.2015 um 17:25 schrieb Marco Oros: > I would like to write something for trumpet and clarinet and I know, > that this musical instruments are tunned in various pitches, they can't > use C-key, as for example notation for piano. > So, It means, that I must write c-major song in as-major fo

Re: Dynamic positioning in dynamic context

Am 06.01.2015 um 21:10 schrieb Thomas Morley: > You may find the discussion here interesting: > https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=621 Ah! That's interesting. And for me the "workaround" from Keith (comment #30) solves my problem. Thanks for pointing this. Although the internals

Re: Dynamic positioning in dynamic context

Can this be confirmed as a bug or an enhancement request? Or is there a workaround to make the alignment in the dynamic context working as in the staff context? Best regards Helge -- PGP Fingerprint: EDCE F8C8 B727 6CC5 7006 05C1 BD3F EADC 8922 1F61 _

Dynamic positioning in dynamic context

Hello, I have an improvement request. The dynamic context has a lot of advantages. Most important it makes a uniform vertical position of all dynamics in a line. Unfortunately it doesn't behave with the horizontal spacing. The following example starts with a spacer rest measure. The \p in the se

Re: Autobeam constraints

2014-12-31 12:00 GMT+01:00 Simon Albrecht : > > \noBeam after the third and fourth notes should do what you want. > > Ah, yes. And it is documented on the cited page of the manual. I should have read more carefully. Adding \noBeam to each individual note might be a bit cumbersome when it comes to

Re: Autobeam constraints

Sorry, hit the send key too early. The documentation about beams ( http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/beams) suggests that you can enabel and disable automatic beaming in the measure. In the following example I expected the last three notes to have the stem up like in a voiceOne

Autobeam constraints

The documentation about beams ( http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/beams) suggests that you can enabel and disable automatic beaming in the measure. In the following example I expected the last three notes to have the stem up like in a voiceOne context: ___

Re: Frescobaldi 2.17

Am 26.12.2014 um 10:59 schrieb Wilbert Berendsen: Dear all, A new release of Frescobaldi is out with some new features, bug fixes and improvements. Hello Wilbert, thanks for the new version. It's a great Xmas gift. The new feature (#488) works great. Best regards Helge ___

Re: Use of Stackoverflow for Question/Answer forum

2014-12-23 23:24 GMT+01:00 Johan Vromans : > > Maybe google 'VPN' ? > > Sorry, don't understand how that helps anbody that is the exclusive club of long lear readers of this list. And VPN wouldn't help when I am off home. (I am one of the humans that save power by switching PCs off when I don't us

Re: Use of Stackoverflow for Question/Answer forum

Am 23.12.2014 um 08:23 schrieb Johan Vromans: The list is a 'push' model interaction. SO and other forums are 'pull' - I need to visit them and ask for questions. I'm subscribed to 50+ forums, and 20+ mailing lists. It would take hours just to visit all forums. Browsing the messages from the ma

Re: 2 Table of contents in same source file

This looks like a bug for me. The toc-item-list holds the items inside toc-init,ly but there is no mean to reset the list. Could you move the two \book in separates files that \include the original content. In that case you have only one \book per file. Regards, Helge

shorten hairpin

Hello, I have a staff for a cello where the player should reduce the tone during the note quite fast. Therfore the normal haiping like this is too long: \version "2.18.0" cello = \relative c' { \time 6/8 \key a\major \clef tenor fis2.~\downbow\p\> %%% this is the hairpin line |

Re: How to prevent natural signs from being printed when the key signature changes

Just wait a minute! If you don't have the natural sign and the next key signature has neither sharp nor flat sign, how would you read the new key signature? I think the flat is necessary here. Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org h

Re: How to prevent natural signs from being printed when the key signature changes

You did it as describe in the notation manual. Further it works for key signatures that have a sharp. But it doesn't work for C major without a neither a sharp nor a flat. I assume it's a bug. Regards, Helge 2014-11-06 12:42 GMT+01:00 Jayaratna : > Dear Lilyfriends, > I am following the steps f

Re: Crescendo Hairpin above the staff

You can use this: { c^\< d f\! } Regards Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Point and click off by one after markup

I think you should not added control characters like newline to the markup text.When you want to have more than one line, please use the \column markup. http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/formatting-text#index-font-families \markup{ \column { \bold{hi} "" } } Regar

Re: suppressing header info in bookparts

Hello Flaming Hakama, I did this with a small piece of Scheme. %% Bookpart first page and last page predicates #(define (not-part-first-page layout props arg) (if (= (chain-assoc-get 'page:page-number props -1) (ly:output-def-lookup layout 'first-page-number)) empty-stencil

Re: "Merge" Multimeasure rests

Probably this may help: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/new-snippet-combine-multimeasure-rests-td144688.html I haven't Lilypond at hand at the moment. Regards, Helge ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman

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