Change ChordName temporarily

2009-11-27 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Dear Friends: The use of the cuatro instrument in Venezuela is traditional for tha last three centuries. One of the ingrained customs here is to name certain chords as another, based on their sonority. For example, a C dominant 7 is never regarded as a true Eb-Dominant Seventh. So... how co

Frets without string information

2009-11-20 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Dear fellows: I've read in several places that it is impossible to transpose frets with string information. How can one create a fret without it? I'd like to make lilypond able to transpose the basic frets I am putting together. Thanks ___ l

Re: No string for pitch #

2009-11-20 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Got the prick little b... It was as Carl initially suggested. I made a minimal example and found that there was a problem with the model for the string tuning function. Thanks a lot... El 20/11/2009, a las 10:31 p.m., Jesús Guillermo Andrade escribió: Yes... definitely except for the

Re: No string for pitch #

2009-11-20 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
El 20/11/2009, a las 05:30 a.m., -Eluze escribió: it has has been mentioned before that it could be an octavation problem - so defining your chord as harmonies = \chordmode { e':7 } will solve the problem! Yes... definitely except for the little fact that if I change the chords from t

Re: Embedded PS graphics into scores

2009-11-19 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
more to the point, have no idea how to create font glyphs to add them to emmentaler, the only feasible option would be to create ps graphics to insert into the scores Guillermo El 19/11/2009, a las 02:40 p.m., Patrick McCarty escribió: Hi, On 2009-11-19, Jesús Guillermo Andrade wrote

Re: No string for pitch #

2009-11-19 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Carl: This is a minimal example. I've been trying to write a complete implementation of the instrument in lilypond. In fact, my other post regarding the inclusion of ps figures inside the pdf output is directly related to this work. Getting back to our thread, the warning shows even with on

Re: No string for pitch #

2009-11-19 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
David: El 18/11/2009, a las 02:51 a.m., David Kastrup escribió: Sounds like Lilypond is running out of strings for the given chords. Just a wild guess. Yes.. it is kind of shocking right?. But fact is that the notes listed by lilypond, I have surmised, are part of the chords I have already

Re: Embedded PS graphics into scores

2009-11-19 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Thanks Patrick for your advice: Im sending a working minimal example for your (and everybody's!) consideration. I cannot figure out this behaviour. Here it follows: \version "2.13.8" %\include "comunes.ily" %\include "predefined-cuatro-fretboards.ily" %\include "predefined-strokes.ily" % Fin

No string for pitch #

2009-11-17 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Currently, I am trying to set up a complete implementation of the venezuelan cuatro into lilypond. So far, I've been able list most chord shapes, but I keep getting errors in the form of: advertencia: No string for pitch # (given frets ()) advertencia: No string for pitch # (given frets ()) a

Re: Embedded PS graphics into scores

2009-11-17 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
c Hohl escribió: Jesús Guillermo Andrade schrieb: Dear fellows: Inspired by the script created for flamenco music I began to design some symbols which are specific for a cuatro in Venezuela and other parts of the world. At any rate, the main difficulty Im experiencing right now is the fact tha

Embedded PS graphics into scores

2009-11-17 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Dear fellows: Inspired by the script created for flamenco music I began to design some symbols which are specific for a cuatro in Venezuela and other parts of the world. At any rate, the main difficulty Im experiencing right now is the fact that no matter how good, or scaled or proportioned I

Re: Chord symbol placement from \layout

2009-11-15 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
I have recompiled 2.13.8 and the problem is gone Thanks! El 14/11/2009, a las 11:54 p.m., Jesús Guillermo Andrade escribió: Carl: I have recently compiled 2.13.8. And that is what I used to compile the music page I used in this example. Do you recommend me to download the latest git

Re: developers developers developers

2009-11-12 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Graham: I've been on the lilypond list for a long time. Tried lilypond many times before but not until recently I began to work with it seriously with my academic work. I earn my living as an attorney, but I also attend classes at the local Conservatory. It has been a while since the last tim

Re: Quit [now definitely O/T]

2009-11-12 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Dear David: Thank you very much for your reply. If I was not that clear, please accept my apologies. I was not trying to seem pretentious or arrogant (far from it since I went into the thread as a newbie). My first language was COBOL, then Pascal, Perl and C. I barely have some notions of

Re: Quit [now definitely O/T]

2009-11-12 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Hello there!... El 12/11/2009, a las 04:11 a.m., David Kastrup escribió: Continued on developer list. Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: As a new contributor/developer, by using a different, and a particular unfriendly platform for free software development, you are faced with tackling several diff

\mark vertical alignment with Chord symbols.

2009-07-15 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Dear Fellows: I'm currently experiencing a problem with aligning a DC al fine mark, as show in the enclosed picture. How can I put it below the chord symbol? This is the setup for the \markmelody = \relative c' {  \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-invisible  \overrid

Crop Marks in output and metadata

2009-07-13 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Thanks all for your help in my previous question. I am trying to set up crop marks into the pdf the comes out from lily. Is that possible? If so, there must be a way to specify its size or apearence as in TeX... right? Also, how can one put metadata into the resulting pdf? So far, not even

Re: website draft 5, help wanted

2009-07-12 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Hmm, Hello everybody: I think this is my fifth post in this list eversince I joined you (a year or so from now). I have been watching the evolution of the thread about the need of contributors and I thought I might have give a hand. I'm not an engineer or a very skilled techie (I used to wo

Insert line breaks in headers

2009-07-12 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Hello. I'd like to enter a composer's name into the header of a piece. The name is spelled both in english and japanese and since both are large I need to insert a line brake so one name stands just above the other in the usual place in the page. Can you advise me on how to do this? Thanks

Re: Compiling on MAC OS X 10.5.7

2009-06-19 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Dear Simon: I have had no problems in compiling the very latest version of lily (12.3.1) in MacOS 10.5.7. It requieres some little tricks but nothing impossible. Have you used git to download it? The precompiled version 2.12.2 does not seem to have any menu I can access to compile lilypond

Re: OT: A guide to compile lilypond on OSX

2008-11-02 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
x.php/2008/04/10/26-building-lilypond-from-git-sources-on-mac-os-105-intel Am 02.11.2008 um 15:12 schrieb Jesús Guillermo Andrade: Hi. I wasn't sure if this is an offtopic so, to be on the safe side, I first would like to ask if any of you might help me regarding 'where' should I ro

OT: A guide to compile lilypond on OSX

2008-11-02 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
share them with everybody interested. I will appreciate your advice. Thanks Todo fracaso es condimento que da sabor al éxito. Truman Capote. (1924). -- Jesús Guillermo Andrade (Abg.) Gerente de Litigios y Corporativo. EDM. AC. API. Andrade & Moreno S.C. (http://am

Fretboard consistency

2008-10-28 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
et-diagram #"d:0.45;f: 2;4-2-2;2-1-1;"} } >> \layout { \context { \Score \override SpacingSpanner #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 16) } } \midi { } } Si un experimento tiene éxito, algo ha salido mal. Primera Ley de Fi

Re: TabStaff stringTuning problem?

2008-10-28 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
; el vulgo, lo busca en los demás. Confucio. (551-479 a.C.). Filósofo y estadista chino. -- Jesús Guillermo Andrade (Abg.) Gerente de Litigios y Corporativo. EDM. AC. API. Andrade & Moreno S.C. (http://amlegal.wordpress

TabStaff stringTuning problem?

2008-10-27 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
up \fret-diagram #"w:4;d:0.35;4-o; 3-2-2;2-1-1;1-2-3;"} Can you help me to clarify this? Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? The fret numbers for the third chord should be 0212 from bottom to top. Thanks a lot! Nunca repita un experimento que ha tenido éxito. Ley de Fett.

Re: Notes are going octaves down [solved]

2007-04-09 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
Thanks Anthony. I have solved the problem by separating the voices and using two "relative" commands based on different octaves. Thus the notes are all right now. Having said that, your recommendation seems very interesting and I'll save it for another document Im working on. --

Re: Notes are going octaves down

2007-04-04 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
o i can be simpler. Although I still don't know how to combine fragments before getting into the score section. Thanks again! -- Jesús Guillermo Andrade (Att.) Litigation Attorney - Arbitrator Andrade & Moreno S.C. (https://amlegal.wordpress.com/) __

Re: Spanish-speaking users

2007-04-04 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
I'm here! :-) -- Jesús Guillermo Andrade (Att.) Litigation Attorney - Arbitrator Andrade & Moreno S.C. (https://amlegal.wordpress.com/) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

How to group musical expressions - Midi note duration precision

2007-04-04 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
listening to some midi files, I've found some discrepancies in regard of the note durations in the lilypond mid output. QUESTION: How precise is the midi output of lilypond in terms of note duration? Thanks a lot! -- Jesús Guillermo Andrade (Att.) Litigation Attorney -

Re: Notes are going octaves down [solved]

2007-04-04 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
fragA = << \relative fa >> { } \\ >> {la,,} >> >> -- Jesús Guillermo Andrade (Att.) Litigation Attorney - Arbitrator Andrade & Moreno S.C. (https://amlegal.wordpress.com/) ___ lilypond

Notes are going octaves down

2007-04-03 Thread Jesús Guillermo Andrade
\score { \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "Piano " \new Staff = "upper" \upper \new Staff = "lower" \lower >> \layout { } END OF FILE -- Jesús Guillermo A