How to tie into a bar with split voices

2023-04-19 Thread John McWilliam
Hi,    I’m trying to get a tie to cross the barline into a split voice measure. I have tried with and without the \voiceOne command but cannot get this to work. Can any one help me? John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows  Voice_with_tie.ly Description: Binary data

Coda without line break

2023-04-15 Thread John McWilliam
also like to move the jump text to the left a little to reduce the empty space there but reducing the ”repeat unfold” on line 20 from 4 – 2 did not have the desired effect. My knowledge of Lilypond is somewhat basic so any help with this would be appreciated. John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows

Error compiling a book

2023-04-08 Thread John McWilliam
, it would be good to eliminate the cause. Can anyone throw light on what this means and how to correct the error. You will note that my include file is of type “.ily” instead of “.ly” I cannot remember why I did this and it may be of significance. John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 

Accidental Parenthesis

2022-03-11 Thread John McWilliam
Hi,    I wonder if anyone can help me code a cautionary accidental, as in (#). If I am working with a key signature in G and write fis no accidental is shown. Sometimes, however, I want to remind myself by forcing an accidental shown inside brackets, (#). How do I do this? John

Book structure

2021-07-13 Thread John McWilliam
book module structure.  If anyone would like to comment on thisI would be most grateful. John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 PIECE A. Mackintosh's Lament: structure Global declarations: paper & font sizes etc. includ

RE: Transpose

2019-09-10 Thread John McWilliam
). You will see in my example that modalTranspose gives a strange interpretation of A minor and I wonder whether there is a solution to this? John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: David Kastrup Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2019 9:49 PM To: John McWilliam Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org

Transpose

2019-09-07 Thread John McWilliam
variable with the C major code). This gave me of coarse a change of key signature to A major – not what was wanted. Is there a way around this which will allow me to take the C major code and transpose the notes down a third to A keeping everything in C (minor). John McWilliam Sent from Mail for

RE: Overriding a global declaration

2019-08-08 Thread John McWilliam
same flexibility as that available in Lilypond – the problem is the learning curve! John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Thomas Morley Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:54 PM To: John McWilliam Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Overriding a global declaration Am Mi., 7.

RE: Overriding a global declaration

2019-08-07 Thread John McWilliam
definition of staff size. The files are a simple and small as I could possibly make them at the same time illustrating my dilemma. John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: John McWilliam Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 8:12 PM To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: RE: Overriding a global

RE: Overriding a global declaration

2019-08-07 Thread John McWilliam
unnecessary if it appears in BP_format.ily?? Sorry if my questions appears basic in nature – my level of experience using Lilypond is limited. John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: John McWilliam Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:33 AM To: John McWilliam Subject: Fwd: Overriding a global

RE: Overriding a global declaration

2019-08-06 Thread John McWilliam
second page – a mute Point you may say but it is a question of one line and aesthetically better if the tune can be contained on one page. John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Phil Holmes Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 5:18 PM To: John McWilliam; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re

Re: Overriding a global declaration

2019-08-06 Thread John McWilliam
ing this impass. John McWilliam - John McWilliam -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

RE: Overriding a global declaration

2019-08-05 Thread John McWilliam
OK! I am posting this to everyone . John Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Thomas Morley Sent: Monday, August 5, 2019 2:21 PM To: John McWilliam Cc: lilypond-user Subject: Re: Overriding a global declaration Am Mo., 5. Aug. 2019 um 12:46 Uhr schrieb John McWilliam : > > &

Overriding a global declaration

2019-08-04 Thread John McWilliam
override this where an open spanner is desired? John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

allowVoltaHook

2019-08-03 Thread John McWilliam
Hook [void] - bar (string) (undocumented; fixme) The syntax seems to have changed. Can anyone explain this function to me and its significance. John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lis

Tune structure when used in \book

2019-07-29 Thread John McWilliam
it makes my tune files less readable. Is there a way around this? John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Ragged-right

2019-07-22 Thread John McWilliam
2.19.83 does not have these problems and thinks this must have something to do with the Windows version of Lilypond. John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 Test_2.19.83_1.ly Description: Binary data Test_2.19.83_1.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: Lilypond 2.19.83 - ragged-right problem not solved

2019-07-02 Thread John McWilliam
was not so prevalent there. - John McWilliam -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond 2.19.83 ragged-right problem

2019-07-02 Thread John McWilliam
was not so prevalent there. - John McWilliam -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Lilypond 2.19.83

2019-07-01 Thread John McWilliam
please John McWilliam Sent from Mail for Windows 10 25th_kosbs_test.ly Description: Binary data Bagpipe_new.ly Description: Binary data BP_format.ly Description: Binary data ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org

Windows 10

2018-06-17 Thread John McWilliam
suggestions? John McWilliam Skickades från E-post för Windows 10 ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Removing end of line key signature

2015-06-08 Thread John McWilliam
Thanks Klaus - works perfectly. jsmcwilliam - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Removing-end-of-line-key-signature-tp177615p177622.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Removing end of line key signature

2015-06-08 Thread John McWilliam
mar-Kl1.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n177615/Sommar_sommar-Kl1.ly> - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Removing-end-of-line-key-signature-tp177615.html Sent from the User mailing list archi

Adjacent double bars

2015-03-21 Thread John McWilliam
"|." \break %Part 3 \bar ".|" % this blocks the double bar at the end of part 2 a8 | a4. a8 b4. b8 c4. c8 d4. \bar "|." \break }% end relative \score { \new Staff \music } - John McWilliam -- View thi

Re: Variables when compiling a book

2015-02-03 Thread John McWilliam
ke time to affect the change. - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Variables-when-compiling-a-book-tp171346p171369.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user

Variables when compiling a book

2015-02-02 Thread John McWilliam
like a clumsy way of doing things since they are many and vary from tune to tune. Does anyone have a solution to this problem which could perhaps be described as one of SCOPE or CONTEXT? - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Variables-when

Re: Nested volta brackets

2015-01-15 Thread John McWilliam
Thanks for the suggestion to nest volta brackets and customize the explanatory text. It involved much more work than I expected but it works and I appreciate your help. Thanks again. - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Nested-volta

Nested volta brackets

2015-01-14 Thread John McWilliam
different ways. The snippet shows how this is done, however, I would like to replace the text spanner with a volta bracket embracing the first two bars and with the text "Lines 2 & 4 only" Is this possible? Test.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n170488/Test.ly

Re: Including a logo on the title page of a book

2014-12-10 Thread John McWilliam
book part title before the start of the music. If I could only remove this... I enclose the code and relevant logo below: Logo.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n169375/Logo.ly> Logo_LNPB.eps <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n169375/Logo_LNPB.eps> -

Re: Including a logo on the title page of a book

2014-12-08 Thread John McWilliam
only want to see it on the title page. How can this be achieved? The relevant files are included below: Logo.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n169296/Logo.ly> Logo_LNPB.eps <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n169296/Logo_LNPB.eps> - John McWilliam -

Eliminating the logo from the Index of Contents

2014-12-06 Thread John McWilliam
subtitle = ##f instrument = ##f} \tocSection \markup { 2/4 Marches } } }%end book -- The logo is attached here: Logo_LNPB.eps <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n169256/

Re: Including a logo on the title page of a book

2014-12-06 Thread John McWilliam
Thanks Orm - PROBLEM SOLVED!. The logo I was using was in a jpeg file which I converted to eps using Photoshop. Apparently Inscape is more reliable and should be used in future. I have been able to achieve my goal and can now close this subject. - John McWilliam -- View this message in

Re: Including a logo on the title page of a book

2014-12-06 Thread John McWilliam
sr/share/lilypond/current/scm/stencil.scm:779:26: Wrong type argument in position 1: #f --- Otherwise my above code was used. No errors or warnings and the pdf is generated, however, no logo is visible. - John McWilliam -- View this mes

Re: Including a logo on the title page of a book

2014-12-06 Thread John McWilliam
generated. Would this imply that there is something wrong with my eps file or is there something else I have overlooked? - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Including-a-logo-on-the-title-page-of-a-book-tp169194p169248.html Sent from the Us

Re: Including a logo on the title page of a book

2014-12-05 Thread John McWilliam
Inclusion of logo problem. Suggestion was to move the \markup command to the end of the Header object. This resulted in: "unexpected \markup error." - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Including-a-logo-on-the-title-page

Re: Shortened line containing second time repeat volta has problems

2014-12-05 Thread John McWilliam
Thanks Pierre for solving my problem and for your background information. I think we can close this issue now. - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Shortened-line-containing-second-time-repeat-volta-has-problems-tp169174p169220.html

Including a logo on the title page of a book

2014-12-04 Thread John McWilliam
\pageBreak \bookpart { \header { title = "2/4 Marches" subtitle = ##f} \tocSection \markup { 2/4 Marches } } }%end book - John McWilliam -- View this message in

Re: Shortened line containing second time repeat volta has problems

2014-12-04 Thread John McWilliam
\break \once \hide Score.BarLine \startStaff % Resume bar count and show staff lines again % Part 2 \set Score.repeatCommands = #'(start-repeat) \repeat unfold 4 {a4 a a } \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "1")) \repeat unfold 4 {a4 a a }

Shortened line containing second time repeat volta has problems

2014-12-03 Thread John McWilliam
t and show staff lines again \break % Part 2 \set Score.repeatCommands = #'(start-repeat) \repeat unfold 4 {a4 a a } \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "1")) \repeat unfold 4 {a4 a a } \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f) end-

Re: Error on running convert.ly

2014-08-12 Thread John McWilliam
files to that folder and - uricka - problem solved. Why? I had an illegal folder name, "Polisensbl..å..sorkester". Having corrected this all was well again. This was a basic error and I apologize for not having noted it earlier. ----- John McWilliam -- View this message in context

Re: Error on running convert.ly

2014-08-12 Thread John McWilliam
wedish letters there i.e. ÄÅÖ) and both functions work with these older tunes, however, the recently generated clean snippet I enclosed does not allow either function to work! - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Error-on-running-conv

Re: Error on running convert.ly

2014-08-11 Thread John McWilliam
c can't decode bytes in position 45-47: invalid data Does any one have any suggestions? - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Error-on-running-convert-ly-tp165182p165472.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: Error on running convert.ly

2014-08-02 Thread John McWilliam
Lilypond but wanted to test this on the community before going ahead. \version "2.18.2" #(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #t) \relative c'' { \key c \major \time 4/4 a b c d |e f g a }%end relative - John McWilliam -- View thi

Error on running convert.ly

2014-08-01 Thread John McWilliam
an anyone explain why it has appeared and how to solve the problem. - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Error-on-running-convert-ly-tp165182.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

Re: Repeat volta not at beginning of piece doesn't get initial repeat bar line

2014-07-19 Thread John McWilliam
2 c32 a16. b16.[ c32 d16. e32] f32 [ a16. e16. b32] c8 [a] a } \break } % end relative \score { \new Staff \music } - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Repeat-vo

Re: Repeat volta not at beginning of piece doesn't get initial repeat bar line

2014-07-17 Thread John McWilliam
ands = #'((volta "2.")) c32 [e16.] \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f)) \set Score.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 4/8) a,8 a'16. e32 f16. e32 c32 a16. b16.[ c32 d16. e32] f32 [ a16. e16. b32] c8 [a] a \set Score.repeatCommands = #'(en

Re: Repeat volta not at beginning of piece doesn't get initial repeat bar line

2014-07-15 Thread John McWilliam
\set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "1.")) g4. g8 f4.f8 \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f)) } }% end relative \score { \new Staff { \music } } - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilyp

Re: Repeat volta not at beginning of piece doesn't get initial repeat bar line

2014-07-14 Thread John McWilliam
t volta 2 { e4. e8 f4. f8 \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "1.")) g4. g8 f4.f8 \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f)) } }% end relative \score { \new Staff { \music } } %.. ---

Re: Table of contents

2012-09-23 Thread John McWilliam
good night's sleep again. Danke, John McWilliam Pl. 142 Råröd 240 36 Stehag SWEDEN - John McWilliam -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Table-of-contents-tp133121p133431.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at

Re: Table of contents

2012-09-20 Thread John McWilliam
t is below and shows that the problem remains. Delighted if anyone can give more suggestions. John McWilliam Booktest4.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n133197/Booktest4.ly> This is a console shell for running LilyPond and related commands. Enter %help to see the available s

Table of contents

2012-09-18 Thread John McWilliam
Booktest3.ly 1. I get an error when trying to introduce a Table of Contents (see above file for snippet): %lilypond %args "C:\Users\siba\Documents\Lilypond Music\Bagpipe_music\Test\Booktest3.ly" Processing `C:/Users/siba/Doc

Coda

2012-06-26 Thread John McWilliam
this and if possible create extra space between the melody and coda sections. Does anyone have a suggestion as to how this could be achieved? I include a snippet to illustrate the problem. John McWilliam ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user

Help

2012-06-26 Thread John McWilliam
and if possible create extra space between the melody and coda sections. Does anyone have a suggestion as to how this could be achieved? I include a snippet to illustrate the problem. John McWilliam %Example taken from the manual does not show how the Coda (line 2) changes in key %signature

Voices and vocals

2012-05-21 Thread John McWilliam
yrics section to get the present snippet - this produced an extra empty bar following the lyrics section. In desperation I decided to accept this and copied the snippet back into the main piece, however, again, no music after the lyrics section and I am at a loss to find an explanation. Any hel

Voices and vocals

2012-05-21 Thread John McWilliam
he present snippet - this produced an extra empty bar following the lyrics section. In desperation I decided to accept this and copied the snippet back into the main piece, however, again, no music after the lyrics section and I am at a loss to find an explanation. Any help would be most gr