Compiling lilypond files from Mutopia

2006-05-27 Thread Peter Clarke
Dear list, I would like to compile a Lilypond file downloaded from Mutopia. It needs an include file (paper-20.ly). Where can I get this? And does that define all the 'extra' syntax the .ly file seems to contain? Thanks, Peter C ___ lilypond-use

Problem setting ottavation text

2006-05-22 Thread Peter Clarke
Greetings all, I would like to change the ottavation text (on the octave up/down bracket) from the rather verbose default "8va bassa" to just "8". The manual says I can do this with \set Staff.ottavation = #"8" but this gives me the following error when parsing: /usr/share/lilypond/2.8.0/scm/li

Moving text on multibar rest

2006-05-17 Thread Peter Clarke
Dear list, I have a text on a multibar rest, like this:R1*8^"Verse 1" The text appears centred on the rest. But I would like it aligned to the left, to indicate that it refers to the beginning of the rest. I've tried the following, but they didn't make any difference: R1*8^\markup { \hspa