Need the MusicXML test cases (link broken)

Hello, I have some spare time and would like to do some work in testing the MusicXML converter. I tried to download the test cases zip file at the link below (as found on this site) but the link is broken: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/input/regression/musicxml/MusicXML-TestSuite-0.1.zip Can a

OCR to lilypond

I've used just about every notaion program that exists, but I still like to just write out my sheets on staff paper with a pencil prior to entering the data into a formal notaion software like lilypond or whatever. It would be wonderful if I could generate lilypond source code from a hand-written

Re: new LilyPond based project

BopLand.org wrote: > > This is an announcement about new LilyPond based project. > http://bopland.org > > The BopLand.org project is FREE knowledge database for improvising > musician. > The database contains hundreds of beautiful melodic patterns played by > outstanding jazz musicians like Bi

Re: How to put chords on a score automatically

Mats Bengtsson-4 wrote: > > > > Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: >> >> Such a program could not make the assumption that the root of the chord >> is >> always being sung by the bass or any other voice, or being sung at all. >> But >> if the lp s

Re: Roman numeral chord notation in lilypond

Patrick Taylor Ramsey-2 wrote: > > Hello, all. > > I'm a bit flummoxed; I've been searching for the last hour and a half for > a way > to typeset roman numeral chord notation (ii, V65/V, N6) under a staff in > lilypond and found nothing, except for a lone message dating from 2003 > stating

Re: How to put chords on a score automatically

Father Gordon Gilbert wrote: > > Rune - > > Your example works on its own, and is roughly what I'm looking for, but > when > I try to incorporate that syntax into my own (2.11.32) score, it doesn't > work. I'd like to see the chordnames at the top of the choirstaff so I > can > check my work.

Re: lilypond imbedded in text

Kieran Coulter wrote: > > Hi, I am planning on starting a method book series for lilypond. I am > curious what the general format is for mixing various fonts and styles, > pictures, and lilypond exercises and pieces to play. I'll have a look at > what is in the documentation in the meantime, bu

Re: Fwd: Users' Manual

I would buy the manual in a nice spiral book, perhaps the sales could be used to pay developers. The cost of printing and binding the PDF at my local office store is not cheap, and I'd much rather have the money go to the devs. and to the doc writers. If you guys could work something out and sel

Re: Guitar tabs and fret diagram

Helge Kruse wrote: > > Hello, > > writing a piece for guitar I include tabs. At some difficult I want > additionally write a fret diagram to show, how to set the fingers. Maybe > most guitar players think that's overkill, but the player should see as > fast > as possible how to set the left

Re: Lilypond Odd Jobs (mostly documentation)

The FretBoards context that I sponsored some time back, still needs to be added to the instrument specific section of the manual. Graham Percival-2 wrote: > > Are you interested in helping LilyPond? There are many tasks that are > available which do not have time to do ourselves. Some of th

Re: [fr: barres de notes dans un triolet] A-Play - a New Shell for LilyPond

Sounds cool, but I wanted to mention that fret diagrams are better when done with notes on FretBoards staff as opposed to markup, that way the fret diagrams can participate in transpositions. Will someone be able to identify the fragments by seeing the actual output they produce? My editor alrea

Re: [fr: barres de notes dans un triolet] The best way to create a songbook?

starting point of the next song compile. Also all songs are based on a common shared template that keeps the overall style strictly enforced. Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: > > FWIW, I assemble my song books using ghostscript. I create batch jobs > that compile all the songs into separ

Re: [fr: barres de notes dans un triolet] The best way to create a songbook?

FWIW, I assemble my song books using ghostscript. I create batch jobs that compile all the songs into separate PDF's, I make table of contents, index, texts, etc. in the word processor of my choice and print those pages to PDF file(s). Certain educational pages I also make in my word processor b

Re: [fr: barres de notes dans un triolet] Rhythmic slashes, are just too [EMAIL PROTECTED] hard to do

Paul Scott-3 wrote: > > Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: >> Currently entering rhythmic slashes are a pain in the butt and have >> numerous >> kludge solutions. For example, if you simply change the noteheads to >> slash >> and set the notes to middle-line

Rhythmic slashes, are just too [EMAIL PROTECTED] hard to do

Currently entering rhythmic slashes are a pain in the butt and have numerous kludge solutions. For example, if you simply change the noteheads to slash and set the notes to middle-line "b" the visual result and spacing is perfect. However the day you need to transpose, the slashes are all over t

Isn't gs supposed to have an extention like .exe?

v2.11.15 Looking at the folder "C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin" where lilypond is installed, it appears that the executeable called "gs" does not have a .exe extension. How is the operating system suppoed to know that this is an executeable file (I presume its ghostsscript)? When compilinmg

'gs' is not recognized as a... v2.11.15

Ijust installed 2.11.15 on Windows XP. I get the following right at the point that LP is converting the ps file to pdf. In the end I get a ps file but no pdf. Is there some setup of the system PATH statement that needs to be made so that gs is recognized? The path to the lilypond bin is in my

Re: how to remove unwanted clef before line break?

Bodo Maass wrote: > > Hi, > > I want a new line to start with a different clef. However, I always get a > second copy of the new clef on the old line, just before the line break. I > have simplified it to this example: > > start test.ly > \version "2.11.10" > > { > \time 2/4 >

Re: Open Chord Not Reflected in Chord Symbol

There is a way around it, scan the archive for "jazzychord", there are some posts on using a chord names exceptions list, it should be in the manual too. Bryan Murdaugh wrote: > > If I try to display a chord symbol (in the ChordNames context), using > "g1:5^3" > (which looks like it should wor

Re: User Experience Engineering

Linda Seltzer wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > Having previously worked at AT&T Labs, where I was a member of the User > Experience Forum, I would like to make a few comments as a relative > outsider seeing the Lilypond project for the first time. This is a great > endeavor and the software outpu

Re: Problem with pdf.

Use task manager to see if some other process or possible spyware is hogging CPU resources. I have had excellent performance on even my older XP and Win2K machine. The first time you run LP after a fresh install might take a little longer but not that long, as I think it registers the fonts on f

Re: Generating small fragments to be embedded into latex

See chapter 10.1.3 about the function I sponsored using the "-dclip-systems" command line option. If thats not the right chapter just search the manual for "-dclip-systems". You can output snippets to pdf and eps (eps is better quality). I'm outputting musical fragments into word processors and

Re: Lyrics, multiple endings, and codas

'font-size = #3.0 \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-align-symbol = #'key-signature \mark \markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.coda" \super \smaller \column { "To" "Coda" } } Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: > > > > Ander D wrote:

Re: Lyrics, multiple endings, and codas

Ander D wrote: > > I have a solo voice score. It has two sections. The first section has > two > verses. The first verse has its own ending and the second verse also has > its > own ending, which comprises the rest of the song. The second section has > a DS > al coda. I need help with orga

RE: Transposable Fret Diagrams for Guitar

Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > Rick H wrote: > > > A user-maintained table of chord shapes wouldn't be transposable. It's > using the Lilypond chord naming structure that makes the transposing > work, IMO. This functionality wouldn't work for you, because you're an > excellent guitar player.

Re: segfault on \acciaccatura

Orm Finnendahl wrote: > > Hi, > > don't know if that's the one you already caught. This segfaults on my > machine: > > \version "2.11.2" > > \score { > << > \new Staff { > \relative c' { > \acciaccatura d16 s16 > } > } > >> > } > > It

Re: Constructive Criticism and a Question

David Rogers wrote: > > Orm Finnendahl wrote: > >>Am 28. Dezember 2006, 11:30 Uhr (-0800) schrieb David Rogers: >>> >>> >bf16[d, f ef] \tuplet 4 { { { d16 ef f } { g a } } { bf32a c bf d c >>bf a >>> >g f >>> >g ef } } >>> > >>> >The above would generate a parent tuplet with the number "5" a

Re: Constructive Criticism and a Question

Brett Duncan-2 wrote: > > Here's a different idea: instead of specifying the ratio for a tuplet or > set of tuplets, what about specifying the duration of a tuplet, and > letting LP determine what number appears over the beam? > > For example, where we now use > \times 2/3 { a8 b c } > t

Re: thoughts

Orm Finnendahl wrote: > > Hi, > > I just wanted to add to my recent comments. It might seem that my > posts are unadequately critical. Although they are fueled by my > frustration using the program I want to make clear that I really > appreciate the tremendous and excellent work which has bee

Re: Constructive Criticism and a Question

Brett Duncan-2 wrote: > > Here's a different idea: instead of specifying the ratio for a tuplet or > set of tuplets, what about specifying the duration of a tuplet, and > letting LP determine what number appears over the beam? > > For example, where we now use > \times 2/3 { a8 b c } > t

Re: Has anyone extended \include?

ntains the above snippet, i.txt contains the un-pre-processed LP code, and o.txt will receive the processed LP code ready for LP compile. (i.txt looks the same as my previous post): GEMA_Chord c Maj7 4. GEMA_Chord c 6 4. To generate o.txt as lilypond source code: \transpose c c { \relati

Re: Has anyone extended \include?

Eduardo Vieira-3 wrote: > > Citando "Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> >> If you have done this can you share it or sell it to me? (please dont >> suggest m4, I gave up on that monster) >> >> Thanks >>

Re: How to make a grace rest?

e lilypond installation alone, and just putting a "helper application" in front of it. Han-Wen Nienhuys-2 wrote: > > Rick Hansen (aka RickH) escreveu: >> How can I code a grace note (actually that is really a grace rest) but >> also >> make it completly invisible a

Re: Has anyone extended \include?

Thanks, Browsing the manual GEMA looks like it could work to do both substitution and conditional outputting, I'll try it. Rick Eduardo Vieira-3 wrote: > > Citando "Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> >> If you have done

Re: Has anyone extended \include?

Eduardo Vieira-3 wrote: > > Citando "Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> >> If you have done this can you share it or sell it to me? (please dont >> suggest m4, I gave up on that monster) >> >> Thanks >>

How to make a grace rest?

How can I code a grace note (actually that is really a grace rest) but also make it completly invisible and take up no space, on a one-time/as-needed basis? I'd like to be able to change the "current duration" that lilypond has set without actually having to introduce any music to the score tha

Re: My first define-music-function, I'm trying, need help

seb-g wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:48:24PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> >> The simple substitution example below should be pretty easy, but I'm "in >> a >> pickle", can someone show me how to replace the note name in the >> transpose >> statement with the note specified on the

Has anyone extended \include?

Has anyone on this list extended the \include lilypond command to also do simple token replacement as it is "including" the text? IOW like this: \include "myFile.ly" @myToken1=a; @myToken2=25; @myToken3="replace with this" Whereby @myToken1, 2 and 3 above will be whole word searched and replace

Re: My first define-music-function, I'm trying, need help

Anybody? Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: > > The simple substitution example below should be pretty easy, but I'm "in a > pickle", can someone show me how to replace the note name in the transpose > statement with the note specified on the function call (parameter ca

Re: date insertion

Matevž Jekovec-2 wrote: > > Is there a predefined constant in Lily which shows the current date > and/or system time. > > This would be useful for the footer tag for example, when was the > document generated - this would mark the version of the score then, if > you made any newer versions of

Re: Chord library

For ChordNames, to eliminate all the "add" whatevers, I use an exceptions list which is documented, or search the archive for "jazzychord". I've had my exceptions list for some time now and just use it routinely, there are also cases where I'll call a chord a 6th vs a 13th, a sus4th an 11th, a su

Re: Chord library

seb-g wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 03:05:25PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> A define-music-function would be better than tags, then the whole library >> would be inside a function where you just specify the chord name as a >> string >> parameter then have a giant IF statement to ge

My first define-music-function, I'm trying, need help

The simple substitution example below should be pretty easy, but I'm "in a pickle", can someone show me how to replace the note name in the transpose statement with the note specified on the function call (parameter called "root")? But it gets the following error: :2:13: error: syntax error, une

Re: Chord library

seb-g wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 12:45:52PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> >> Here is an example of my "non-programmers" approach to forming a chord >> library: (note this example can only be run in version 2.11.4 or better >> due >> to a crash issue) > > Ok I will install 2.11.

Re: Chord library

seb-g wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 09:05:20AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> Yes, as Mats said please check out the FretBoards context, I sponsored >> it! >> >> It will allow you to transpose fret diagrams and enter fret diagrams >> using >> standard lilypond notes, it will auto de

Re: How to silently change the current duration in music?

rsed, so the only > thing that matters is the order the notes appear in the > input file. > > You may want to use a pure preprocessor like m4 to > handle this situation. > > /Mats > > Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: > >>How can I change the "current"

Re: Chord library

seb-g wrote: > > Hi there, > > I am working on a guitar chord library for lily [1] based on the > \fret-diagram command. > > The generator is written in python. > > -- > Sebastien Gross > > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.

How to silently change the current duration in music?

How can I change the "current" duration in my music without actually entering something that will take up any beats? IOW we all know that duration is "sticky", it remains at whatever you last set it to so that you do not have to continually type in duration numbers. What command can I enter to "

Re: Chord library

Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: > > > > seb-g wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> I am working on a guitar chord library for lily [1] based on the >> \fret-diagram command. >> >> The generator is written in python. >> >> The chord

Re: Chord library

seb-g wrote: > > Hi there, > > I am working on a guitar chord library for lily [1] based on the > \fret-diagram command. > > The generator is written in python. > > The chord configuration file is quite simple: > > -- > Sebastien Gross > > > __

Re: Lilypond API

Luc wrote: > > Hi > > I am using Notepad++ (on Windows XP home) to write LilypPond scores. > Besides many other comforts, this editor allows to add own languages as > plugins for highlighting and colouring different kinds of keywords > (actually there are 4 types that can be defined) and autom

Re: lilypond and editors

Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>I've never seen a Java application run fast on Windows, ever, in fact they >>are so slow that they are unbearable to use. >

Possible \keepWithTag bug found (please help verify)

v2.11.2 Windows... In the following example one tag filter works but the other fails. If you use the "chordfret" filter name to generate the chord inversions it fails, but if you use the "chordname" tag filter to generate those chord inversions it works. Conversely I also tried \removeWithTag b

RE: lilypond and editors

Kress, Stephen-2 wrote: > > > It is true that Java is, by default, a p-code style language. However, > what Bertalan Fodor was referring to is what's called the "Just in Time" > compiler. The JIT must not be confused with Java's command line compiler. > The command line compiler (or those b

\keepWithTag is causing a hard crash in this example

v2.11.0 Windows2000. In the code that follows, I'm trying to combine the variables \varNames and \varFrets into single "tagged" variables since these note streams always used in pairs under different contexts. In this example the proper output occurs using \varNames and \varFrets in the Staff an

Re: lilypond and editors

Geoff Horton wrote: > >> Often one can gain productivity by fitting his way of work to the editor >> :-) >> >> Bert > > Sometimes, yes. Often ... I don't know about that, and I'm not really > a fan of the idea. Tools exist for me; I don't exist for tools. > > I don't mean to discourage anyone

Re: Globally removing string number engraver

ep clicking to find out in which context this engraver > lives by default, you'll find out that it's in the Voice context. > I think that's all information you need. > > Don't ask me what the String_number_engraver does, though. > > /Mats > > Quotin

Globally removing string number engraver

Notice in the following example (which will run as-is) that I am explicitely removing the string number engraver. Yet, alas, the string numbers remain on the staff portion. How can I globally remove the string numbers from the standard notation staff, and still reuse the same music on the Fretbo

Re: lilypond and editors

confrey wrote: > > Hi everybody, > I know some text editors have a support for lilypond; I'd like to know > what's a fine editor for lilypond, and if it is possible to customize > gedit (sintax highlighting and statement recognition adn completation). > bye > > confrey > > -- > > confrey >

Re: convert-ly, musicxml2ly, etc. problems

Han-Wen Nienhuys-2 wrote: > > Bertalan Fodor escreveu: >> Install the 2.10.0-1 version of LilyPond (and not the bad, 2.10.0-2) >> Then you will be able to run convert-ly by: >> - running 'python convert-ly' from C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin >> - or by clicking the convert-ly button in Lily

Re: convert-ly, musicxml2ly, etc. problems

Bonnie Rogers wrote: > > Just as I thought - you are trying too hard! I'm not a programmer > either. What on earth is all that "import" stuff? If you have the > music in a desktop folder and cd to that folder you won't have to bother > with any of that. Just type convert-ly and the file

Re: convert-ly, musicxml2ly, etc. problems

\Desktop\musicfiles\gibbons>convert-ly > cantus.ly > convert-ly.py (GNU LilyPond) 2.8.5 > Processing `cantus.ly'... > Applying conversion: > > Good luck! > Bonnie > > > > Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: >> Ok... >> >> I must be missing

Re: convert-ly, musicxml2ly, etc. problems

Bertalan Fodor-2 wrote: > > Install the 2.10.0-1 version of LilyPond (and not the bad, 2.10.0-2) > Then you will be able to run convert-ly by: > - running 'python convert-ly' from C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin > - or by clicking the convert-ly button in LilyPondTool (if you use that) > > B

Re: convert-ly, musicxml2ly, etc. problems

Bertalan Fodor-2 wrote: > > Install the 2.10.0-1 version of LilyPond (and not the bad, 2.10.0-2) > Then you will be able to run convert-ly by: > - running 'python convert-ly' from C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin > - or by clicking the convert-ly button in LilyPondTool (if you use that) > > B

convert-ly, musicxml2ly, etc. problems

Ok... I must be missing something very simple, but I've been beating a dead horse for the past few weeks trying to get convert-ly and other utilities to run on Windows XP. >From te command prompt I change directory to "C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin" which is where lilyponfd is installed, but

Re: paper sizes

James E. Bailey-2 wrote: > > I was reading the archives on how to define a custom page size, and > I'm a little confused as to whether the issue was resolved, meaning, > I've read the archives, and tried the suggestions there, but still > cannot output my page size. > > I've added to the

Re: String concatenation in sheme?

Nicolas Sceaux wrote: > > > What you want is not string concatenation. { a4 b c d } is a music > expression, not a string, so look how it is stored internally: > > \displayMusic { a b c d | } > \displayMusic { e f g a | } > \displayMusic { a b c d | e f g a | } > > You'll see a Sequenc

Re: Selling music engraved by Lilypond

Frédéric Chiasson wrote: > > Thanks for the quick answers! And yes, I will keep the tag, it is least I > can do to encourage such a wonderful project! > > However is it possible to change the alignment, the size, the font or any > other characteristic of the tagline (while keeping it noticeabl

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

Nicolas Sceaux wrote: > > "Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I want to begin compartmentalizing my rather long lilypond templates >> to something beyond numerous \include files to make it easier to >> manage. >> >

String concatenation in sheme?

I'm not a Scheme programmer, but how does one concatenate more data onto the end of an existing variable? Is there a string concatenation expression in scheme that will let someone "add onto" the end of a string using subsequent commands. For example (below is in a java pseudocode where "+=" mea

Re: Selling music engraved by Lilypond

Frédéric Chiasson wrote: > > Hi, > > I just saw a message about the tagline "Engraved by Lilypond" and I was > wondering if it is legal to sell our own partitions of our own > compositions > engraved with Lilypond? Is there any limitation you put against a > «commercial» use (for now, it is rea

Re: Pitch/ octave notation

Erik Sandberg-2 wrote: > > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 16:50, Peter O'Doherty wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is it possible to indicate pitches in the format c4 instead of c'? >> And if not, does anybody know of any plans to create this possibility? > > If you really need this, I'd recommend you to us

Re: Stupid resolution questions

Mats Bengtsson-4 wrote: > > All fonts should be Type1 fonts, i.e. they are described by > vector graphics, not bitmaps. The same goes for slurs, > beams and other objects that are output directly as > graphics. So, there should be no need to worry about > resolution as far as I know. > >/Ma

Stupid resolution questions

I am under the impression that the "dresolution" option flag setting only applies to PNG generation. Is this true? And that the PDF that lily generates really has no "resolution" of it's own to worry about? IOW can I assume that the PDF file is already at "pre-press quality" if it is being prin

Re: Chord, variables and comments [beginner]

Mats Bengtsson-4 wrote: > > It seems that a standard preprocessor like m4 should be the best > solution to > your problems. If you search the mailing list archives, you will find a > number > of discussions related to preprocessors for purely textual replacement in > LilyPond input files. Lil

Re: Rhythmic slashes

Mats, This is sort of working, but how would I set the thickness property so that the slash looks more like the "slash" notehead? Better yet, is there a way to actually use the slashed note head character instead? (the slashed note head looks like most fakebooks, but this beat-slash is too thic

Re: Rhythmic slashes

Brett Duncan-2 wrote: > > Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: >> Paul Scott escreveu: >>> Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: >>>> >>> (snip) >>> >>>> Here is a solution, just change the notehead! (thanks to Brett who >>

Re: Identifiers

Kamal-4 wrote: > > How do you attach a duration (or other notation) to an identifier? > > Example: > I have: > 8 16[ ] > > I want to use " " as an identifier so I tried the following but > it didn't work: > > var = { < a c e> } > > \score { > { \var \var16[ \var16] } > } > > I am using

RE: Rhythmic slashes

Trevor Daniels wrote: > > > I've never tried it, but could you use a drum voice to avoid > transposition problems? > > In my case I cant just change to a drum voice because these measures are in the midst of a voice that does play standard notation for most of the piece, but in places I jus

Re: Rhythmic slashes

Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: > > How can I get 4 slashes in a measure (in 4/4 time)? The following is the > closest I've come but only gives me 3 slashes. (In pop music this is a > common notation method when you just want the player to comp the changes > in time.) Th

Rhythmic slashes

How can I get 4 slashes in a measure (in 4/4 time)? The following is the closest I've come but only gives me 3 slashes. (In pop music this is a common notation method when you just want the player to comp the changes in time.) The example below will run as is: \paper { ragged-right = ##t } \r

Re: Slur usage

Eduardo Vieira-3 wrote: > > Hello list, is there a musical difference between these two styles of > slurring? > > { e( f() g) } and { e( f g) } > > I have seen songs using either style. Which is more proper? Personally I > prefer > the latter. But I'm not a musician. > > Eduardo > > >

Re: Ghostscript question

no errors so far. fiëé visuëlle wrote: > > Am 2006-11-03 um 19:03 schrieb Rick Hansen (aka RickH): > >> But I am unsure as to what ghostscript to get the GPL or the AFPL? > > Since a while also the latest version of GS is available unter the > GPL, see > ht

Ghostscript question

I have a very old version of ghostscript that I use outside my lilypond work... I want to upgrade ghostscript on my Windows machine for the work I do in concatenating lily outputs into books, printing to PDF, etc. But I am unsure as to what ghostscript to get the GPL or the AFPL? I just want th

Re: chord :dim7

Frédéric Bron wrote: > > I have tried to make a chord exception as indicated in the documentation > and > in > chord-name-exceptions.lyto > replace "07" by "dim" but it did not work. Here is what

Re: chord :dim7

Frédéric Bron wrote: > > I have tried to make a chord exception as indicated in the documentation > and > in > chord-name-exceptions.lyto > replace "07" by "dim" but it did not work. Here is what

Re: chord :dim7

Frédéric Bron wrote: > > Does this mean that if I want all dim7 chords be written "dim", I need to > code 12 exceptions, one for each note? > No, the exceptions list would only need one exception coded with a root of C, in your case to override dim and to override dim7. I've done over a hu

Re: chord :dim7

Frédéric Bron wrote: > > Using lily 2.8.7 on Windows. > > Why \chords { gs:dim7 } gives G#07 in the output and not G#dim (\include > english.ly)? > I want < gs b d f >. > > Regards, > > Fred > > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user

Re: convert relative to absolute...

Julian Peterson wrote: > > I have a project in which I am training a computer to improvise in the > same style as an example piece of music. > I wrote a little program in supercollider to take a sequence of lilypond > notes, learn patterns from them and then generate > output for lilypond to

Re: The importance of a graphical interface.

César Penagos wrote: > > Dears Lilyponders: > I'm a very in-love user of Lilypond, actually I have installed the 2.9.26 > version. I'm attend to update my preferred music score program. > For many times i sow in the user archives, people asking for a graphical > interface. I thing there is a

arabic instead of roman

Is there a global way to change the neck position indication on fret board markup to be arabic instead of roman? Without having to change the file called "\LilyPond\usr\share\lilypond\current\scm\fret-diagrams.scm" ? I'm trying to avoid making my own changes to the installed code base, so that I

Re: Wishlist for Guitar (or string) features (newbie!)

I have just sponsored some new guitar related items, and inadvertantly some tab clean-up items that will be in future release. I understand your idea, but I would also argue that using notes instead of hard-coded fret and string numbers is the way to go. This way your output can participate

Re: slurs at breaks are wrongly influenced by rehearsal marks

FYI, this bug also happens on volta brackets that continue or start at a new system. The beginning of the volta bracket is "pushed" to the right by the mark. This is exasperated by the fact that very often it is necessary to put a "To CODA" mark at the beginning of first endings. In this very f

Re: chord name size

Depends on your age, eyesight and the type of score too. For a simple fake book lead sheet I like things big so that I can read it better in a dark room at a distance, or at times when I'll have a cheat sheet on the floor at my feet while performing something I have not fully memorized. As for t

Re: Polyphonic Tablature

ate tab staffs, >> not a >> > single polyphonic one. >> > >> > Rick >> > >> > >> > >> > Mats Bengtsson-4 wrote: >> >> >> >> See >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-10/msg00

Re: OK, I am not a happy camper!

If all you want to do is link and imbed musical snippets into a word processor document then check out the new "clip-regions" capability in the latest LiyPond. It will let you define an array of clip regions in the \paper block then when you compile your main score all those "clippings" will be d

Re: Polyphonic Tablature

Thanks Mats, but this example is still producing 2 separate tab staffs, not a single polyphonic one. Rick Mats Bengtsson-4 wrote: > > See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-10/msg00285.html > > /Mats > > Quoting "Rick Hansen (aka Ri

Re: Polyphonic Tablature

Yes this has been a problem I've had too, it would be nice if one can use the same notes/voices on both the staff and tabstaff, without duplicating the work. Nigel Tao-2 wrote: > > Hiya. Lilypond newbie here - so I'm probably mangling the terminology... > > I am trying to re-use the same (po

Re: chord name size

I prefer to set something like this in a \layout context, but you can also do it where you declare your ChordNames staff or even in the middle of the score amongst your notes (size exaggerated here): \layout { \context { \ChordNames \override ChordName #'font-size = #10.5 } } Dav

Re: parenthesize

If I'm not mistaken I belive parenthesis only applies to notes in chords so to parenthesize a single note make a chord with just one note in it, also it applies to the note after the \parenthesize: \version "2.9.17" \include "english.ly" \layout { line-width = 80\mm } theMusic = \relat

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