Lily language files for Carnatic Ragas

2011-03-16 Thread ananth p
Hello all, I'm happy to share with you, Lily Raga, a collection of lilypond 'language' files (headers?) that'll help us transcribe Carnatic (South Indian Classical) Raga music with lilypond in standard western notation. https://github.com/ananthp/lilyraga A short sample - \include "carnatic/me

Re: 2 pages on 1 ?

2010-09-18 Thread ananth p
hing like "Columns = 3" in the score header will be sweet :) Ananth On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Dmytro O. Redchuk wrote: > > On Sat 18 Sep 2010, 09:01 David Kastrup wrote: > > ananth p writes: > > > > > Multi-Column layout! I need that too. > >

Re: 2 pages on 1 ?

2010-09-17 Thread ananth p
Multi-Column layout! I need that too. This is how I did this score (3 Columns)- http://www.twitpic.com/2pie84 1. Calculate the width (and height?) of each column; set the page size accordingly. (page width = column width) 2. Run LilyPond, output the score as PNGs. 3. Tailor PNGs. Imag

Re: multiple pitchnames in a song?

2010-09-08 Thread ananth p
Works like a charm! Thank you. Thanks for the wonderful IDE too :) On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > > > And if you do this? > > \include "arabic.ly" > ...score1: some Arabic music here.. > > \include "english.ly" > ... score2: some English music .

multiple pitchnames in a song?

2010-09-08 Thread ananth p
Is it possible to use multiple 'pitchnames' in a song (perhaps under different score segments)? something like % option 1: Include Files \include "arabic.ly" \include "english.ly" ...score1: some Arabic music here.. ... score2: some English music .. %option 2: inline p

Re: Lilypond to typeset solfa style Indian music

2010-08-08 Thread ananth p
Amico, Thanks for pointing out CarMusTy. It seems to be in the earlier stages of development. Interestingly it uses Latex (xetex) under the hood. I was looking for either Latex or Lily solution. Will keep a note of it and try it out when a working version is ready. My turn - there's another Carna

Re: Lilypond to typeset solfa style Indian music

2010-08-04 Thread ananth p
; carnatic "font" so you can enter your notes as normal. Then just suppress > the staff so the "notes" print as notes, with the lyrics attached. > > Cheers, > Wol > > > > On 7/28/10 6:27 PM, "ananth p" > wrote: > > Hi, > > I&#x

Lilypond to typeset solfa style Indian music

2010-07-28 Thread ananth p
Hi, I've been using lilypond for quite a while to typeset scores. I'd like to typeset Carnatic (Indian) music scores, which don't use Staff notation system. Just text, like solfa, nevertheless it's a music system with durations, meters, barlines etc. I can use the 'lyrics' part to enter my notes