I'm excited about the new feature that would let me use any TrueType
font. I'll have to wait until a stable release comes out for cygwin, I
suppose, but it seems interesting.
Although it might be an aesthetic mismatch and not exactly elegant, it
seems like a good way to get graphical symbols from
> I'm no great shakes as a lilypond user, but I do understand the need
> for transposable chord names. Some of us (many of us?) may create
> leadsheets of one sort or another. Essentially those are melody and
> chord names. If there is a need to transpose the thing it is
> cumbersome at best to
> Your cause would be considerably furthered if you would come up with the
> comprehensive user documentation, in the context of Lilypond as compared to
> the others.
>
> cheers
> /Hans
As it appears the developers/users are not sympathetic to my cause, I
will simply drop my request.
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> By now, it is clear to everybody that you consider chord symbols to be
> graphical objects and nothing more. Since Lilypond allows that - with
> perhaps some tweaking here and there, and perhaps some minor syntactic
> sugar to make the process more comfortable - I guess you must be happy.
>
> Th
> I can see that one chord symbol could be interpreted in a variety of
> different voicings/inversions/etc. But it is still written with one
> indication/symbol.
With conventions that differ widely; hence lilypond enforcing one
system I see as inelegant.
> The reason that Lilypond does what i
> There is one kind of syntactic sugar that I have been missing:
>
> Imagine that you're typesetting a piece with chords, and that Ignatzek (or
> some other chord naming scheme) fits fairly well with what you want. Say 95%
> of the chords are typeset the way you want them, and you're dissatisfied
> FYI, I find the midi output of chords useful, for the purpose of proof
> listening. Though the midi output isn't very pleasant to listen to, it's
> certainly good enough to decide whether the typeset chords fit fairly well
> with the rest of the music.
>
> Erik
>
I'd have to take issue with th
Well, I suppose you guys are busy. I don't know if you made any decisions.
I'm only a poor student, but I will pay up to $50 (in pieces) if I get
the small features
- Slash marks that aren't repeat markings and don't require a hack $20
- If I can get the full Finale fontset chord symbols under ch
> that's my point: you want some simple changes to font selection, but
> it seems to me that you are asking for syntactic sugar, but I can't
> figure out which syntactic sugar you want.
Well, look at the Finale Jazzcord font set I linked to. Is it possible
to get all those symbols as easily as any
> OK. How is this different from
>
> \lyricmode { \markup { C \majSymbol \super { 7 9 } }
>
> except for the \lyricmode and \markup ?
(For starters, wouldn't you have to specify another font, since chords
and lyrics fonts are different?)
Well, I guess the point I was trying to make was that t
> Isn't there a contradiction between the claim that Jazz is not a
> classical form of art, and some assertive statement about "the only
> appropriate way things should be done"
No contradiction.
I wasn't suggesting that there's only ONE way to do it, I was saying
that since there ISN'T only one
> It's because they're actual content. Consider printing a part with
> your style of chord naming, and then having to give the same part to
> someone used to ignatzek, with Danish notenames. With a neat
> representation like the pitches that would be replacing
>
> \set chordNameFunction = #real-
> Regarding your offer/request, I can only estimate how much work it
> would be if you can send me chart, similar to the one in
>
>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.4/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Chord-name-chart
>
> with your desired layout. If you insist on a text-only approach, I can
> c
> There is hope for you here. You might wish to contribute to Han-Wen's
> offer in the long thread at
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-02/msg00174.html
While I can wait for the jazz articulations, I do feel strongly enough
about this to actually pay money for a chord system
> You're spot on that the authors come from a classical background, but
> "getting things right" unfortunately doesn't exist. The current chord
> name system as well as the chord-comping notation was recommended to
> us by a Jazz-piano graduate from (I believe) Berlin conservatory. She
> may still
Lilypond makes many assumptions about musical symbols, and notation in
general, that are very rigidly tied to classical conceptions of music.
A music notation program should be flexible about this sort of thing,
since most people using it will probably be typesetting contemporary
forms of music rat
> You are misinterpreting the issue. The features you are requesting
> are not held up, they are just put into a very long queue of things
> which would be nice to be implemented. Paying him shifts *your*
> particular problem to the top so that it is handled (almost)
> immediately.
I see. This m
> I'd be willing to help out with the costs - I could easily do $50
> towards this if others are willing to help as well. I have seen many
> posts asking for these articulations, myself included, and it seems
> there is more than enough interest to get these articulations into the
> feta fontset. D
> Hi,
>
> I took a look, and I can do this for EUR 120 (or USD 150).
>
> That would include
>
> * A general script tunable to create for drop/fall/doit
>
> (including canned input identifiers)
>
> * Metafont scripts for standard bend, bend before and turn
>
> * A curved glissando line
>
> *
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:08:44 +0100, Mats Bengtsson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please always keep the discussion on the mailing list, for the
> benefit of yourself since you get access to the collected
> expertise on the list and for the benefit of others who experience
> similar problems. Same th
> Hi!
>
> I would gladly add any kind of articulation you like, if you are
> willing to donate some cash (paypal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) to cover for
> the development costs.
Well, that's certainly something I can help with :)
How much would be "enough'? (in US dollars)
WB
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In lilypond, is there the ability to get symbols that are common in
jazz notation such as drops, falls, doits, bends, squeezes, turns, and
shakes?
For examples:
http://bands.army.mil/masterclass/tusafb/dec2000/jazz.htm
In the articulations section of the lily manual I only see classical
music no
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