Re: N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-21 Thread Amelie Protscher
Hi David, all, >1. How many Lilyponders think that "N.C." is elegant? It's the standard, and that's good enough for me. >2. How many guitar teachers instruct their students to keep strumming when >they see a rest? It depends what's on the staff. If the vocal/melody line is notated, it makes

Re: N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-21 Thread Michael Dietz
I usually use an m-dash "—" as the noChordSymbol as it is more language agnostic. But N.C. is reasonable default IMHO.

Re: N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-20 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le vendredi 19 mai 2023 à 22:35 -0400, David Olson a écrit : > > > > the default setting for LilyPond chord engraving is: whenever there is a > rest, to display "N.C." > Iteration after iteration, this default setting has

Re: N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-19 Thread Vincent Gay
Le 20/05/2023 à 04:35, David Olson a écrit : 1. How many Lilyponders think that "N.C." is elegant? I am one of them! As a French jazz musician I encounter (and use as a lilyponder) this convention every time the rhythm section is asked not to play. -- Vincent Gay Envoyé depuis mon saxo-phon

Re: N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-19 Thread Knute Snortum
On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 8:56 PM David Wright wrote: > On Fri 19 May 2023 at 22:35:04 (-0400), David Olson wrote: > > > > > > > > > the default setting for LilyPond chord engraving is: whenever there is a > rest, to display

Re: N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-19 Thread Tim's Bitstream
Or s1 rather than r1. > On May 19, 2023, at 10:56 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 19 May 2023 at 22:35:04 (-0400), David Olson wrote: >> >> >> >> the default setting for LilyPond chord engraving is: whenever there i

Re: N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-19 Thread David Wright
On Fri 19 May 2023 at 22:35:04 (-0400), David Olson wrote: > > > > the default setting for LilyPond chord engraving is: whenever there is a > rest, to display "N.C." > Iteration after iteration, this default setting has

N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-19 Thread David Olson
the default setting for LilyPond chord engraving is: whenever there is a rest, to display "N.C." Iteration after iteration, this default setting has persisted in all the versions of Lilypond I have ever used. Having a