Re: Note for manual

2006-02-25 Thread Graham Percival
On 22-Feb-06, at 12:32 PM, Steve D wrote: Manual for 2.7 series, section 6.1.2, Pitches Suggestion (may or may not be appropriate)-- It might help beginners, at the point in this section where sharps and flats are discussed, to mention and/or illustrate that when a pitch is followed by both an

Re: Note for manual

2006-02-24 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 03:32 pm, Steve D wrote: > Manual for 2.7 series, section 6.1.2, Pitches > > Suggestion (may or may not be appropriate)-- > It might help beginners, at the point in this section where sharps and > flats are discussed, to mention and/or illustrate that when a pitch is

Re: Note for manual

2006-02-24 Thread stk
Thank you for opting for the "wordy" explanation. I've never played a transposing instrument, so the explanation would be directed towards people like me. The concrete statement "an A is notated as a C" tells me quickly and unmistakably what the instrument _does_. >> Consider a part written for

Re: Note for manual

2006-02-24 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Erik Sandberg wrote: Han-Wen, the intended semantics of neutral-direction are a bit unclear to me. I have two guesses: 1. If melody spanner can't decide which direction to use, use neutral-direction instead. This seems to be the intended semantics, from looking at melody-spanner.cc, but it doe

Note for manual

2006-02-24 Thread Steve D
Manual for 2.7 series, section 6.1.2, Pitches Suggestion (may or may not be appropriate)-- It might help beginners, at the point in this section where sharps and flats are discussed, to mention and/or illustrate that when a pitch is followed by both an octave specification and a sharp/flat indicat

Re: Note for manual

2006-02-23 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 09.06, Graham Percival wrote: > On 20-Feb-06, at 7:12 PM, Steve D wrote: > > The graphical example doesn't seem to accurately illustrate the code > > above it. The stems for notes on the middle line of the staff all point > > down, despite "\override Stem #'neutral-direc

Re: Note for manual

2006-02-22 Thread Graham Percival
On 21-Feb-06, at 6:46 AM, Steve D wrote: On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 09:56:55PM -0700, Steve D wrote: For LilyPond manual, 2.7 series, section 6.2.3, Transpose: Suggestion: Consider a part written for violin (a C instrument). If this part is to be played on the A clarinet (for which an A is notat

Re: Note for manual

2006-02-22 Thread Graham Percival
On 20-Feb-06, at 8:56 PM, Steve D wrote: Suggestion: Consider a part written for violin (a C instrument). If this part is to be played on the A clarinet (for which an A is notated as a C, and which sounds a minor third lower than notated), the following transposition will produce the appropri

Re: Note for manual

2006-02-21 Thread Steve D
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 09:56:55PM -0700, Steve D wrote: > For LilyPond manual, 2.7 series, section 6.2.3, Transpose: > Suggestion: > Consider a part written for violin (a C instrument). If this part is to > be played on the A clarinet (for which an A is notated as a C, and which > sounds a minor t

Re: Note for manual, thanks for features

2006-02-21 Thread Graham Percival
On 20-Feb-06, at 7:03 PM, Steve D wrote: To Graham Percival, for the LilyPond manual: in section 6.1.10, Tuplets, under "Commonly Tweaked Properties," there is an example that includes "#(ly:make-moment 1 4)" (without the double-quotes). You may want to provide a brief explanation within that e

Re: Note for manual

2006-02-21 Thread Graham Percival
On 20-Feb-06, at 7:12 PM, Steve D wrote: The graphical example doesn't seem to accurately illustrate the code above it. The stems for notes on the middle line of the staff all point down, despite "\override Stem #'neutral-direction = #up" (or #down). Thanks! BTW, such reports can be sent dir

Note for manual

2006-02-21 Thread Steve D
For LilyPond manual, 2.7 series, section 6.2.3, Transpose: Current: Consider a part written for violin (a C instrument). If this part is to be played on the A clarinet, the following transposition will produce the appropriate part \transpose a c ... Suggestion: Consider a part written for viol

Note for manual, thanks for features

2006-02-21 Thread Steve D
Just several comments-- To Graham Percival, for the LilyPond manual: in section 6.1.10, Tuplets, under "Commonly Tweaked Properties," there is an example that includes "#(ly:make-moment 1 4)" (without the double-quotes). You may want to provide a brief explanation within that example as to what ex

Note for manual

2006-02-20 Thread Steve D
Current manual for LilyPond 2.7 series, section 6.1.12, Stems: The graphical example doesn't seem to accurately illustrate the code above it. The stems for notes on the middle line of the staff all point down, despite "\override Stem #'neutral-direction = #up" (or #down). -sd --