Re: Piano Pedal placement

Hi Martin, You could try the attached, with the commands pedOn, pedRetake and pedOff. Best, David Sustain-Pedal-2.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document \version "2.19.83" \pointAndClickOff pedOn = #(define-event-function () () #{ -\tweak shorten-pair #'(0 . -1) -\tweak self-alignmen

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 7:40 AM Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > Hi Phil, > > > What on earth does a gradual piano pedal release achieve? Either the > > dampers are touching the strings or they're not, so it's in effect a binary > > choice. > > That’s not true: the amount of pressure applied by the

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

Hi Phil, > What on earth does a gradual piano pedal release achieve? Either the dampers > are touching the strings or they're not, so it's in effect a binary choice. That’s not true: the amount of pressure applied by the dampers — from 100% to 0% — is graduated (based on how much gravity is al

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

Am Sa., 30. Nov. 2019 um 11:50 Uhr schrieb Andrew Bernard : > I don't write this stuff, I am merely the harmless drudge that tries to > engrave it! [...] > I have seen other composers write the same thing also. I think > it's a type of modernist composer shared delusion. > > The things we engraver

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

Am Sa., 30. Nov. 2019 um 01:20 Uhr schrieb Andrew Bernard : > > I wonder if it is possible to indicate piano pedal gradual release off, > and gradual on, using curves? Please refer to attached shots of MS. > > We have been able to do great things with pedal lines before in response > my requests, s

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

Am Samstag, 30 Nov 2019 10:24:30 - schrieb Phil Holmes: > What on earth does a gradual piano pedal release achieve? Either the > dampers are touching the strings or they're not, so it's in effect a > binary choice. So a gradual release simply makes the time the sustain > ends somewhat arbitrary

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

Hello Phil, I don't write this stuff, I am merely the harmless drudge that tries to engrave it! Although I think it's somewhat stupid, I will say, speaking as somebody who has made harpsichords most of my life, and messed around with many keyboard instruments, it is possible to hear very, ve

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

- Original Message - From: "Andrew Bernard" To: Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2019 12:20 AM Subject: Piano pedal gradual release I wonder if it is possible to indicate piano pedal gradual release off, and gradual on, using curves? Please refer to attached shots of MS. We have been ab

Re: Piano pedal mark collision (\sustainOn, \sustainOff)

Hi Przemyslaw, > Do you perhaps indirectly suggest something like replacing closing > asterisk "*" with asterisk with some space padding "* “? That’s exactly what I’m suggesting. > That could work too, I guess, if it's possible. Yes. And it would be the superior workaround, since it would invol

Re: Piano pedal mark collision (\sustainOn, \sustainOff)

Hi, Kieren! On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: >> No one played with positions of \sustainOn and \sustainOff? > > Well, I took a couple of seconds, and failed. > > Then, just now, I realized there’s a possible solution: >

Re: Piano pedal mark collision (\sustainOn, \sustainOff)

Hi, Mark! On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > If acceptable, the use of "bracket" style can eliminate the conflict. Going in my pedal definition with: \set pedalSustainStyle = #'bracket is other kind of workaround, but text style is much more visually appealing to

Re: Piano pedal mark collision (\sustainOn, \sustainOff)

Hi, > No one played with positions of \sustainOn and \sustainOff? Well, I took a couple of seconds, and failed. Then, just now, I realized there’s a possible solution: I don’t know if markup (or even “fake markup”) support

RE: Piano pedal mark collision (\sustainOn, \sustainOff)

January 27, 2016 11:34 AM To: lilypond-user Subject: Re: Piano pedal mark collision (\sustainOn, \sustainOff) Hi! No one played with positions of \sustainOn and \sustainOff? On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Przemyslaw Pawelczyk wrote:, > I have a problem with \sustainOn and \sustainOff collidi

Re: Piano pedal mark collision (\sustainOn, \sustainOff)

Hi! No one played with positions of \sustainOn and \sustainOff? On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Przemyslaw Pawelczyk wrote: > I have a problem with \sustainOn and \sustainOff colliding each other > in some cases. > I use following pattern > > s32*31\sustainOn s32\sustainOff [...] > but it o

Re: Piano pedal lines

Greetings, That’s good to know that pedals support the line interface. But I think what I require is a blend of pedal and text spanner, so that I can change end marks and add arbitrary text. I am hoping to achieve effects similar to the attached image. Can the pedal stencil be adjusted to do th

Re: Piano pedal lines

At 16:05 on 10 Jul 2015, Andrew Bernard wrote: >Greetings All, > >Using bracket style for piano pedals, is it possible to have a dashed >horizontal line instead of solid? Yes. See below. For more options, note that PianoPedalBracket supports the line-interface, so you can override any of those pro

Re: piano pedal

- Original Message - From: "Mark Stephen Mrotek" To: "'David Kastrup'" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 3:15 PM Subject: RE: piano pedal David, Thank you for the references. I shall read them today. I want the pedal indication to be "brac

RE: piano pedal

on. Mark -Original Message- From: David Kastrup [mailto:d...@gnu.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 7:05 AM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: piano pedal "Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > David, > > Thank you for your reply and the comma

Re: piano pedal

"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > David, > > Thank you for your reply and the commands. > Where in the documentation can I find more on the method (the why and how it > works) you presented? http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/modifying-context-plug_002dins> http://www.lilypo

RE: piano pedal

Abraham, Thanks, I shall look more closely. Mark From: Abraham Lee [mailto:tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 6:47 AM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: David Kastrup; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: RE: piano pedal On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Mark Stephen

RE: piano pedal

Kastrup [mailto:d...@gnu.org] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 11:38 PM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: piano pedal "Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: Hello, Using the documentation http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/piano I have

RE: piano pedal

:38 PM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: piano pedal "Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > Hello, > > > > Using the documentation > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/piano > > I have "attached" the sus

Re: piano pedal

"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > Hello, > > > > Using the documentation > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/piano > > I have "attached" the sustain commands to the "left" staff. > > When the lower voice moves to the "right" staff the sustain markings change > style and locat

RE: Piano pedal - horizontal alignment

Mr. Holmes, Thank you for your reply and the instructions. I shall follow them. Mark -Original Message- From: Phil Holmes [mailto:m...@philholmes.net] Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 7:01 AM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Piano pedal - horizontal alignment

Re: Piano pedal - horizontal alignment

- Original Message - From: Mark Stephen Mrotek To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 2:47 PM Subject: Piano pedal - horizontal alignment Hello, In a piano score the \sustainOn, \sustainOff symbols are generally in a horizontal line, i.e., same distance below the bas

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

2008/9/15 Risto Vääräniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Neil, > > 2008/9/14 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> No, unless you're compiling from source. The asterisk's bounding box >> is hard-coded during font generation (see attached image). > > How did you get that image? In Lilypond or in Fontf

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

2008/9/15 Mark Polesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/9/14 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Unfortunately, the strings in this list are only used to build up the >> glyph names. > > That _IS_ unfortunate. I was under the impression that if I wanted to > create my own pedal asterisk, I could (ie.

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

Hi Neil, 2008/9/14 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No, unless you're compiling from source. The asterisk's bounding box > is hard-coded during font generation (see attached image). How did you get that image? In Lilypond or in Fontforge (or something else)? I'd like to see if the numbers in

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

2008/9/14 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Unfortunately, the strings in this list are only used to build up the > glyph names. That _IS_ unfortunate. I was under the impression that if I wanted to create my own pedal asterisk, I could (ie. without compiling from source!) I think this is the

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

2008/9/14 Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > But why wouldn't (i.e., doesn't) this work? > > \layout > { >\context >{ >\Score >pedalSustainStrings = #'("Ped." "*Ped." (markup #:lower 0.45 > "*") ) >} > } Unfortunately, the strings in th

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

Hi Neil, No, unless you're compiling from source. The asterisk's bounding box is hard-coded during font generation (see attached image). But why wouldn't (i.e., doesn't) this work? \layout { \context { \Score pedalSustainStrings = #'("Ped." "*P

Re: piano pedal vertical alignment question

Hi Mark, 2008/9/14 Mark Polesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > When using \sustainOn and \sustainOff to make piano pedal marks, > the "Ped." glyph and the "*" glyph (which has less height) are > drawn with the tops vertically aligned. Is there a way to align > them at the baseline without manual overrides

Re: piano pedal lines over staff

If you really want to use it as a piano pedal bracket, then you can do \override Staff.SustainPedalLineSpanner #'direction = #UP \override Staff.PianoPedalBracket #'edge-height = #'(-1.0 . -1.0) Otherwise, use ordinary text spanners with \override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction

Re: Piano Pedal performace across a PianoStaff

Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Interesting, you get a SIGSEGV! > > However, if you replace "Piano_pedal_performer" with > "Piano_pedal_engraver", LilyPond will process the file without > crashing. Still, it doesn't do what you want. > The next time, you try these things, remember tha

Re: piano-pedal-{performer,engraver} bug

Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> Since SustainEvent and friends are symbols (not strings), we should >> be comparing them to symbols instead of strings. > > Thanks. Applied. > > Did this cause any errors, BTW? No pedal events actually ended up in any mi

Re: piano pedal brackets

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> /\_ > > > >I have the exact same problem here (both with your example and some of > >my own music) using 2.1.0. Is this a known bug? Is there a workaround? > If it is a bug should we post to the bugs list? Thanks. Yes, please. However, due to problems with

Re: piano pedal brackets

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:55:31 +0100, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Atte_Andr=E9_Jensen?= wrote: >Jonathan Kraut wrote: >> the bracket sides for a pedal change are drawn as: >> >> \__/___ >> >> instead of >> >> /\_ > >I have the exact same problem here (both with your example and some of >my own m