Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-21 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/12/18 Eric Pancer : [...] > How do I make things like this work with your example: > > (muteconga () "stopped" 1) > > or > > opentumba . ,(ly:make-pitch 0 -1 NATURAL)) > > > Can I put that all in a new drum definition and have the corresponding > MIDI files generated properly? > > Thank you, a

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-18 Thread Tim Roberts
David Rogers wrote: > It turns out that the correct number for C4, C5, and so on can be found > by counting the number of Cs on a standard 88-key piano, starting from > the low end and starting with 1. Is this an accident, or is this the > origin of that numbering system? That's the origin. > (I

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-18 Thread David Rogers
David Kastrup writes: > Eric Pancer writes: > >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Thomas Morley >> wrote: Is C6 considered "0"? >>> >>> Well, here I'm the one who is confused. I never heard "C6" and the >>> others you mention below. >> >> Apologies. "C5" is known as middle C. > > It isn't.

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-18 Thread David Kastrup
Eric Pancer writes: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Thomas Morley > wrote: >>> Is C6 considered "0"? >> >> Well, here I'm the one who is confused. I never heard "C6" and the >> others you mention below. > > Apologies. "C5" is known as middle C. It isn't. You are confusing this with its big

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-18 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Morley writes: > Hi Eric, > > sorry to come back to you that late. > > 2012/12/13 Eric Pancer : >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Thomas Morley >> wrote: >>> 2012/12/12 Eric Pancer : On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer wrote: >> [..] I've got this working using the f

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-17 Thread Eric Pancer
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: >> Is C6 considered "0"? > > Well, here I'm the one who is confused. I never heard "C6" and the > others you mention below. Apologies. "C5" is known as middle C. "C6" is the C in the third space of treble clef. etc.. >> Thank you for the exa

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-17 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi Eric, sorry to come back to you that late. 2012/12/13 Eric Pancer : > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Thomas Morley > wrote: >> 2012/12/12 Eric Pancer : >>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer wrote: > [..] >>> I've got this working using the following definition: >>> >>> #(define

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-16 Thread Eric Pancer
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Eric Pancer wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Thomas Morley > wrote: >> 2012/12/12 Eric Pancer : >>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer wrote: > [..] >>> I've got this working using the following definition: >>> >>> #(define mydrums '( >>> (bas

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-13 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2012/12/12 Eric Pancer : >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer wrote: [..] >> I've got this working using the following definition: >> >> #(define mydrums '( >> (bassdrum default #f -3) >> (snaredefault #f0) >> (h

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-12 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/12/12 Eric Pancer : > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer wrote: >> While writing some conga exercises (for four drums) in Lilypond, I've >> found I can get by using the following notes*: >> - bd (super tumba) >> - toml (tumba) >> - sn (conga) >> >> However, I'm looking for a 4th

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer wrote: > While writing some conga exercises (for four drums) in Lilypond, I've > found I can get by using the following notes*: > - bd (super tumba) > - toml (tumba) > - sn (conga) > > However, I'm looking for a 4th pitch to notate a quinto (high dru