Re: First impressions (Was: Rolls and Ruffs)

2004-06-28 Thread Bruce McIntyre
To make stem tremolos thinner and shorter for drum-rolls try \override StemTremolo #'beam-thickness = #0.36 \override StemTremolo #'beam-width = #1.2 I haven't worked out how to get them closer to each other, or to force angled tremolos on beamed notes. Bruce. _

Re: First impressions (Was: Rolls and Ruffs)

2004-06-14 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Bruce McIntyre wrote: Hi. Peter Mogensen wrote: - representing snare drum notes. (Ruffs, rolls and flams). The current layout is acceptable, but the it's a hack. It would be better if Lilypond knew the correct musical concept. Tremolos in ruffs and rolls should not be aligned with beams. It's an

Re: First impressions (Was: Rolls and Ruffs)

2004-06-11 Thread Bruce McIntyre
Hi. Peter Mogensen wrote: >> - representing snare drum notes. (Ruffs, rolls and flams). The >> current layout is acceptable, but the it's a hack. It would be >> better if Lilypond knew the correct musical concept. Tremolos in >> ruffs and rolls should not be aligned with beams. It's annoying

Re: First impressions (Was: Rolls and Ruffs)

2004-06-04 Thread Mats Bengtsson
* There's still too many hacks involved. Typing the above score I ran into the following problems. - representing snare drum notes. (Ruffs, rolls and flams). The current layout is acceptable, but the it's a hack. It would be better if Lilypond knew the correct musical concept. Tremo

Re: First impressions (Was: Rolls and Ruffs)

2004-05-26 Thread Arvid Grøtting
Peter Mogensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >- Ideally you should only write each peace of information 1 > time. However, there's as far as I can see no silver bullet to do > this with LilyPond. If I want "Da CAPO al FINE" (I do), where should > I write it so it's only written on

First impressions (Was: Rolls and Ruffs)

2004-05-26 Thread Peter Mogensen
Hi, I've now half way through my first real Lilypond score. I mostly arrange music for marching bands consisting of flutes and drums and a small brass section. Here's my first impressions. The files are at: http://www.bigendian.dk/owts.tgz Comments are welcome. * Lilypond is definitely faster to

Re: Rolls and ruffs

2004-05-24 Thread Peter Mogensen
Mats Bengtsson wrote: As you noticed, I know nothing about drum notation and I think this goes also for the main hackers of LilyPond. So, any input you have on suggestions are welcome, not the least if you can assist yourself with the implementation. I know C++, LISP and TeX, so maybe... If I find

Re: Rolls and ruffs

2004-05-24 Thread Mats Bengtsson
As you noticed, I know nothing about drum notation and I think this goes also for the main hackers of LilyPond. So, any input you have on suggestions are welcome, not the least if you can assist yourself with the implementation. Peter Mogensen wrote: Mats Bengtsson wrote: Did you try the following?

Re: Rolls and ruffs

2004-05-24 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Did you try the following? \time 6/8 c'8 r c8:32 ~ c8 c c | c4.:32 ~ c4.:32 ~ | c8 r c:32 ~ c c c | c4.:32 ~ c4 c8:32 ~ | c8 r c \acciaccatura d c r c For the MIDI output, it's possible to unfold tremolo repeats as shown in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/input/regression/out-www/collated-f

Re: Rolls and ruffs

2004-05-24 Thread Peter Mogensen
Mats Bengtsson wrote: Did you try the following? \time 6/8 c'8 r c8:32 ~ c8 c c | c4.:32 ~ c4.:32 ~ | c8 r c:32 ~ c c c | c4.:32 ~ c4 c8:32 ~ | c8 r c \acciaccatura d c r c Yes. But it doesn't give the result I'm looking for. It's _looks_ like the wanted engraving, but it's not perfect.

Rolls and ruffs

2004-05-23 Thread Peter Mogensen
Hi, I've been trying to get Lilypond to typeset notes for marchband snaredrums. Here's a small sample of the task (bottom staff): http://www.bigendian.dk/libertyb.jpg I have been partly successfull in tweaking the tremolo repeat to make it thinner, but these are not tremolo repeats as such and res