Re: Combining chord durations

2013-10-22 Thread Jim Long
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:37:56PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > > It's too late here to continue experimenting, but your example works > with 2.16. > > My intuition tells me it has something to do with the "q". Could it be > that it's duration is compile time static, and not dynamic? When you

Re: Combining chord durations

2013-10-22 Thread Johan Vromans
Jim Long writes: > But the attached example does work in 2.17.26. Curious. It's too late here to continue experimenting, but your example works with 2.16. My intuition tells me it has something to do with the "q". Could it be that it's duration is compile time static, and not dynamic? -- Joh

Re: Combining chord durations

2013-10-22 Thread Jim Long
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 09:56:12AM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > > I tried the following approach: > > qeight = \chordmode { > \override ChordName #'stencil = ##f > q8 q q q q q q > \revert ChordName #'stencil > } > ...etc... > > harmonies = \new ChordNames \chordmode { >

Re: Combining chord durations

2013-10-22 Thread Johan Vromans
Jim Long writes: > Does the MIDI output come out correct when you do this? It's ugly, > but I think it will work, both visually and aurally: > > \pata ees -> > \override ChordName #'stencil = ##t > ees8 > \override ChordName #'stencil = ##f > q q q q q q q Yes, it does. The midi is okay.

Re: Combining chord durations

2013-10-21 Thread Jim Long
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:30:57PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > [Quoting Jim Long, on October 21 2013, 11:42, in "Re: Combining chord "] > > 3) Instead of #2, and again I haven't tested this (much), could > > tremoli help you? > > No, they do not render as individual notes in the midi. > E.g. >

Re: Combining chord durations

2013-10-21 Thread Johan Vromans
[Quoting Jim Long, on October 21 2013, 11:42, in "Re: Combining chord "] > The reason your layout gets stretched is roughly because > LilyPond's chord-suppression logic for repeated chord markups > effectively makes the chord markup "transparent" rather than > eliminating it entirely. Thus even th

Re: Combining chord durations

2013-10-21 Thread Jim Long
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 01:59:11PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > I use a score to produce PDF and MIDI. > > To obtain a rhythmic pattern in the MIDI, I write the chords as: > > ees8 ees ees ees ees ees bes bes | > c:m c:m c:m c:m aes aes aes aes | > ees ees ees ees bes bes bes bes | > e

Combining chord durations

2013-10-21 Thread Johan Vromans
I use a score to produce PDF and MIDI. To obtain a rhythmic pattern in the MIDI, I write the chords as: ees8 ees ees ees ees ees bes bes | c:m c:m c:m c:m aes aes aes aes | ees ees ees ees bes bes bes bes | ees ees ees ees ees ees ees ees | In the printed score, the chord changes are

Re: chord durations

2009-09-03 Thread Tim McNamara
On Sep 3, 2009, at 10:21 AM, Christian Henning wrote: Hi there, I'm at work and don't really have much time.I just wanna state that I presented my problem with a reduced sheet. The problem was regarding the chord durations and not with the melody. I'm a software engineer and thi

Re: chord durations

2009-09-03 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 9/3/09 9:21 AM, "Christian Henning" wrote: > Hi there, I'm at work and don't really have much time.I just wanna > state that I presented my problem with a reduced sheet. The problem > was regarding the chord durations and not with the melody. I'm a >

Re: chord durations

2009-09-03 Thread Christian Henning
Hi there, I'm at work and don't really have much time.I just wanna state that I presented my problem with a reduced sheet. The problem was regarding the chord durations and not with the melody. I'm a software engineer and this is how I post questions to reduce the chance of con

Re: chord durations

2009-09-03 Thread Tim McNamara
On Sep 2, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Patrick Horgan wrote: Tim McNamara wrote: I am a guitarist. If all he wants is a chord chart, some paper and a pencil would be a better approach. Or even a word processor two write out the chords like Ralph Patt did with the Vanilla Book. http://www.ralphpat

Re: chord durations

2009-09-02 Thread David Rogers
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 17:56, Patrick Horgan wrote: > Tim McNamara wrote: >> >> I am a guitarist. >> >> If all he wants is a chord chart, some paper and a pencil would be a >> better approach.  Or even a word processor two write out the chords like >> Ralph Patt did with the Vanilla Book. >> >> htt

Re: chord durations

2009-09-02 Thread Patrick Horgan
Tim McNamara wrote: I am a guitarist. If all he wants is a chord chart, some paper and a pencil would be a better approach. Or even a word processor two write out the chords like Ralph Patt did with the Vanilla Book. http://www.ralphpatt.com/VBook.html Christian's trying to do something Li

Re: chord durations

2009-09-02 Thread Tim McNamara
On Sep 2, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Patrick Horgan wrote: Tim McNamara wrote: On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:30 PM, Christian Henning wrote: Am I right, that lilypond is rarely used for my type of notation? Meaning rock/pop tunes for acoustic guitar. No, the style of music makes no difference. But LilyPond

Re: chord durations

2009-09-02 Thread Patrick Horgan
Tim McNamara wrote: On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:30 PM, Christian Henning wrote: Am I right, that lilypond is rarely used for my type of notation? Meaning rock/pop tunes for acoustic guitar. No, the style of music makes no difference. But LilyPond is intended for engraving music which is fundament

Re: chord durations

2009-09-02 Thread Tim McNamara
On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:30 PM, Christian Henning wrote: Am I right, that lilypond is rarely used for my type of notation? Meaning rock/pop tunes for acoustic guitar. No, the style of music makes no difference. But LilyPond is intended for engraving music which is fundamentally based upon note

Re: chord durations

2009-09-02 Thread Trevor Daniels
Christian Henning wrote Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:30 AM Cool, that worked. Though, in essence, I need to use the ChordNames.chordChanges variable to surpress repeated chords. I wonder where the current documentation mention this? googling for "chordchanges" brings me to lilypond 2.9 do

Re: chord durations

2009-09-01 Thread Christian Henning
Cool, that worked. Though, in essence, I need to use the ChordNames.chordChanges variable to surpress repeated chords. I wonder where the current documentation mention this? googling for "chordchanges" brings me to lilypond 2.9 documentation. There is the chapter "7.2.3. Printing chord names" which

Re: chord durations

2009-08-31 Thread Andrew Tucker
On Aug 31, 2009, at 10:19 PM, Christian Henning wrote: \chordmode { g1 | g4..:sus4 g2 | \break bes1 | b4..:sus4 bes2 } Both your second and fourth bars are short one 16th note - maybe you meant \set chordChanges = ##t %only show chord changes (ie. not repeated chords)

Re: chord durations

2009-08-31 Thread James E. Bailey
On 01.09.2009, at 04:19, Christian Henning wrote: \chordmode { g1 | g4..:sus4 g2 | Here is your problem. Another way of writing this would be: g1 | g4~ g8~ g16 g2 The second measure is missing a 16th note. James E. Bailey ___ lilypond-

Re: chord durations

2009-08-31 Thread Christian Henning
Hi there, first of all thanks to everyone who replied. I really appreciate every reply. For a start, I would like to describe what I'm really after. I have some songs, mostly transcribed by my guitar teacher, which I like to transform into sheet music. I have every songs on a piece of paper writte

Re: chord durations

2009-08-31 Thread Leonardo Herrera
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Tim McNamara wrote: [...] > You appear to be trying to learn sheet music and LilyPond simultaneously. >  It would go faster to learn the rules of Western sheet music first- the > fundamentals are actually pretty easy and you can readily find most of the > informati

Re: chord durations

2009-08-31 Thread Tim McNamara
On Aug 30, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Christian Henning wrote: Hi there, adding a dot to a chord duration prolongs it by 50%. "g4.", for instance, is 1.5 beats or three 8th notes. "g4.." is 1.75 beats, I believe. Which would translate into seven 16th notes. But what is "g4..."? Here, with 3 dots. Two

chord durations

2009-08-31 Thread David Rogers
-- Forwarded message -- From: David Rogers Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 00:34 Subject: Re: chord durations To: Christian Henning Even more important - just try stuff from the manual and see for yourself how it works. Unlike a lot of software, Lilypond's learning manu

Re: chord durations

2009-08-31 Thread David Rogers
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 20:23, Christian Henning wrote: > Also, how can I describe a duration that lasts for 2.25 beats? The easy way is to make a half note tied to a sixteenth note - like this: c2~c16 But the real question is, why do you want a 2.25 beat duration? If you explain what you r

Re: chord durations

2009-08-30 Thread James E. Bailey
On 31.08.2009, at 05:51, Federico Bruni wrote: Christian Henning wrote: Hi there, adding a dot to a chord duration prolongs it by 50%. "g4.", for instance, is 1.5 beats or three 8th notes. "g4.." is 1.75 beats, I believe. Which would translate into seven 16th notes. But what is "g4..."? Her

Re: chord durations

2009-08-30 Thread Federico Bruni
Christian Henning wrote: Hi there, adding a dot to a chord duration prolongs it by 50%. "g4.", for instance, is 1.5 beats or three 8th notes. "g4.." is 1.75 beats, I believe. Which would translate into seven 16th notes. But what is "g4..."? Here, with 3 dots. g4... = 15/32 so 1,875 beats Als

chord durations

2009-08-30 Thread Christian Henning
Hi there, adding a dot to a chord duration prolongs it by 50%. "g4.", for instance, is 1.5 beats or three 8th notes. "g4.." is 1.75 beats, I believe. Which would translate into seven 16th notes. But what is "g4..."? Here, with 3 dots. Also, how can I describe a duration that lasts for 2.25 beats?