Re: Sample template for lead sheet with melody, chords & lyrics

Thank you! Doc On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM Mark Probert wrote: > > > > On 12 Mar 2025, at 05:27, Lawrence Probes wrote: > > > > I want to study a template for a simple pop song lead sheet with > multiple lines of melody, chords and lyrics. >

Re: Sample template for lead sheet with melody, chords & lyrics

> On 12 Mar 2025, at 05:27, Lawrence Probes wrote: > > I want to study a template for a simple pop song lead sheet with multiple > lines of melody, chords and lyrics. > I use this kind of thing: %%% %%% TITLE %%% %%% [20230112.mp] rev 2 %%% \version "2.24"

Sample template for lead sheet with melody, chords & lyrics

I want to study a template for a simple pop song lead sheet with multiple lines of melody, chords and lyrics. I figured out how to notate multiple lines of music, and I can create lyrics, but I haven't figured out to make the lyrics go past the first line of the music. Thank you! Lawrence

Re: miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

On Mon, 2025-01-06 at 13:33 +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > Richard Shann writes: > > > On Mon, 2025-01-06 at 05:44 -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > > Hi Richard, > > > > > > > the tweak needs to vanish when the part is being typeset, > > > > but I can cope with that ok. > > > > > > You know ab

Re: miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

Hi David, > Date: Sat Aug 30 21:35:56 2003 + >* scm/music-functions.scm (remove-tag): filter \tagged music >expressions. > >* input/regression/tag-filter.ly (texidoc): new file. > >* lily/parser.yy (post_event): add \tag #'symbol / \tag #'(symbol1 >symbol2 .. ) etc. >

Re: miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

Richard Shann writes: > On Mon, 2025-01-06 at 05:44 -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote: >> Hi Richard, >> >> > the tweak needs to vanish when the part is being typeset, >> > but I can cope with that ok. >> >> You know about the \tag system, yes? > > yes indeed - although it would be quite possible t

Re: miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

On Mon, 2025-01-06 at 05:44 -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi Richard, > > > the tweak needs to vanish when the part is being typeset, > > but I can cope with that ok. > > You know about the \tag system, yes? yes indeed - although it would be quite possible to insert tags via Denemo this was a

Re: miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

Hi Richard, > the tweak needs to vanish when the part is being typeset, > but I can cope with that ok. You know about the \tag system, yes? Cheers, Kieren. __ My work day may look different than your work day. Please do not feel obligated to read or

Re: miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

On Sun, 2025-01-05 at 16:18 -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Maybe just tweak it to the left a little…? Thank you - I'll use this as the starting point for a workaround - the tweak needs to vanish when the part is being typeset, but I can cope with that ok. Richard > > %%%  SNI

Re: miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

On Sun, 2025-01-05 at 17:25 -0500, Saul Tobin wrote: > Hm. This is *supposed* to be the situation where \override > DynamicText.X-align-on-main-noteheads = ##t (which is the default > actually) saves the day. And if the \sf is attached directly to the > chord, it does. But when it's in a different

Re: miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

Hm. This is *supposed* to be the situation where \override DynamicText.X-align-on-main-noteheads = ##t (which is the default actually) saves the day. And if the \sf is attached directly to the chord, it does. But when it's in a different staff context, it doesn't do anything, since DynamicText lack

Re: miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

Hi Richard, Maybe just tweak it to the left a little…? %%% SNIPPET BEGINS \version "2.24" \layout { ragged-right = ##f line-width = 5\in } upper = { g''4 r8 d'' d''2 } dyns = { s4. s8-\tweak X-offset #-0.5 \sf s2 } lowest = { g'4 e'8 r2 % g'4 e'8 c' r2 } \score { <<

miss-aligned dynamic in presence of chords with reverse noteheads

In a large orchestral piece it was noticed that a dynamic under a note was slightly displaced to the right. It turned out that this was because many staffs below there was a chord with notes on both sides of the stem (because only a semitone apart). The dynamic was placed in a dynamics staff as

Re: Position of note heads in chords

On 12/28/24 04:06, Yoshiaki Onishi wrote: https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=861 Thank you, it works nicely. Best Regards, Alexander

Position of note heads in chords

> I'd like to specify which note heads should be printed left or right of > the stem. Here is my minimal example: > > \version "2.24.1" > \relative c'' { > 8 > } > > I'd like the e to always be left of the stem for continuity, is it > possibly to specify that? > > Best Regards, > Alexander D

Position of note heads in chords

I'd like to specify which note heads should be printed left or right of the stem. Here is my minimal example: \version "2.24.1" \relative c'' { 8 } I'd like the e to always be left of the stem for continuity, is it possibly to specify that? Best Regards, Alexander

Function for Chords in Header

t;<   \new ChordNames \chordmode { $music }   \new FretBoards \chordmode { $music }     >>   }   #})) \header {   title = "test"   subtitle = \markup { Chords \chordSummaryFunc \chordmode{ g b } }

Re: Change rhythm of broken chords (arpeggios)? Any tips, tricks or tools?

send two: The following one was most close 1. https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=465 Very usefull to change the rhythmic pattern. I could not see how to use this for changing to different chords. Thimoty send a version using \ShiftDuration. Very strong command, but it does not change the

Re: Change rhythm of broken chords (arpeggios)? Any tips, tricks or tools?

On 2024-10-13 14:41, Eef Weenink wrote: Wish you all a very good day to start with. I am working on an arrangement, what has a lot of broken chords in the

Re: Change rhythm of broken chords (arpeggios)? Any tips, tricks or tools?

On 13/10/2024 13:41, Eef Weenink wrote: Now I want to give this another rhythm: 3 quarters in stead of 6 eights. First measure would then be: c4 bes f I am wondering if there is a trick, tool, tip to make this a bit easier, Now I have to all manually. Best I can think of is to make something

Re: Change rhythm of broken chords (arpeggios)? Any tips, tricks or tools?

Eef Weenink wrote: Now I want to give this another rhythm: 3 quarters in stead of 6 eights. First measure would then be: c4 bes f I am wondering if there is a trick, tool, tip to make this a bit easier Have a look through https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Search?q=rhythm perhaps starting with htt

Re: How to indicated held chords in CHordNames

Thanks... that will actually work for me. \version "2.24.4" theChords = \chordmode {   c1   d\tweak X-offset #3 \tweak Y-offset #1 _\markup \italic "hold---"   s   f } theNotes = \relative c' {   c1 d d f } theLyrics = \lyricmode {   Here1 are the lyrics } \score {   <<     \new ChordNam

Re: How to indicated held chords in CHordNames

Walt North wrote: I can't add markup to the chordmode. See the end of this message: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2022-08/msg00198.html Cheers, Robin

How to indicated held chords in CHordNames

I just color or italicize or underline the "D" chords. \version "2.24.4" theChords = \chordmode {    c1 d d f } theNotes = \relative c' {   c1 d d f } theLyrics = \lyricmode {   Here1 are the lyrics } \score {   <<   \new ChordNames { \theChords }   \new Staff { \theNotes }   \new Lyrics { \theLyrics }   >> }

Re: Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

Thank you - that worked perfectly. I assume then I must have deleted that line in my original template from years ago. Kind regards Colin On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 21:10, Xavier Scheuer wrote: > On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 21:32, Colin Baguley wrote: > > > > Hi > > Thank you for trying - but I've jus

Re: Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 21:32, Colin Baguley wrote: > > Hi > Thank you for trying - but I've just copied and pasted your code - and it still doesn't do the parentheses. > I've attached the PDF I get .. Hello, \override ChordName.parenthesized = ##t Kind regards, Xavier

Re: Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

Hi Thank you for trying - but I've just copied and pasted your code - and it still doesn't do the parentheses. I've attached the PDF I get .. On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 19:00, Knute Snortum wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 9:04 AM Colin Baguley wrote: > >> Hi, >> When writing a simple song lead

Re: Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 9:04 AM Colin Baguley wrote: > Hi, > When writing a simple song lead sheet i have the chord(name) above the > normal melody line. > Some guitarists like to use a capo and so I place a transposed chord(name) > below the main one. > To do this I used a function called "paren

Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

c'' { \key f \major\time 4/4 g4. fis8 g a bes g a2 c4 r | d4. d8 c a bes a g1 } % basicchords = \chordmode { c1 f bes2 f4 g:min c1:7 } %==== %--par

Re: Chords above staff

Hi Walt, > Below is a sample of an issue I am having with chords, Voice, and Lyrics. I > want the chords to be above the voice line. But in this case it printing > between the voice line and the lyrics. But if I comment out the "intro" > section then the chords p

Chords above staff

Below is a sample of an issue I am having with chords, Voice, and Lyrics.  I want the chords to be above the voice line.  But in this case it printing between the voice line and the lyrics.  But if I comment out the  "intro" section then the chords print as expected. I am intentional

Re: Chords above staff

} \new Lyrics \lyricsto "One" {\verseOneLyric } >> sc = { \intro \break \verseOne \break } \score { \new Staff = "staff" \sc } Cheers, Valentin Am Donnerstag, 8. August 2024, 18:00:27 MESZ schrieb Walt North: > Below is a sample of an issue I am having w

Re: Spacing of chords on a chord lead sheet

On 11/05/24 01:59, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Raphael, However, the chord names are mono-spaced; they are not spaced according to their durations. So that if, for instance, I  have {ef2 ef4:maj7 ef4:7} then each symbol occupies the same amount of space on the line. The first chord does not

Re: Spacing of chords on a chord lead sheet

Hi Raphael, > However, the chord names are mono-spaced; they are not spaced according to > their durations. So that if, for instance, I have {ef2 ef4:maj7 ef4:7} then > each symbol occupies the same amount of space on the line. The first chord > does not occupy double the space of the other t

Spacing of chords on a chord lead sheet

I have generated a chord lead sheet for a bass player with just the chords on it (\chordMode, no notes). After some fiddling I got the bar lines and repeats printed. However, the chord names are mono-spaced; they are not spaced according to their durations. So that if, for instance, I have

Re: Lead sheets: Maj. 7 chords

And that was it! Thank you so much. On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 3:50 PM Aaron Hill wrote: > > You need to adjust the majorSevenSymbol [1]. > > [1]: > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/customizing-chord-names#chord-name-major7 >

Re: Lead sheets: Maj. 7 chords

On 2024-04-09 1:43 pm, Ivan Kuznetsov wrote: have been creating some lead sheets in the style of the "Real Book", using the \chords{} syntax. However, I do not like the way the default notates "major 7 chords", that is, a major triad with a major seventh. The default is to

Lead sheets: Maj. 7 chords

have been creating some lead sheets in the style of the "Real Book", using the \chords{} syntax. However, I do not like the way the default notates "major 7 chords", that is, a major triad with a major seventh. The default is to use a "triangle" to notate such a ch

Re: repeating chords with just the duration

On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 1:43 PM Carl Sorensen wrote: > Use q to repeat chords. > Of course. Thanks. -- Knute Snortum

Re: repeating chords with just the duration

Use q to repeat chords. Carl On Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 2:10 PM Knute Snortum wrote: > I don't use chordmode much, but this snippet doesn't do what I thought it > would: > > \version "2.25.13" > > { > \new ChordNames \chordmode { a1:7 4 } > } > >

repeating chords with just the duration

I don't use chordmode much, but this snippet doesn't do what I thought it would: \version "2.25.13" { \new ChordNames \chordmode { a1:7 4 } } It produces an "A7sus4 3" instead of two A7's. Is this a bug, or is that syntax just not supported? -- Knute Snortum

Re: chords

I'd use Single Staff Polyphony : << { 2} \\ { c4,, s1 } >> | [image: image.png] On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 7:33 AM wrote: > Send lilypond-user mailing list submissions to > lilypond-user@g

Re: Slurs within chords, and dotted notes

On 1/7/2024 4:11 PM, Xavier Scheuer wrote: \once \override Dots.avoid-slur = #'ignore (Dots instead of Slur) Thank you!  That’s what I was misunderstanding. —Joel

Re: Slurs within chords, and dotted notes

On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 at 21:35, Joel C. Salomon wrote: > > Reposting for clarity as to what I’m asking. > > In the second case below, instead of the slur attaching to the specific note, it moves vertically—I assume, to avoid collision with the duration dot. (Though it’s interesting that a tie does n

Re: Slurs within chords, and dotted notes

Hello Joel You can shape the Slur manually, like so: \version "2.25.11" \fixed c' {   % undotted note: slur attaches correctly   2   |   % dotted note: slur is moved vertically   \shape #'((1 . 0.5) (0.5 . 0.3) (0.5 . 0.3) (0 . 0)) Slur %adjusting the numbers control the four control points

Re: Slurs within chords, and dotted notes

Reposting for clarity as to what I’m asking. In the second case below, instead of the slur attaching to the specific note, it moves vertically—I assume, to avoid collision with the duration dot.  (Though it’s interesting that a tie does not mind overlapping the dot, as in the fourth case.) I

Re: Slurs within chords, and dotted notes

ithin chords, and dotted notes Somewhat surprising result, tested on 2.24 & 2.25.11: |```| |\version "2.24"| |\fixed c' {| |  2| |  || |  2.| |  4 || |  2 q || |  2. q4 || |}| |```| In the second instance, the tie attaches to the bottom of the initial chord, presumably to

RE: Slurs within chords, and dotted notes

Joel: Is this better? \fixed c' { 2 | 2. 4 | 2 q | 2. q4 | } Mark From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org On Behalf Of Joel C. Salomon Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 6:11 PM To: LilyPond Users Subject: Slurs within chords

Slurs within chords, and dotted notes

Somewhat surprising result, tested on 2.24 & 2.25.11: |``` \version "2.24" \fixed c' {   2   |   2.   4 |   2 q |   2. q4 | } ```| In the second instance, the tie attaches to the bottom of the initial chord, presumably to avoid colliding with the dot. (Interestingly, as in examples 3 & 4,

RE: Cascade Chords

Got it. Werner’s answer -- using \set tieWaitForNote = ##t -- is what I was looking for. Thanks. It might be helpful to include that snippet in the chords section. Joe From: Michael Gerdau Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2023 1:20 PM To: drtechda...@gmail.com Cc: lilypond-user

Re: Cascade Chords

should get you a long way towards your goal.Kind regards,Michael  From: Michael Gerdau Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2023 12:57 AMTo: drtechda...@gmail.comCc: lilypond-user@gnu.orgSubject: Re: Cascade Chords When you say „cascade chord“ do you mean an arpeggio? If so then yes, Lilypond has a

Re: Cascade Chords

ial notation for cascade chords (chords played by adding > successive notes )? I could do it by adding a new voice for each note, but > that seems unwieldly and cluttered.

Re: Cascade Chords

> Is there a special notation for cascade chords (chords played by > adding successive notes )? I could do it by adding a new voice for > each note, but that seems unwieldly and cluttered. https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=408 Werner

Cascade Chords

Is there a special notation for cascade chords (chords played by adding successive notes )? I could do it by adding a new voice for each note, but that seems unwieldly and cluttered.

Re: Hide chords

Hi Kieren, Indeed, ‘omit' and ‘undo omit' do the trick for temporarily hiding chords you’ve written. It was actually the rest spacer that I was missing in my Lilypond vocabulary (I’m learning). Thanks ! Jan > On 5 Dec 2023, at 23:28, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > Hi Jan

Re: Hide chords

ser Mailinglist > <mailto:lilypond-user@gnu.org>> >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 22:51:44 +0100 >> Subject: Hide chords >> What is the recommended method to “hide” chord names for a couple of >> measures? For example, in the snipped belo

Re: Hide chords

es for a couple of >> measures? For example, in the snipped below I’d like to hide the chords for >> measures 5 to 8. > > Depending on exactly how you're generating the chord names in the first > place, it may be easy to use spacer rests, as in: > >

Re: Hide chords

> -- Forwarded message -- > From: Jan > To: lilypond-user Mailinglist > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 22:51:44 +0100 > Subject: Hide chords > What is the recommended method to “hide” chord names for a couple of > measures? For example, in the sni

Re: Hide chords

Hi Jan, [p.s. Always cc the list when responding!] > Thanks ! I’ve looked at that section of the documentation but couldn’t find a > solution. Does \temporary \omit Score.ChordName not work? Cheers, Kieren. __ My work day may look different tha

Re: Hide chords

On Tue, 5 Dec 2023, Jan wrote: > What is the recommended method to “hide” chord names for a couple of > measures? For example, in the snipped below I’d like to hide the chords for > measures 5 to 8. Depending on exactly how you're generating the chord names in the first place,

Re: Hide chords

Hi Jan, > What is the recommended method to “hide” chord names for a couple of measures? Depends on exactly what you mean by “hide”… :) Read: for more information. Hope that helps! Kieren. ___

Hide chords

What is the recommended method to “hide” chord names for a couple of measures? For example, in the snipped below I’d like to hide the chords for measures 5 to 8. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jan

Re: Parentheses : optional anacrouse and chords at the end of a score

Thanks Guy for the tip, and for digging out the code. it works perfectly well (under Lilypond 2.24). I tried using the function to parenthesize chords as well, and it works just as fine. You made my day. Warm thanks. On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 1:00 PM Guy Stalnaker wrote: > This should get

Re: Parentheses : optional anacrouse and chords at the end of a score

after f. This would be useful writing a jazz score to include an optional anacrouse in the last measure. I would also be interested in doing the same thing with the chords written above the staff. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks -- -- “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, t

Re: Parentheses : optional anacrouse and chords at the end of a score

Have a look at https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=902  signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Parentheses : optional anacrouse and chords at the end of a score

last measure. I would also be interested in doing the same thing with the chords written above the staff. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks

How to get rid of indentation of chords on first row?

Hi list, in the attached example the first row of chords is indented although indent=0 is set and \RemoveAllEmptyStaves is set as well. When I remove the \guitarPart from the score, all is as expected. Is there a special incantation required (which?) or is this a bug? Kind regards, Michael

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

Better make that: > ``` > \version "2.24.1" > > #(define ((Keep_only_engraver i) context) > ``` > ``` #(define ((Keep_only_performer i) context) ``` > > ``` > (let ((j 0)) > (make-performer > (listeners >((note-event performer event) > (unless (eqv? i j) >

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

Le mardi 30 mai 2023 à 20:39 -0400, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca a écrit : > I need, at each point in time, to have at most one note per track, exactly one > track per note, and silence in any leftover tracks, regardless of the > voice/chord structure of the music. That sounds like you want a perfor

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

e many other cases (illustrating the problem with minimal examples). In particular: * change b2 to 2 and the b2 comes out in two tracks. Maybe it would never occur to me to write a one-note chord, but a similar issue can happen between two- and three-note chords, or anywhere the number of notes per c

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

in the hope of separating MIDI notes that don't have identical timing. That is, if my input is << { a1 } \\ { b2 2 } >> it would be nice to be able to separate it out into three separate outputs for separate MIDI channels, like: { a1 } { b2 c2 } { r2 d2 } Not hardly tested but th

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

On Mon, 29 May 2023, Gilles Thibault wrote: > chord.ly has been renamed to chordsAndVoices.ly (it deals also now with > Voices) > You can donwload it here : Thanks a lot! As far as I know, the new version works fine. The problem in the old version was just because of the non-breaking spaces in

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

Le 2023-05-27 22:31, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca a écrit : Back in 2015 people on the list helped me with extracting notes from chords, in this thread: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-09/msg00394.html chord.ly has been renamed to chordsAndVoices.ly (it deals also now

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

Le samedi 27 mai 2023 à 17:38 -0400, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca a écrit : > On Sat, 27 May 2023, Jean Abou Samra wrote: > > > Are you sure that this is the correct example? That the file chord.ly it > > uses is the same as the one you sent? That LilyPond is the one you believe > > and unpatched, etc

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

On Sat, 27 May 2023, David Kastrup wrote: > which contains a delirious number of unbreakable spaces, code \xa0 > instead of \x20 as for a normal, breakable space. Thanks! Correcting these seems to have fixed the problem, at least for the moment. I don't know why the old version needed *some* of

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

On Sat, 27 May 2023, Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Are you sure that this is the correct example? That the file chord.ly it > uses is the same as the one you sent? That LilyPond is the one you believe > and unpatched, etc. ? Yes, using the chord.ly file I attached to my message, extracted from the mes

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca writes: > Here's a small example showing the problem: > > \include "chord.ly" > music = { 1 } > { \extractNote #3 \music } > > In version 2.21.0 that produces a whole-note rest. In version 2.24.1 with > Guile 2.2 it gives this error output: > > GNU LilyPond 2.24.1 (runnin

Re: chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

Le samedi 27 mai 2023 à 16:31 -0400, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca a écrit : > Here's a small example showing the problem: > > \include "chord.ly" > music = { 1 } > { \extractNote #3 \music } > > In version 2.21.0 that produces a whole-note rest.  In version 2.24.1 with > Guile 2.2 it gives this error

chord.ly to extract notes from chords breaks with new Guile

Back in 2015 people on the list helped me with extracting notes from chords, in this thread: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-09/msg00394.html The solution from 2015 has broken now, in the transition between versions 2.21.0 and 2.24.1. I think it's because of chang

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

Hi Werner, >> \include “chorded.ily” > Just to avoid potential problems: This must be > \include "chorded.ily" > i.e., straight doublequotes. Thanks for that. I recently switched over to a "new" [2014] Mac Mini (because my 2011 iMac finally died), and the auto-smart-quotes feature was still on

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

> Sure! Just > > \include “chorded.ily” Just to avoid potential problems: This must be \include "chorded.ily" i.e., straight doublequotes. Werner

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

ductor.ily or whatever) so that the output is exactly what I want/need. > I would like to control whether to print chords or not > depending on a option (even better a CLI argument, > but I don’t think it's possible). I’m quite sure a CLI argument could be passed, and then the a

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

Follow up: indeed, a thing like \version "2.24.1" \layout{ \context{ \ChordNames \remove Chord_name_engraver } } \include "Del-Tuo-Spirito-Signore.ly" \include "Ô-Toi-l-au-delà-de-tout.ly" seems to WORK! Yay! But is this ok? Are there more idiomatic wa

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

pose each song separately (so that I can quickly inspect what I am doing, and in case print out a single sheet per time), and then maybe have a file (LaTeX or Lilypond) that includes different songs. There, I would like to control whether to print chords or not depending on a option (even bette

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

Sure! Just \include “chorded.ily” or not, depending on whether you want chords — then be sure to \remove the relevant engravers in your main file, and \consist them in chorded.ily and voila! :) Cheers, Kieren. __ My work day may look different than your w

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

>> P.S. I am happy there are other solution other than lilypond-book, >> because to me it seems a very fragile solution (copying the doc and then >> composing manually), especially if you are embedding music in a complex >> LaTeX document. There is lyluatex with LuaLaTeX but I don't know if the >

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

Hi Alessandro, >> blocks will already do the trick. You can even have multiple parts (using >> \bookpart { ... } or even multiple separate books from the same source file >> using \book { ... }). > > Do you mean that different pdfs will be produced? Yes: each \book block will result in a separ

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

l be produced? > Now, there are many ways of having selective content. Using tags certainly is > one of them. This is nice if you put the content of your \score into a > variable, for then you can simply do > > \score { \removeWithTag #'chords \myMusic } Yes, in the end I fo

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

\score { \removeWithTag #'chords \myMusic } like this: % \version "2.24.1" \language "italiano" \paper { % annotate-spacing = ##t system-system-spacing.basic-distance = #20 } \header { title = "Ô toi l'au-delà d

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

Il giorno dom 30 apr 2023 alle 13:19:42 +0200, Alessandro Bertulli ha scritto: However, the singers do not need the chords, so I would like to omit them and simply print a version of the document with only the staves. Is it possible to do this using the SAME lilypond source file? I have

Re: How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

Hi Alessandro, > I want to place multiple scores in a single document I do this with bookparts: \bookpart { \header { stuff for this bookpart } \score { score with chords } } \bookpart { \header { stuff for this bookpart } \score { score without chords } } etc. >

How can I print only some parts of a score (staves, but no chords)?

Hi all, I'm playing around a bit with Lilypond and I have copied some sheets I have purchased in order to build a custom songbook. Since I play rhythmic guitar, I have decorated the staves with chords at the top: Now I want to place multiple scores in a single document, and I thought

Re: How to control ties direction between chords

Thank you Brian and Willian for your working solution! [image: image.png] Thank you, Vlad On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 5:12 PM William Rehwinkel < will...@williamrehwinkel.net> wrote: > Dear Vlad, > > Inserting ^~ and _~ to the individual notes in the chord should work > nicely, Like so. > > Thanks,

Re: How to control ties direction between chords

Dear Vlad, Inserting ^~ and _~ to the individual notes in the chord should work nicely, Like so. Thanks, -William \version "2.25.2" \relative { \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 << \new Voice = voiceOne \relative { \voiceOne 4 8 } \new Voice = voiceTwo \rel

How to control ties direction between chords

Hi, How can I force the lower tie to be placed downward in the below code snippet? I've tried \once \tieDown but with no luck. \version "2.25.3" \relative { \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 << \new Voice = voiceOne \relative { \voiceOne 4~ 8 } \new Voice = voi

Re: Excessive spacing due to chords

(marked in green in ttached image) due to chords? Use \override ChordName.extra-spacing-width = #'(+inf.0 . -inf.0) See the documentation page here [1]. * How to avoid the collision between the number 3 of the triplet and the slur (marked in green in ttached image)? You could tweak the padd

Re: Excessive spacing due to chords

Le jeudi 23 février 2023 à 15:13 +0100, mi...@orbelanet.com a écrit : > Good morning, > > I have 2 question related to spacing in lilypond: > > 1. How to avoid the excessive gap that forms between the sixteenth notes > (marked in green in ttached image) due to chords?

Re: move chords closer to notes

Le mardi 21 février 2023 à 14:01 +0100, mi...@orbelanet.com a écrit : > Oh, I'm so sorry! > > My problem is not relationed with lilypond directly. > > Is just a neovim mapping problem with .ly files, that convert cc to cis > (to easyly write sharps and flats). Instead of that, you probably wan

Re: move chords closer to notes

Oh, I'm so sorry! My problem is not relationed with lilypond directly. Is just a neovim mapping problem with .ly files, that convert cc to cis (to easyly write sharps and flats). Then when a compile next line: \accepts ChordNames is modified in: \acisepts ChordNames and compilation break off

Re: move chords closer to notes

Le mardi 21 février 2023 à 13:35 +0100, mi...@orbelanet.com a écrit : > Yes, sorry, I see the typo just now. > > My lilypond version is 2.24.0. Did you really compile the snippet unmodified, or did you insert it in the context of a larger score? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   >