Re: Lyric placement or new staff for ending

2019-01-02 Thread Tyler Mitchell
Hi Guy, [I'm not the list maintainer, but as a suggestion, if you make a mistake and post your message too soon, it may be better to reply to your original message without modifying the subject line, so that you don't create multiple threads for the same topic.] On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 09:40:53PM

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2019-01-02 Thread Guy Stalnaker
e.png?dl=0 Note the lyric placement in measures 63-64 for the top staff. These lyrics occur before the polyphonic voice context that starts on b4 of m64. I have no idea how to fix this. The documentation at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/vertical-spacing menti

Apologies for the prior spam post - Lyric placement or new staff for ending.

2019-01-02 Thread Guy Stalnaker
All, Trying to finish this piece and it's giving me fits. With Tyler's help I got the Solo lyrics where I wanted them. Thanks, Tyler. But doing this and adding appropriate dynamics for \voiceTwo results in this: Note the lyric placement in measures 63-64 for the top staff. The

Re: 2.19.* breaks lyric placement in temporary polyphonic context

2017-02-18 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi Guy, > >> Why is this now necessary? Is it a case of assumptions about voices >> changing in the newer 2.19 LP? > > I can’t remember exactly when or why it became necessary… I only > remember getting bitten by it (which is why I know the fix!). > Perhaps others (e.g.

Re: 2.19.* breaks lyric placement in temporary polyphonic context

2017-02-18 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Ah! LOL Same boat and all that. Thanks again. On 02/18/2017 10:51 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Guy, Why is this now necessary? Is it a case of assumptions about voices changing in the newer 2.19 LP? I can’t remember exactly when or why it became necessary… I only remember getting bitte

Re: 2.19.* breaks lyric placement in temporary polyphonic context

2017-02-18 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Guy, > Why is this now necessary? Is it a case of assumptions about voices changing > in the newer 2.19 LP? I can’t remember exactly when or why it became necessary… I only remember getting bitten by it (which is why I know the fix!). Perhaps others (e.g., David Kastrup) can clarify when and

Re: 2.19.* breaks lyric placement in temporary polyphonic context

2017-02-18 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Kieren, It does indeed. Why is this now necessary? Is it a case of assumptions about voices changing in the newer 2.19 LP? Once I update to 2.19, every existing score I have that uses the temporary polyphonic context will have to be edited to add this; not a trivial task. Thanks for your q

Re: 2.19.* breaks lyric placement in temporary polyphonic context

2017-02-18 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Guy, > testVoicePart = \new Staff \new Voice { \global \test } That should fix it. Hope this helps! Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info ___ lil

2.19.* breaks lyric placement in temporary polyphonic context

2017-02-18 Thread Guy Stalnaker
I've searched both the list archives and LilyIssues and do not see this reported. I use temporary polyphonic contexts a lot in my choral compositions. I see that using any version of 2.19 breaks lyric placement if there are slurred notes in /voiceOne against which lyrics should be placed.

Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 14.02.2016 21:40, dl.mcnam...@comcast.net wrote: If you see deficiencies in the coding style please let me know what they are. For example to always surround = and { } with spaces. Also indentation should be only by 2 spaces per level – the Frescobaldi auto-formatter does a good job. Bes

Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread dl . mcnamara
quot; To: "dl mcnamara" Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 2:38:10 PM Subject: Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse On 14.02.2016 20:27, dl.mcnam...@comcast.net wrote: > Thanks Simon, you've pointed me in the right direction. > Here&#x

Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 14.02.2016 20:27, dl.mcnam...@comcast.net wrote: Thanks Simon, you've pointed me in the right direction. Here's the updated score http://lilybin.com/l8kuff/3 (I neglected to save the #2 version before sending the email). This is totally workable for me. While you may consider it ‘workable’,

Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread dl . mcnamara
: "dl mcnamara" Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 1:47:57 PM Subject: Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse On 14.02.2016 19:46, Simon Albrecht wrote: > On 14.02.2016 16:42, dl.mcnam...@comcast.net wrote: >> I'm not sure how your su

Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 14.02.2016 19:46, Simon Albrecht wrote: On 14.02.2016 16:42, dl.mcnam...@comcast.net wrote: I'm not sure how your suggestion would mesh with the piece's overall structure; Here's a more complete take: http://lilybin.com/l8kuff/2 There’s nothing in that link – could you try again? (I trie

Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 14.02.2016 16:42, dl.mcnam...@comcast.net wrote: I'm not sure how your suggestion would mesh with the piece's overall structure; Here's a more complete take: http://lilybin.com/l8kuff/2 There’s nothing in that link – could you try again? (I tried to trim extra stuff for a minimal example)

Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread dl . mcnamara
cturing the lilypond content? Dave - Original Message - From: "Simon Albrecht" To: "dl mcnamara" , lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 10:13:47 AM Subject: Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse Hello, On 14.02.2016 15:56, dl.mcnam...@

Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hello, On 14.02.2016 15:56, dl.mcnam...@comcast.net wrote: I'm typesetting a hymn where the first section is (volta) repeated with different lyrics. The way that the words are laid out across the two different lines seems odd and distracting to me -- particularly on the fourth and eighth bar

Re: unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread dl . mcnamara
Sorry about the attachments; here's a lilybin link http://lilybin.com/l8kuff/1 Dave - Original Message - From: "dl mcnamara" To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 9:56:57 AM Subject: unusual lyric placement in second verse Hey all, I'

unusual lyric placement in second verse

2016-02-14 Thread dl . mcnamara
Hey all, I'm typesetting a hymn where the first section is (volta) repeated with different lyrics. The way that the words are laid out across the two different lines seems odd and distracting to me -- particularly on the fourth and eighth bar. (a) why is lilypond laying the two line out dis

Re: System Vertical Spacing and Lyric Placement

2013-07-10 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/7/10 Eric Pancer : > Thank you very much, your suggestions helped the situation. I have two > more issues. > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Thomas Morley > wrote: >> 2013/7/9 Eric Pancer : >>> I'm working on the following file but having some issues where >>> formatting tricks don't seem

Re: System Vertical Spacing and Lyric Placement

2013-07-10 Thread Eric Pancer
Thank you very much, your suggestions helped the situation. I have two more issues. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2013/7/9 Eric Pancer : >> I'm working on the following file but having some issues where >> formatting tricks don't seem to be working. A couple of questions:

Re: System Vertical Spacing and Lyric Placement

2013-07-09 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/7/9 Eric Pancer : > I'm working on the following file but having some issues where > formatting tricks don't seem to be working. A couple of questions: > > 1. How can I increase the veritical space between the systems ? The > \paper configuration of "markup-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #2

System Vertical Spacing and Lyric Placement

2013-07-09 Thread Eric Pancer
I'm working on the following file but having some issues where formatting tricks don't seem to be working. A couple of questions: 1. How can I increase the veritical space between the systems ? The \paper configuration of "markup-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #20" doesn't seem to really help t

Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes

2013-04-16 Thread Noeck
Am 16.04.2013 17:58, schrieb Peter Toye: > Phil, > > Don't quite understand this, but that's the problem with being a newbie. > I'd have thought that markings all referred to the next block. Hi Phil, I will try to explain. No, these "markings" (as you call them; \tempo, \clef, etc.) are valid

Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes

2013-04-16 Thread Phil Holmes
Re: Lyric placement and tempo woesIf you look at the very opening of the Notation Reference, it says that \relative works like this: \relative startpitch musicexpr notes in braces are a music expression: { c d e f }. But so is \tempo "something". So the \relative applies to

Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes

2013-04-16 Thread Peter Toye
con moto" \relative c'' { music } The \relative would apply to everything in the { } block -- Phil Holmes - Original Message - From: Peter Toye To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:43 AM Subject: Lyric placement and tempo woes More newbie problems

Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes

2013-04-16 Thread Peter Toye
Trevor, Thanks. 1) Got it wrong. 2) Yes it works, but not sure why. Julia much happier. Best regards, Peter mailto:lilyp...@ptoye.com www.ptoye.com - Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 4:16:35 PM, you wrote: > Peter, you wrote Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:43 AM >> 1) I'm trying t

Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes

2013-04-16 Thread Noeck
>> 2) If I add a tempo indication (delete the "%") the pitch changes (see >> Warlock2WRONG attached) - this is the first occasion I've heard that adding >> a tempo mark changes a mezzo-soprano into a baritone - she won't be happy! > > The \tempo command should come before the \relative. That w

Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes

2013-04-16 Thread Trevor Daniels
Peter, you wrote Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:43 AM > 1) I'm trying to arrange a part song with lyrics for each stave. The snippet > below puts the lyrics at the bottom of all the staves - but I seem to be > copying the manual. See Warlock2OK attached. I think someone already remarked that \addl

Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes

2013-04-16 Thread Phil Holmes
Lyric placement and tempo woesYou've got: \relative c'' \tempo "Allegretto con moto" { So the music that immediately follows the \relative is your \tempo marking, so it is only that that the \relative applies to. If you wrote \tempo "Allegretto con moto"

Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes

2013-04-16 Thread Janek Warchoł
2013/4/16 Peter Toye : > > 1) I'm trying to arrange a part song with lyrics for each stave. The snippet > below puts the lyrics at the bottom of all the staves - but I seem to be > copying the manual. See Warlock2OK attached. \addlyrics should be outside of \new Staff { } hth, Janek

Re: change lyric placement depending with \RemoveEmptyStaffContext

2009-11-08 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Sonntag, 8. November 2009 schrieb Peter Keller: > I'm have a vocal score which uses bass clef almost exclusively during > the verses. I'd like to keep the lyrics below the staff when the treble > clef is hidden, and between staves (above bass clef) when it appears. > Any suggestions for how to

change lyric placement depending with \RemoveEmptyStaffContext

2009-11-08 Thread Peter Keller
I'm have a vocal score which uses bass clef almost exclusively during the verses. I'd like to keep the lyrics below the staff when the treble clef is hidden, and between staves (above bass clef) when it appears. Any suggestions for how to do this? Peter

Re: Obscure lyric placement issue with markups

2006-03-31 Thread Geoff Horton
Geoff Horton gmail.com> writes: > > I'm getting an odd shift in lyrics placement for lyrics placed above a staff: etc. FWIW, the equally obscure and not-in-the-manual-yet alignAboveContext property fixes it. Geoff ___ lilypond-user mailing list l

Obscure lyric placement issue with markups

2006-03-31 Thread Geoff Horton
I'm getting an odd shift in lyrics placement for lyrics placed above a staff: music = \relative c'' { c4_\markup \small \italic "word" c c c } wordsOne = \lyricmode { La la la la } wordsTwo = \lyricmode { Lo lo lo lo } \score { << \context Lyrics = top { s1 } \context Staff =

Re: Vocal Lyric Placement?

2005-12-05 Thread Graham Percival
On 5-Dec-05, at 6:15 PM, Jonatan Liljedahl wrote: BTW, is there any place (doc or scm source) where one can see all those predefined macros and commands? ly/property-init.ly Cheers, - Graham ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org h

Re: Vocal Lyric Placement?

2005-12-05 Thread Jonatan Liljedahl
On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:26:41 +0100 Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gianluca D. wrote: > > >... > >%% Here there are two definitions to make notes invisible in a > >comfortable way blanknotes = { > > \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t > > \override Stem #'transparent = ##t > > \

Re: Vocal Lyric Placement?

2005-12-05 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Gianluca D. wrote: ... %% Here there are two definitions to make notes invisible in a comfortable way blanknotes = { \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t \override Stem #'transparent = ##t \override Beam #'transparent = ##t \override Tie #'transparent = ##t } noblanknotes = { \revert N

Re: Vocal Lyric Placement?

2005-12-04 Thread Arvid Grøtting
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Gianluca D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alle 23:06, venerdì 2 dicembre 2005, Ian Hawthorn ha scritto: > > > I can tell you that what you are asking is a hard problem, so don't get > > your hopes up that there is an easy answer. > > The answer is quite easy,

Re: Vocal Lyric Placement?

2005-12-02 Thread Gianluca D.
Alle 23:06, venerdì 2 dicembre 2005, Ian Hawthorn ha scritto: > I can tell you that what you are asking is a hard problem, so don't get > your hopes up that there is an easy answer. The answer is quite easy, once you have learned to use the wonderful ability of Lilypond to merge different music

Re: Vocal Lyric Placement?

2005-12-02 Thread Ian Hawthorn
nsemble. I can create an extra soprano part with notes and lyrics, and then combine that part with the regular soprano and alto parts, but I was wondering if there was some way I could redirect lyric placement above the staff with an override. Or is there a better way I should approach this issue?

Vocal Lyric Placement?

2005-12-02 Thread Jeremy Turner
notes and lyrics, and then combine that part with the regular soprano and alto parts, but I was wondering if there was some way I could redirect lyric placement above the staff with an override. Or is there a better way I should approach this issue? I'd rather not print all the soprano lyrics

Re: lyric placement

2005-07-12 Thread Rob Vlasaty
Arthur, You might want to assign each voice separately, rather than put them in chords. Then you can combine the voices together when you print the staff. This way Lilypond knows exactly which notes to put your lyrics under. Also, remember to put a slur on your eighth-notes so the word "in"

lyric placement

2005-07-11 Thread Arthur Dyck
I'm just starting to play with lp by working on a hymn. The format is upper and lower piano staves with the verses in the middle. I was using chords for the upper and lower until I came to a place where I had two 8th notes in the soprano over a 1/4 in the alto. I don't know if it's the best

Re: lyric placement

2003-01-18 Thread Paul Scott
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not concerned about redundancy just understanding the structure. I've been programming for over 35 years and I really appreciate the concept of laziness - why do something the computer can be taught to do. Agreed, but now I still do

Re: lyric placement

2003-01-18 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > >>and I don't yet understand why commands like \note and \context seem to > >>be sometimes used redundantly. > >> > >> > >Because we're lazy :) , you can send in a bug report if you like. > > > I'm

Re: lyric placement

2003-01-18 Thread Paul Scott
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and I don't yet understand why commands like \note and \context seem to be sometimes used redundantly. Because we're lazy :) , you can send in a bug report if you like. I'm not concerned about redundancy just understanding the structure

Re: lyric placement

2003-01-18 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > and I don't yet understand why commands like \note and \context seem to > be sometimes used redundantly. Because we're lazy :) , you can send in a bug report if you like. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen __

Re: lyric placement

2002-12-02 Thread Paul Scott
David Boersma wrote: On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Paul Scott wrote: Can anyone tell me why this code places all of the lyrics under the highvoice staff instead of each set of lyrics under its own staff? Hello, You should treat a Lyrics context just like a Staff context: if there are more of them,

Re: lyric placement

2002-12-01 Thread David Boersma
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Paul Scott wrote: > Can anyone tell me why this code places all of the lyrics under the > highvoice staff instead of each set of lyrics under its own staff? Hello, You should treat a Lyrics context just like a Staff context: if there are more of them, give them names, otherw

lyric placement

2002-11-29 Thread Paul Scott
Can anyone tell me why this code places all of the lyrics under the highvoice staff instead of each set of lyrics under its own staff? \context Staff = highvoice < \property Voice.TextScript \override #'padding = #0 \global \addlyrics \highvoice \context Lyrics { \highwo