text categories in scores (was: Changing midi-tempo within score)

2017-01-09 Thread Noeck
Hi Simon, all, next to the notes, there are usually these kinds of texts: 1 tempo: bold, above the staff 2 dynamics: in italics, below the staff (depends on the instrument etc.) 3 articlulation 4 other Examples: 1 Allegro, Tempo I, … 2 dolce, dim., cresc., … 3 dolce, staccato, … 4 m.d., simile,

Re: Changing midi-tempo within score

2017-01-08 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 08.01.2017 19:15, Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote: So if the composer wrote a tempo indication, use \tempo; if the composer didn’t write anything and it’s just a tempo modification, use the latter. This strikes me as odd: when would you change tempo unless it was indicated by t

Re: Changing midi-tempo within score

2017-01-08 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
> So, what is the better way for changing the tempo? >> Doing it with \tempo seems more... semantic. Isn't it? >> > > So if the composer wrote a tempo indication, use \tempo; if the composer > didn’t write anything and it’s just a tempo modification, use the latter. > This strikes me as odd: whe

Re: Changing midi-tempo within score

2017-01-08 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 08.01.2017 01:07, UCas wrote: So, what is the better way for changing the tempo? Doing it with \tempo seems more... semantic. Isn't it? Is there any up- or downside with this two commands? Well, the difference is just that with \tempo it will be printed as well, setting tempoWholesPerMinute

Re: Changing midi-tempo within score

2017-01-07 Thread UCas
Am 08.01.2017 um 00:07 schrieb Noeck: > { > a1 > \once\omit Score.MetronomeMark > \tempo 4 = 50 > a1 > \tempo 4 = 60 > a1 > } > > HTH, > Joram Uh, nice. I just used \tempo for things like \tempo "Andante" and I did not know, that I can use it this way. Thank you. Am 08.01.2017 um 00

Re: Changing midi-tempo within score

2017-01-07 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 07.01.2017 um 23:34 schrieb UCas: > I am able to set midi-tempo in my header-file with > > \midi { > \context { > \Score tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment miditempo 4) > } > } > > but how can I change this te

Re: Changing midi-tempo within score

2017-01-07 Thread Noeck
Hi UCas, Am 07.01.2017 um 23:34 schrieb UCas: > but how can I change this tempo within the score? You can use the normal \tempo command and hide it: { a1 \once\omit Score.MetronomeMark \tempo 4 = 50 a1 \tempo 4 = 60 a1 } HTH, Joram ___ li

Changing midi-tempo within score

2017-01-07 Thread UCas
Hi, at the moment I am working on a medley with changing time signature and tempo. I am able to set midi-tempo in my header-file with \midi { \context { \Score tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment miditempo 4) } } but how can I change this tempo within the score

Re: midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread Noeck
> it's easier than you think You're perfectly right! Thanks, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread tisimst
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Re: midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread Noeck
> I personally prefer: > > \version "2.18.2" > { \tempo "Allegro" a } > \layout {} > \midi { 4 = 100 } > > which is much more intuitive and easy to use for an average user. > Works fine for me. Yes, I know, but in my case the tempo changes several times during the piece. Joram

Re: midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Sun, 9 Nov 2014, Mike Solomon wrote: %Ah, sorry, got it. \version "2.18.2" { \tempo “Allegro” % no need for hiding the note if you don’t put an explicit numerical indication \set Score.tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 100 4 0 0) a } I personally prefer: \version "2.18.2" { \temp

Re: midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread Mike Solomon
> On Nov 9, 2014, at 7:53 PM, Noeck wrote: > > Hi > >> You do - otherwise, there will be the printed note at the tempo indicated >> with \tempo and the midi at the tempo indicated via tempoWholesPerMinute. > > You mean, it would then show up like if I wrote: > \tempo "Allegro" 4 = 100 > ? > I

Re: midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread Noeck
Hi > You do - otherwise, there will be the printed note at the tempo indicated > with \tempo and the midi at the tempo indicated via tempoWholesPerMinute. You mean, it would then show up like if I wrote: \tempo "Allegro" 4 = 100 ? I tried it with 2.18.2 and 2.19.8 and it only prints "Allegro".

Re: midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread Mike Solomon
> On Nov 9, 2014, at 7:38 PM, Noeck wrote: > > Hi Mike, > >> \version "2.18.2" >> { >> \tempo "Allegro" >> \once \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t >> \set Score.tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 100 4 0 0) >> a >> } > > Thanks! That’s what I was looking for. I do not need this line th

Re: midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread Noeck
Hi Mike, > \version "2.18.2" > { > \tempo "Allegro" > \once \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t > \set Score.tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 100 4 0 0) > a > } Thanks! That’s what I was looking for. I do not need this line then, do I? \once \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t Cheers, J

Re: midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread Mike Solomon
; > \once \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t > \tempo 4 = 100 > a > } % sets different visual and midi tempo indications \version "2.18.2" { \tempo "Allegro" \once \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \set Score.tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 100 4 0 0) a

midi tempo

2014-11-09 Thread Noeck
Hi, I would like to specify a different tempo for the pdf and the midi output. I’ve read http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms.html#metronome-marks But I found only how to specify it for both, or for one of them. What I want is like: \tempo "Allegro" 4 = 100

Re: Cannot set MIDI tempo Programmatically

2007-12-17 Thread Mats Bengtsson
) } #} ) \score { \new Staff \relative c' { \GRtempoMark #2 #"Andante" "2." "30" c'4 } \layout {} \midi {} } %%% original message : I'm having a problem setting the MIDI tempo from within a function. Whe

Re: Cannot set MIDI tempo Programmatically

2007-12-17 Thread Gilles THIBAULT
\smaller \general-align #Y #DOWN \italic "ca." \general-align #Y #DOWN $PerMinute ) } #} ) \score { \new Staff \relative c' { \GRtempoMark #2 #"Andante" "2." "30" c'4 } \layout {} \midi {} } %%% original m

Cannot set MIDI tempo Programmatically

2007-12-15 Thread musicologist1964
Hi, I'm having a problem setting the MIDI tempo from within a function. When I compile the file below, I get the error message: GNU LilyPond 2.11.35 Processing `test.ly' Parsing... :3:11: error: syntax error, unexpected SCM_TOKEN, expecting DIGIT or UNSIGNED or DURATION_IDENTIFIER

Re: setting Midi tempo

2007-01-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Christopher A. LaFond wrote: Graham Percival wrote: The syntax has changed; please see the same page in the latest 2.11 docs. - Graham Thanks for the update. However, it's still giving me a syntax error when I try to use a dotted note in the tempo. So while: tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly

Re: setting Midi tempo

2006-12-31 Thread Christopher A. LaFond
Graham Percival wrote: The syntax has changed; please see the same page in the latest 2.11 docs. - Graham Thanks for the update. However, it's still giving me a syntax error when I try to use a dotted note in the tempo. So while: tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 90 4) works fine, t

Re: setting Midi tempo

2006-12-31 Thread Graham Percival
Christopher A. LaFond wrote: I am trying to set a Midi tempo of 90 dotted quarter notes per minute. According to the Lilypond docs, the correct syntax is: \midi { \tempo 4 . = 90 } However, I keep getting a syntax error (unexpected tempo). Since it's a dotted note, there is suppos

setting Midi tempo

2006-12-31 Thread Christopher A. LaFond
Hi, I am trying to set a Midi tempo of 90 dotted quarter notes per minute. According to the Lilypond docs, the correct syntax is: \midi { \tempo 4 . = 90 } However, I keep getting a syntax error (unexpected tempo). Since it's a dotted note, there is supposed to be a space after t

Re: Tweaking midi tempo. Beats with sligthly different lengths..

2006-09-25 Thread Mats Bengtsson
It should definitely be doable, using some programming in Scheme. In principle, the function should go through all the music and replace a4 b4 cis4 with a4*4/5 b4*11/10 c4*11/10 or whatever relation you want to use. However, if you want to handle all possible rhythms within each beat, it will prob

Tweaking midi tempo. Beats with sligthly different lengths..

2006-09-25 Thread Erik Sjölund
In swedish folk music, very often the first, second and third beat have different lengths inside a 3/4 measure. For instance | a4 b4 cis4 | could in folk dances be played so the first a4 is 20% shorter in time than the b4. What I would like is to specify at one place in the lilypond file this t

Re: MIDI Tempo Off...Everywhere

2003-10-17 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Thanks for the analysis. I haven't contributed with many lines of code to LilyPond, but I'm afraid I might be the culprit for this problem. I just found a copy of a patch I submitted in summer 1999 where I removed the tempo setting in track 0. The reason was that I introduced support for tempo cha

RE: MIDI Tempo Off...Everywhere

2003-10-16 Thread Nigel Warner
Dear All, After running a check I believe that the problems people are having with MIDI and Tempo are because Lilypond does not do "the right thing". Picking apart the MIDI output for a simple file: panfluteAA = \notes { \time 3/4

Re: MIDI Tempo Off...Everywhere

2003-10-16 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See also http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-09/msg00228.html and the other messages of the same thread. /Mats Christian Hitz wrote: Am Mittwoch, 15.10.03 um 21:11 Uhr schrieb Will Oram: After reading the history of this list, I'm aware that Mac OS X doesn't much care for MID

Re: MIDI Tempo Off...Everywhere

2003-10-15 Thread Terje Tjervaag
Ah, but midi files not created by lilypond plays fine, so it can't be only a QuickTime problem. I haven't really needed the midi function a lot, but I'll experiment a bit with it and see if I can find a pattern. Timidity++ is also available for OS X btw, even if it means wading through japanes

Re: MIDI Tempo Off...Everywhere

2003-10-15 Thread Christian Hitz
Am Mittwoch, 15.10.03 um 21:11 Uhr schrieb Will Oram: After reading the history of this list, I'm aware that Mac OS X doesn't much care for MIDI tempi set in \midi { }. All pieces are set to a universal tempo, either 4 = 120 or around that. The problem is QuickTime. Look on versiontracker.com fo

MIDI Tempo Off...Everywhere

2003-10-15 Thread Will Oram
After reading the history of this list, I'm aware that Mac OS X doesn't much care for MIDI tempi set in \midi { }. All pieces are set to a universal tempo, either 4 = 120 or around that. So I shrugged that off and submitted my finished .ly files to Mutopia Project, hoping the administrator's Wi