Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 08:19:27AM +0100, Herbert Liechti wrote: > I tried several settings without success: You were close. { \repeat volta 2 { \time 6/8 \set Score.beatGrouping = #'(3 3 3 3 3 3)

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 22.12.2008 um 05:42 schrieb Graham Percival: Chip, I am 90% convinced that the solution to your problem was posted here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2008-12/msg00586.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2008-12/msg00585.html With another person trying to f

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread Mark Polesky
James, this is nice, but I don't think it's right. Chip, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the second-to-last note in the 3rd staff should be G-natural, not G-sharp. G-sharp is not diatonic in the key of D major. As far as I can tell, only John's proposed (and unfinished) solution avoids th

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
Totally didn't even see the sharp sign. It's early. Am 22.12.2008 um 09:39 schrieb Mark Polesky: James, this is nice, but I don't think it's right. Chip, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the second-to-last note in the 3rd staff should be G-natural, not G-sharp. G-sharp is not diatonic in th

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Herbert Liechti
Graham Percival schrieb: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 08:19:27AM +0100, Herbert Liechti wrote: > >> I tried several settings without success: >> > > You were close. > { > \repeat volta 2 { > > \time 6/8 > \set Score.beat

problem with substitution

2008-12-22 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear Lilypond-users, I trie to substitute the variable "zackigschnell' with "APZ', but without sucess. What is wrong with the following snippet? \version "2.11.60" \include "rhythmustest.ly" \new Staff { \APZ { c' d' e' f' } } rhythmustest.ly Description: Binary data

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 22.12.2008 um 03:52 schrieb Graham Percival: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 06:30:18PM -0800, Mark Polesky wrote: Graham, Great, that helps a lot. I haven't got a clue what scheme is. In that case, may I courteously extend an invitation that you read the bloody Learning Manual? Please stop th

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread Johan Vromans
Cameron Horsburgh writes: > He wants it diatonic, so it's not that easy. \transpose c' g {a b c} > would produce {e fis g} instead of {e f g}. I'd say that deserves an additional function, e.g. \transposePitch #-4 { a b c } I'd also say that it would not be necessary for all LilyPond users

manually tweaking accidental X-position

2008-12-22 Thread kristof
hi, I was wondering if it is possible to manually tweak the X-position of an accidental. In the list archives i found someone reporting that \override Accidental #'Y-offset works, but \override Accidental #'X-offset doesn't. Is there another way to accomplish this? thanks & greetings, Kristof

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread Jonathan Kulp
chip wrote: Am 21.12.2008 um 19:07 schrieb chip: I input in Concert C, transpose to the key of D for Trumpet. \transpose c d {} The First Trumpet part transposes to the key of D just fine. I would like to just copy/paste the first part into the second part. What's the second part?

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread M Watts
Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: \set Score.beatGrouping = #'(1 1 1 1 1 1) This is way easier than using several lines like: #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 6 8) 1 8) or similar. Also if you need to switch the tuplet numbers on and off a lot, you could make a shorthand for it, like

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2008 09:04:12 schrieb Graham Percival: > You were close. > { > \repeat volta 2 { > \time 6/8 > \set Score.beatGrouping = #'(3 3 3 3 3 3) That's close, too, but not correct ;-) Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2008 09:55:25

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:54:50PM +0100, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2008 09:04:12 schrieb Graham Percival: > > You were close. > > { > > \repeat volta 2 { > > \time 6/8 > > \set Score.beatGrouping = #'(3 3 3

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread John Mandereau
Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 à 10:56 +0100, James E. Bailey a écrit : > Am 22.12.2008 um 03:52 schrieb Graham Percival: > Oh, I've read the Learning Manual cover to cover (well, it may have > been changed since then, it was some months ago), and I don't > understand Scheme. Indeed: there is curre

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2008 13:49:10 schrieb Graham Percival: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:54:50PM +0100, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > > Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2008 09:04:12 schrieb Graham Percival: > > > You were close. > > > { > > > \repeat volta

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 22.12.2008 um 14:04 schrieb John Mandereau: Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 à 10:56 +0100, James E. Bailey a écrit : Am 22.12.2008 um 03:52 schrieb Graham Percival: Oh, I've read the Learning Manual cover to cover (well, it may have been changed since then, it was some months ago), and I don

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Herbert Liechti
Reinhold Kainhofer schrieb: > > > You're almost there... > > > Seems that the brackets are required for achieving the > > desired behavior. > > Actually, no. What is needed is a correct value for the beatGrouping > ;-) You > don't want 3 eighth notes to be beamed together, do you? You want the > be

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Herbert Liechti
Reinhold Kainhofer schrieb: You're almost there... > Seems that the brackets are required for achieving the > desired behavior. Actually, no. What is needed is a correct value for the beatGrouping ;-) You don't want 3 eighth notes to be beamed together, do you? You want the beams to

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread Grateful Frog
If you're looking for a relatively gentle introduction to Scheme, I can make a few suggestions, but as you probably already know, it's not easy to grasp from far away. Maybe just ask questions? Many people, even experienced programmers have great difficulty understanding scheme and other lisp-like

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Trevor Daniels
Herbert Liechti wrote Re: beam settings Reinhold Kainhofer schrieb: You're almost there... > Seems that the brackets are required for achieving the > desired behavior. Actually, no. What is needed is a correct value for the beatGrouping ;-) You don't want 3 eighth notes to be beamed toget

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2008 schrieb Trevor Daniels: > Reinhold's short example works here, but I see from your > attached jpg that you've incorporated it in some more > extensive code. He sent me the whole file and the culprit is a PianoStaff, which

Re: manually tweaking accidental X-position

2008-12-22 Thread Trevor Daniels
kristof wrote Monday, December 22, 2008 11:59 AM hi, I was wondering if it is possible to manually tweak the X-position of an accidental. In the list archives i found someone reporting that \override Accidental #'Y-offset works, but \override Accidental #'X-offset doesn't. Is there another

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread John Mandereau
Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 à 15:14 +0100, James E. Bailey a écrit : > Am 22.12.2008 um 14:04 schrieb John Mandereau: > > Indeed: there is currently no thing in all LilyPond documentation that > > introduces Scheme programming for non-programmers. > And there shouldn't be, in my opinion. Why not? I

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Trevor Daniels
Reinhold Kainhofer wrote Monday, December 22, 2008 4:22 PM Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2008 schrieb Trevor Daniels: Reinhold's short example works here, but I see from your attached jpg that you've incorporated it in some more extensive code. He sent me the whole file and the culprit is a PianoSt

Re: problem with substitution

2008-12-22 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 12/22/08 2:30 AM, "Stefan Thomas" wrote: > Dear Lilypond-users, > I trie to substitute the variable "zackigschnell' with "APZ', but > without sucess. > What is wrong with the following snippet? > > \version "2.11.60" > \include "rhythmustest.ly" > \new Staff { \APZ { c' d' e' f' } } Ther

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread Eyolf Østrem
On 22.12.2008 (17:37), John Mandereau wrote: > Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 à 15:14 +0100, James E. Bailey a écrit : > > Am 22.12.2008 um 14:04 schrieb John Mandereau: > > > Indeed: there is currently no thing in all LilyPond documentation that > > > introduces Scheme programming for non-programmers.

The Drummer's Gigsaw: COUNTRY.

2008-12-22 Thread Philippe Hezaine
Hi all, You'll find the COUNTRY-patterns here: http://philippe.hezaine.free.fr/spip.php?article40 I've tried some experiments with the velocities. If you want you can contribute, make new patterns, make a new notebook... etc... And i'll add your name as a contributor below the dedication. You c

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 22.12.2008 um 17:37 schrieb John Mandereau: Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 à 15:14 +0100, James E. Bailey a écrit : Am 22.12.2008 um 14:04 schrieb John Mandereau: Indeed: there is currently no thing in all LilyPond documentation that introduces Scheme programming for non-programmers. And the

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 09:40:48PM -0800, Mark Polesky wrote: > > If you cannot, or will not, describe what you > > actually want, it's very difficult to help you. > > He already has! He clearly stated that he wants to > transpose music down a 4th, diatonically: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/ht

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 06:21:56PM +0100, Eyolf ?strem wrote: > On 22.12.2008 (17:37), John Mandereau wrote: > > Why not? I'm sure a not so small amount of users would like to program > > with LilyPond, so revising and extending the Scheme tutorial is a > > solution IMHO. It was on the cards for

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Herbert Liechti
Reinhold Kainhofer schrieb: > Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2008 schrieb Trevor Daniels: > > Reinhold's short example works here, but I see from your > > attached jpg that you've incorporated it in some more > > extensive code. > > He sent me the whole file and the culprit is a PianoStaff, which seems to

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 12/22/08 10:21 AM, "Eyolf Østrem" wrote: > On 22.12.2008 (17:37), John Mandereau wrote: >> Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 à 15:14 +0100, James E. Bailey a écrit : >>> Am 22.12.2008 um 14:04 schrieb John Mandereau: Indeed: there is currently no thing in all LilyPond documentation that i

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/12/22 Trevor Daniels : > > Reinhold Kainhofer wrote Monday, December 22, 2008 4:22 PM >> He sent me the whole file and the culprit is a PianoStaff, which seems to >> somehow override the score's beamGrouping. So, one cannot use >> \set Score.beatGrouping = #'(1 1 1 1 1 1) >> but rather ha

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread chip
I must say I had no idea that this would turn into such a big deal. As for the piece I am working on - I've spent the morning typing in the notes for all the parts long hand, figuring out the intervals as I go, for each individual instrument. If a scheme program, or whatever it's called, is eve

Re: Vertical alignment of Chords - Feature / Bug??? Subtle Solution

2008-12-22 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/12/22 Carl D. Sorensen : > Great! I'm sorry for the wrong answer, and I'm glad you came up with the > right answer! No problem; it took me a bit of headscratching to work out what was going on in the absence of example usage. > Can you add your example to the manual (or would you rather th

RE: The Drummer's Gigsaw: COUNTRY.

2008-12-22 Thread Ed Ardzinski
Hi Phil. What a solid piece of work! You've just made my project go from 95% done to 50%!!! Some techniques have not known are in this, and when I'm done I might have some jazz/rock beats to add. Thanks!!!___> lilypond-user mailing list> lilypond

Re: Vertical alignment of Chords - Feature / Bug??? Subtle Solution

2008-12-22 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:14:19PM +, Neil Puttock wrote: > 2008/12/22 Carl D. Sorensen : > > > Can you add your example to the manual (or would you rather that I do it)? > > > > It should probably go in Notation Reference 4.4.2 Vertical spacing between > > systems. > > OK, will do. I suppos

Re: beam settings

2008-12-22 Thread Herbert Liechti
Neil Puttock schrieb: > 2008/12/22 Trevor Daniels : > >> Reinhold Kainhofer wrote Monday, December 22, 2008 4:22 PM >> > > >>> He sent me the whole file and the culprit is a PianoStaff, which seems to >>> somehow override the score's beamGrouping. So, one cannot use >>> \set Score.be