add-grace-properties in TabVoice context

2009-07-03 Thread Marc Hohl
Hello, I tried to make grace notes in tablature smaller and found the function add-grace-properties in the lsr. I tried the following: [snip] \version "2.13.1" example = \relative c { \grace e8 c4 d e f \appoggiatura e8 c4 d e f \acciaccatura e8 c4 d e f } \score { << \new Staff {

Re: new website: draft 3

2009-07-03 Thread James E. Bailey
On 03.07.2009, at 08:44, Graham Percival wrote: Anyway, I'm fine with a "FAQ: something isn't working! Answer: read @ref{When things don't work}". I'm even ok with a "FAQ: where's the application? Answer: read the @ref{Text input}", although I **really** don't think that will be necessary wit

cipher music

2009-07-03 Thread Martin Hosken
Dear All, Cipher Music is a variety of notation systems that are used, particularly in Asia, by many millions of people. The structure is relatively simple with each note having a letter or number identifier and diacritics to indicate octave, length, etc. But, just as with western notation, th

Removing Piano Staff Temporarily Under Flute Part

2009-07-03 Thread craigbakalian
Hi, I am typesetting a Sonata for Flute and Piano. There is a section in the music where the flute part goes into a cadenza with no piano accompaniment. I want Lily to stop printing the empty piano part for 24 bars, and format the flute part on about a half a page, and then resume the pri

Re: Removing Piano Staff Temporarily Under Flute Part

2009-07-03 Thread James E. Bailey
On 03.07.2009, at 11:38, craigbakalian wrote: Hi, I am typesetting a Sonata for Flute and Piano. There is a section in the music where the flute part goes into a cadenza with no piano accompaniment. I want Lily to stop printing the empty piano part for 24 bars, and format the flute

Re: Removing Piano Staff Temporarily Under Flute Part

2009-07-03 Thread James E . Bailey
On 03.07.2009, at 11:38, craigbakalian wrote: Hi, I am typesetting a Sonata for Flute and Piano. There is a section in the music where the flute part goes into a cadenza with no piano accompaniment. I want Lily to stop printing the empty piano part for 24 bars, and format the flute

Re: cipher music

2009-07-03 Thread James E. Bailey
On 03.07.2009, at 11:13, Martin Hosken wrote: 1. How do I get the voices not to smash into each other? Have a look into the various \voiceOne options available. Since you're doing vocal music, the best place to look is in the Learning Manual, section 1.5.2 Multiple voices 2. How do I ge

Re: new website: draft 3

2009-07-03 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/7/3 Graham Percival : > Anyway*2, what other questions would you propose?  My idea is > that the FAQ should contain 4-10 questions.  Currently, we have > 1: Why do you change the syntax? > 2: Something isn't working! > 3: Where is the app (_maybe_) 3.- could be replaced or followed by Q: Do

Re: new website: draft 3

2009-07-03 Thread David Stocker
Fransisco, Your English is good (better than my Spanish!) Some proposed edits from a native English speaker: Francisco Vila wrote: 2009/7/3 Graham Percival : Anyway*2, what other questions would you propose? My idea is that the FAQ should contain 4-10 questions. Currently, we have 1: Why

Website 3b

2009-07-03 Thread Tim McNamara
I just looked at the former "crash course" page: http://percival-music.ca/blogfiles/out/lilypond-general_7.html#Text- input I think the rewrites- especially the light blue boxed statement- are a very good improvement. I also like the humor in the link on the Introduction page ("You write

Re: Removing Piano Staff Temporarily Under Flute Part

2009-07-03 Thread James E. Bailey
On 03.07.2009, at 21:19, craigbakalian wrote: Hi James, Where is it in the learning manual. And, the sections in the notation reference make the staves invisible. This means that the flute part isn't formated properly. There is a gap between the flute staves where the the piano part w

Re: Removing Piano Staff Temporarily Under Flute Part

2009-07-03 Thread Paul Scott
craigbakalian wrote: Hi, I am typesetting a Sonata for Flute and Piano. There is a section in the music where the flute part goes into a cadenza with no piano accompaniment. I want Lily to stop printing the empty piano part for 24 bars, and format the flute part on about a half a page,

2.12 in Debian

2009-07-03 Thread Francisco Vila
Hello, I've just noticed that LilyPond 2.12.2 is in Debian Testing. http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/lilypond -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) www.paconet.org ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/list

website draft 4, help wanted

2009-07-03 Thread Graham Percival
Here it is: http://percival-music.ca/blogfiles/out/lilypond-general_1.html#Home - would somebody volunteer to do the Examples already?!?! all you need to do is play with lilypond files. No texinfo, html, or git required. Guidelines on the Examples page. ... Mao, I expected that I'd need to

theory question

2009-07-03 Thread Grammostola Rosea
Hi, A question about minor scales and the chords which belongs to a certain 'step' in the scale. I've learned when major scale: step: I: maj7 II: min7 III: min7 IV: maj7 V: dominant 7 VI: min7 VII: -7 But what when it is a minor scale? For example E minor? Which type of chords belongs to t

Re: theory question

2009-07-03 Thread Mark Polesky
Grammostola Rosea wrote: > I've learned when major scale: > > step: > I: maj7 > II: min7 > III: min7 > IV: maj7 > V: dominant 7 > VI: min7 > VII: -7 > > But what when it is a minor scale? For example E minor? Which type of chords > belongs to the 7 steps? If it's "natural" minor than it's the sa

Re: website draft 4, help wanted

2009-07-03 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Graham Percival wrote: Here it is: http://percival-music.ca/blogfiles/out/lilypond-general_1.html#Home - would somebody volunteer to do the Examples already?!?! all you need to do is play with lilypond files. No texinfo, html, or git required. Guidelines on the Examples page. ... Mao, I e

Re: website draft 4, help wanted

2009-07-03 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Graham Percival wrote: - I'd also like somebody to do the Features page, but I admit this would be better done by somebody with a small amount of texinfo knowledge. That said, there weren't be much formatting on the page, so if somebody sends me a plaintext file with a few images, I'll

Re: website draft 4, help wanted

2009-07-03 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 05:53:14PM -0500, Jonathan Kulp wrote: > Graham Percival wrote: >> - would somebody volunteer to do the Examples already?!?! all you >> need to do is play with lilypond files. No texinfo, html, or >> git required. Guidelines on the Examples page. >> ... Mao, I expecte

Re: website draft 4, help wanted

2009-07-03 Thread chip
I noticed on the new site that the section Windows/Packages/Install and Uninstall needs to be written, so I did that. I uninstalled my Lily and downloaded and installed the latest version. The text file is attached. Hope this helps, Chip Graham Percival wrote: Here it is: http://percival-music

runover staff lines with hidden time signature

2009-07-03 Thread Alan Shaw
I've seen discussion of a similar situation at the end of a line, where it can be fixed by adjusting break-visibility, but this is a little different. What I am trying to do is set certain passages where a choir and instruments play together, and the instruments then repeat without the choir. In t

Re: Removing Piano Staff Temporarily Under Flute Part

2009-07-03 Thread craigbakalian
Hi Paul, Yes, I just got this figured out. What is odd is that there is another point in the piece where the piano part does a R1 * 2 but the piano staff doesn't get removed because - I guess - the R1 * x doesn't span the entire width of the page? Can anyone out there explain how \Remove

Re: website draft 4, help wanted

2009-07-03 Thread Graham Percival
Thanks! I added this to the page, but are you certain you need all those steps, and/or are you certain the explanation needs to be as verbose as it is? I would expect most windows users to be familiar with things like accepting a license agreement or clicking the Next button. Also, is the first

Re: website draft 4, help wanted

2009-07-03 Thread chip
Wow, that was quick, glad to see it was acceptable. Oh, I'm talking about the Windows installation instructions. Regards, Chip ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: website draft 4, help wanted

2009-07-03 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 05:43:05PM -0700, chip wrote: > Wow, that was quick, glad to see it was acceptable. Oh, I'm talking > about the Windows installation instructions. Err, wait a moment. I never said it was acceptable; I listed a few problems with it. I added it because it was better than

Re: website draft 4, help wanted

2009-07-03 Thread chip
I posted my previous message before you posted yours. Generally speaking, when it comes to Windows documentation - it is almost always dummy proof. Showing every step one might come across during the process. It applies to XP as that is what I use, should apply equally to NT and 2000. Never se