Re: Add prefix to lyrics

2010-09-03 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> @ David: What I'm not quite sure about yet: Do you - in general - >> think the font glyph should or should not be used? > > I think that the font should provide the minimally acceptable > hyphen. I second that. > If it gets shorter than that, no hyphen should be used at all. Yep. > Whether

Re: Add prefix to lyrics

2010-09-03 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Fri 03 Sep 2010, 09:14 Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> @ David: What I'm not quite sure about yet: Do you - in general - > >> think the font glyph should or should not be used? > > I think that the font should provide the minimally acceptable > > hyphen. > I second that. I'd say that minimally accept

Re: Add prefix to lyrics

2010-09-03 Thread David Kastrup
"Dmytro O. Redchuk" writes: > On Fri 03 Sep 2010, 09:14 Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> >> @ David: What I'm not quite sure about yet: Do you - in general - >> >> think the font glyph should or should not be used? >> > I think that the font should provide the minimally acceptable >> > hyphen. >> I secon

Re: Where does "\override Score.BarNumber ..." go

2010-09-03 Thread Alexander Kobel
On 2010-09-03 00:54, James Wilkinson wrote: Jay Anderson wrote: If you want it to apply globally here's probably what you're wanting to do: \version "2.13.31" \layout { \context { \Score \override BarNumber #'break-visibility = #'#(#t #t #t) } } \score { << \new Staff { \r

Re: Add prefix to lyrics

2010-09-03 Thread Alexander Kobel
On 2010-09-03 10:09, David Kastrup wrote: "Dmytro O. Redchuk" writes: On Fri 03 Sep 2010, 09:14 Werner LEMBERG wrote: @ David: What I'm not quite sure about yet: Do you - in general - think the font glyph should or should not be used? I think that the font should provide the minimally accepta

Placing artilulations (staccato, accent...): Up, Down, Neutral, etc.

2010-09-03 Thread fauban
Hello Lilypond community! I am typesetting a piano score, and when I put a staccato dot to an eigth note, this is placed on the opposite side of the stem. Can I put it on the same side of the stem? I mean, is there any instruction like "staccatoUp--staccatoDown--staccatoNeuter" or something si

Re: Placing artilulations (staccato, accent...): Up, Down, Neutral, etc.

2010-09-03 Thread David Kastrup
fauban writes: > Hello Lilypond community! > > I am typesetting a piano score, and when I put a staccato dot to an eigth > note, this is placed on the opposite side of the stem. > > Can I put it on the same side of the stem? > > I mean, is there any instruction like > "staccatoUp--staccatoDown--

Re: Add prefix to lyrics

2010-09-03 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> > I think that the font should provide the minimally acceptable >> > hyphen. > > I'd say that minimally acceptable for lyrics is far too short for > text (and acceptable for text is too long for lyrics). I disagree. A hyphen is a hyphen is a hyphen, so to say. It must has the font's default h

Re: Add prefix to lyrics

2010-09-03 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Fri 03 Sep 2010, 10:09 David Kastrup wrote: > "Dmytro O. Redchuk" writes: > > acceptable for text is too long for lyrics). > > Text does not have variable length hyphens. Dashes of various length > carry different meanings in text: hyphen, range dashes, ellipsis. Yes, i knew that: -, –, — (or

Re: Add prefix to lyrics

2010-09-03 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Fri 03 Sep 2010, 10:47 Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > I'd say that minimally acceptable for lyrics is far too short for > > text (and acceptable for text is too long for lyrics). > > I disagree. A hyphen is a hyphen is a hyphen, so to say. It must has > the font's default hyphen length and must no

Re: Add prefix to lyrics

2010-09-03 Thread Alexander Kobel
On 2010-09-03 10:50, Dmytro O. Redchuk wrote: On Fri 03 Sep 2010, 10:09 David Kastrup wrote: Obviously (to me), different character slots are required for the extensible hyphens in lyrics, and a text hyphen. A long lyric hyphen, for example, can't have the thickness of a normal text hyphen, or

Re: Placing artilulations (staccato, accent...): Up, Down, Neutral, etc.

2010-09-03 Thread fauban
David Kastrup wrote: > > > > If you want a certain direction, just use ^ or _ for attaching the > articulation rather than -. > > -- > David Kastrup > > Fantastic! Thanks!! PS. If this appears in the Learning Manual, it must be in a secret place, it could be placed in the articulations c

Re: Add prefix to lyrics

2010-09-03 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Kobel writes: > On 2010-09-03 10:50, Dmytro O. Redchuk wrote: >> On Fri 03 Sep 2010, 10:09 David Kastrup wrote: >>> Obviously (to me), different character slots are required for the >>> extensible hyphens in lyrics, and a text hyphen. A long lyric hyphen, >>> for example, can't have th

Re: no sound produce for bass staff

2010-09-03 Thread Phil Holmes
When you reply to someone who has replied to your newsgroup question, please use "Reply All" to ensure the reply also goes to the newsgroup. I think others have answered your question about the midi - you have a decrescendo which causes the music to die away. Your version number says you're usi

Re: Placing artilulations (staccato, accent...): Up, Down, Neutral, etc.

2010-09-03 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "fauban" To: Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:06 AM Subject: Re: Placing artilulations (staccato, accent...): Up, Down, Neutral,etc. David Kastrup wrote: If you want a certain direction, just use ^ or _ for attaching the articulation rather than

Piano Staff: Templates: Centered Dynamics.

2010-09-03 Thread fauban
Hello! Using the musicxml2ly command, I have created a lilypond file containing a piano Score. However, it needed many corrections and lacked dynamics. I have seen a Template here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Piano-templates.html that could make a score w

Help using convert-ly recursively on Linux

2010-09-03 Thread Ralph Palmer
Greetings - I'm running LilyPond on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). I'd like to run convert-ly against all of my .ly files that I have created, without having to manually change directories to each directory that contains a file I want to convert, and then run convert-ly against the files in that dir

Re: Piano Staff: Templates: Centered Dynamics.

2010-09-03 Thread -Eluze
Ferran Auban wrote: > > > I have seen a Template here: > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Piano-templates.html > > > that could make a score with centered dynamics. However, my score > definition (a piano Staff with 2 staves and 2 voices each) is completely

Re: Help using convert-ly recursively on Linux

2010-09-03 Thread Federico Bruni
I'm not sure at all... maybe you can use find? Something like that: cd path/to/dir find -name '*.ly' -exec convert-ly {} \; Cheers, Federico 2010/9/3 Ralph Palmer > Greetings - > > I'm running LilyPond on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). > > I'd like to run convert-ly against all of my .ly files th

Re: Help using convert-ly recursively on Linux

2010-09-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I'm running LilyPond on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). > > I'd like to run convert-ly against all of my .ly files that I have created, > without having to manually change directories to each directory that > contains a file I want to convert, and then run convert-ly against the files > in t

Re: Help using convert-ly recursively on Linux

2010-09-03 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Fri 03 Sep 2010, 07:39 Ralph Palmer wrote: > Greetings - > > I'm running LilyPond on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). > > I'd like to run convert-ly against all of my .ly files that I have created, > without having to manually change directories to each directory that > contains a file I want to co

Re: Help using convert-ly recursively on Linux

2010-09-03 Thread Susan Dittmar
Dear Ralph, I just wrote two versions using bash. They are untested. Better copy the whole directory to a backup place before starting (cp -a . ../) First version is based on directories. For every directory within the current directory (including this directory itself) it converts all files mat

custom drumstuff, positions of noteheads

2010-09-03 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear community, I want to create a customized drumstaff for four toms. What I don't understand: in the below quoted snippet the positions of the last three drum notes are the same. Why is it so and how can I change it? \version "2.12.2" %%% four Toms #(define fourtoms '((hightom default #t 4)

Re: no sound produce for bass staff

2010-09-03 Thread MING TSANG
Phil: the "\teeny \flat" works. I also check 2.12.3 lilypond_notation there is no "accidentals.M2" (v2.6.6 has) but there is "accidentals.medicaeaM1" . Anyway I like the \teeny \flat better. Kaz: I think there is a problem for "c2\> d\!" construct for midi output. Please refer tored and

Selected bar invisibility

2010-09-03 Thread Reg Ludions
Hello List I'd like to notate some music in which small groups of bars are surrounded by whitespace (or invisible bars). I'm after something notationally not that different to the score of Terry Riley's "In C": http://artsaha.analogartsensemble.net/Texts/InC.jpg. I've taken the "staff-container

Re: Where does "\override Score.BarNumber ..." go

2010-09-03 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 10:16:06AM +0200, Alexander Kobel wrote: > But this makes me wonder: I vaguely remember a distinction of \score > and \new Score, which I can't find in the docs. The distinction is that \new Score should not be used, and issue 1033 is to remove it entirely from the docs. C

Re: no sound produce for bass staff

2010-09-03 Thread Kaz Kylheku
Maybe it's because you've put in a decrescendo, which is not followed by any other dynamics to restore the volume! Try adding, say, mf for mezzo-forte after the decrescendo. On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 06:00:30 -0700 (PDT), MING TSANG wrote: Kaz: I think there is a problem for "c2> d!" construct

Re: Piano Staff: Templates: Centered Dynamics.

2010-09-03 Thread Ferran Auban
-Eluze wrote: > > what is so different with your code? > > if you follow the templates' example you should get it: > > dynamics = { … } > > \score { > \new PianoStaff = "PianoStaff_pf" << > \new Staff = "Staff_pfUpper" << \global \upper >> > \new Dynamics = "Dynamics_pf" \dynamics

Re: no sound produce for bass staff

2010-09-03 Thread MING TSANG
Thank you, Kaz: By adding \mf to bar 14 after the "cresc." on bar 13, I can hear bass notes to the end now. I have to remember this whenever I code/use "cresc.". From: Kaz Kylheku To: MING TSANG Cc: Phil Holmes ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Fri, Septembe

Re: Selected bar invisibility

2010-09-03 Thread James Bailey
On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Reg Ludions wrote: > Hello List > > I'd like to notate some music in which small groups of bars are surrounded by > whitespace (or invisible bars). I'm after something notationally not that > different to the score of Terry Riley's "In C": > http://artsaha.analogart

Re: Piano Staff: Templates: Centered Dynamics.

2010-09-03 Thread -Eluze
Ferran Auban wrote: > > > -Eluze wrote: >> >> what is so different with your code? >> >> if you follow the templates' example you should get it: >> >> dynamics = { … } >> >> \score { >> \new PianoStaff = "PianoStaff_pf" << >> \new Staff = "Staff_pfUpper" << \global \upper >> >> \

Re: How do I enter the chord "B(add4)/G#"?

2010-09-03 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Wednesday 01 September 2010 23:59:23 John Zaitseff wrote: > A very quick and simple question that has me stumped: How do I enter > the chord "B(add4)/G#" in LilyPond's chord mode? I am trying to > transcribe that very chord in a song we have... > > I am quite adept at using LilyPond, but my kn

overlapping notes transcribing to tablature

2010-09-03 Thread Marten Visser
Hi, I'm trying to create tablature for guitar from regular notes. I have a piece with chords and melody, formatted for a piano staff. For conversion to tablature, Lilypond guesses the string and fret to play the note on. This may lead to two or more notes on the same string on different frets

How to add a \mark every 8 measures?

2010-09-03 Thread Heather W. Reichgott
Hello, I'm working on a bunch of music for dance class accompanying. It is very useful to have a mark above the barline every 8 measures. (Right now, I go through my paper scores and make a pencil slash above the barline every 8 measures for every piece I play.) With Lilypond is there any way to

Re: How to add a \mark every 8 measures?

2010-09-03 Thread Mike Solomon
\version "2.13.32" << \relative c' { \repeat unfold 64 { a b c d } } { \repeat unfold 8 { \mark "foo" s1*8 } } >> The only Scheme programming you'd need is if you didn't know exactly how long the piece was, in which case there's a function ly:music-length that'll get you the length of a snippet o

Autochange staffs with a single voice

2010-09-03 Thread Jérémie Lumbroso
Hello, As far as I can tell, the automatic staff changing feature only works by assigning a voice to a given staff ("up" or "down"). Say now that in your voice you have chords, some notes of which should be on the upper staff and others on the lower. It seems as though it's not currently possible

segmentation fault with 2.13.32

2010-09-03 Thread Paul Scott
I'm getting a seg. fault with 2.13.32. I haven't got the exact cause yet but one variable is that I only see the fault when I add a second \new Staff in a StaffGroup. I have two parts based on the same score which both succeed when I delete the second staff. I have also attached a verbose ou

Download page out of date

2010-09-03 Thread Nick Payne
I notice on the download page that the Ubuntu version shown for Lilypond 2.12 is two releases behind (shows Jaunty whereas the current stable Ubuntu is Lucid), and the included version in the current distribution is 2.12.3 and not 2.12.1... Nick ___