Re: Unexpected \markup behavior

2010-12-13 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hello Ralph, the \halign aligns all markups and stacks them. If you want to align the whole dynamic expression, make it a single markup with \line or \concat: d4_\markup { % negative value to right align, so that the forte is near the corresponding note \halign #-0.5 { \white

dynamic alignment

2010-12-13 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hello list, I wrote a script to align dynamics centered on the corresponding note: --snip-- \version "2.12.3" % calculate x-alignment based on attribute text + dynamic text #(define-markup-command (center-dyn layout props atr-text dyn)(markup? string?) "x-align on center of dynamic" (let*

Re: Unexpected \markup behavior

2010-12-13 Thread Ralph Palmer
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Colin Campbell wrote: > On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 10:46 -0500, Ralph Palmer wrote: > > > > > %% Begin Snippet %%% > > > > \version "2.12.3" > > > > A = > > \relative c' { > > \key c \major > > \clef treble > > \time 4/4 > > > > % Works as expecte

Re: Unexpected \markup behavior

2010-12-13 Thread Colin Campbell
On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 07:49 -0500, Ralph Palmer wrote: > > Greetings and thanks, Colin - > > The second case is unexpected (to me) because I thought that \dynamic > was a font command, as is \italic. Even if the \dynamic in the second > case is attached to the d and then overwritten by the "meno

Re: lilypond cameo

2010-12-13 Thread Jan Warchoł
2010/12/10 James : > Hello > > On 10/12/2010 07:43, Jan Warchoł wrote: >> >> Seriously though, have you considered changing the default font for >> chords? > > Oh yes, but only to make it smaller, I prefer mine '12% smaller' than > default, but the 'sans' font I think, is how chord names should be

Re: lilypond cameo

2010-12-13 Thread James
On 13/12/2010 16:14, Jan Warchoł wrote: I'd say that it's very interesting. Something distinctive, but not as soulles as regular sans, might be the best choice for chords (i don't want to say that it should be comic sans of course:) ) But if, for instance you were doing a Ukulele Cover of Bach

Re: How to print 2 rehearsal marks above and below same bar line

2010-12-13 Thread James
Nick, Matts and James (et al) On 30/11/2010 01:12, Nick Payne wrote: On 30/11/10 10:53, James Bailey wrote: Hello, I asked this exact same question almost exactly two years ago! Here is the response I got from Mats. It worked for me, even if it was a bit fiddly: *From: *Mats Bengtsson mailto:m

min-systems-per-page

2010-12-13 Thread craigbakalian
Hi, I have a book of about 14 piano inventions I found that I wrote as a young composer 23 years ago. Ah, the memories of youth! I have about nine of them in lilypond code, inside a \book{}. It compiles to pdf very slowly when I use min-systems-per-page = 5 and compiles very quickly if I do no

bar number printed above the phrase (slur) curve

2010-12-13 Thread MING TSANG
Please note the bar number #2,4,8 is printed very far from the bar line. Is is possible to have it printed close to the bar line? Below is the lilypond code: \version "2.13.40" date = #(strftime "%d-%m-%Y" (localtime (current-time))) % #(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #f) \heade

\set midiInstrument =

2010-12-13 Thread MING TSANG
(1) Where do I code the \set midiInstrument = ? (2) I want to set each voice (S, A, T, B) with different midi -instrument. How can I code it? (3) How can I specify different sound volume for each voice? I was hoping to empathize one particular voice for practise. (4) How to turn off cres.

Re: \set midiInstrument =

2010-12-13 Thread Jan Warchoł
Hi, 2010/12/13 MING TSANG : > (1)  Where do I code the \set midiInstrument = ? > > (2)  I want to set each voice (S, A, T, B) with different midi -instrument. > How can I code it? Take a look at this example: \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff = soprano { \new Voice = soprano

More about min-systems-per-page

2010-12-13 Thread craigbakalian
Hi, this is in my \paper section \paper { ragged-bottom = ##f ragged-last = ##t ragged-last-bottom = ##f #(set-paper-size "letter") bottom-margin = 1.5\cm right-margin = 1.5\cm left-margin = 1.5\cm top-margin = 1.5\cm min-systems-per-page = 4 max-systems-per

text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Marc Mouries
I am wondering if it is possible to write text inside the staff close to the notes or without the notes like in the attached image to show the name of the notes. -Marc ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond

\change Staff and barchecks in LilyPondTool

2010-12-13 Thread George_
I seem to be having a problem with \change Staff screwing up my barchecks. For example: e16 d c d e8 f \change Staff = "LH" gis, e r a | for me produces a barcheck of 9/8. bes8. a16 g f e d \change Staff = "LH" cis4 f8 \rest cis | gives a barcheck of 17/16, and \change Staff = "LH" r8 a16 gis

Re: text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Jonathan Kulp
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Marc Mouries wrote: > I am wondering if it is possible to write text inside the staff close to > the notes or without the notes like in the attached image to show the name > of the notes. > > > > -Marc > > > When putting fingerings inside the staff, I override th

Re: text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Mark Polesky
Marc Mouries wrote: > I am wondering if it is possible to write text inside the > staff close to the notes or without the notes like in the > attached image to show the name of the notes. Have you tried \easyHeadsOn ?  It's not exactly as you describe, but perhaps it can suit your needs: http://l

Re: text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Marc Mouries
On 12/13/2010 5:54 PM, m...@apollinemike.com wrote: Yup! \version "2.13.43" \relative c'' { \override Stem #'transparent = ##t \override NoteHead #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print \once \override NoteHead #'text = \markup { A } a \once \override NoteHead #'text = \mark

Re: text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Mike Solomon
Kinda meh, but gets the job done. Creating a music function would automate this sorta thing. \score { \relative c'' { \time 7/2 %\easyHeadsOn \override Stem #'transparent = ##t \override NoteHead #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print \once \override NoteHead #'text = \markup

Re: text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Marc Mouries
thanks, I added whiteout and adjusted the lower and the fontsize and got something nice except the last A. : On 12/13/2010 9:25 PM, Mike Solomon wrote: Kinda meh, but gets the job done. Creating a music function would automate this sorta thing.

RE: text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Carl Sorensen
From: Marc Mouries [m...@mouries.net] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 8:30 PM To: Mike Solomon Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: text inside the staff close to the notes thanks, I added whiteout and adjusted the lower and the fontsize and got something nice

Specifying bezier curve for tie across line break collides with clef symbol

2010-12-13 Thread Nick Payne
This piece in several voices (Bach's WTC book 1 prelude 4 transcribed for guitar) has a tie between the F-sharps at the end of bar 36 and at the beginning of bar 37, but because this tie is across a line break, Lilypond repeats the sharp symbol (which otherwise wouldn't

Re: Unexpected \markup behavior

2010-12-13 Thread Colin Campbell
On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 07:49 -0500, Ralph Palmer wrote: > > > Greetings and thanks, Colin - > > The second case is unexpected (to me) because I thought that \dynamic > was a font command, as is \italic. Even if the \dynamic in the second > case is attached to the d and then overwritten

Re: text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Marc Mouries
On Dec 13, 2010, at 11:33 PM, Carl Sorensen wrote: > Make your leger lines transparent and the final A should look great. > i am not sure i am following because if the ledger line is transparent it defeats the purpose to show that the A is now on a line. What is bizarre is that the ledger line

Re: text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> What is bizarre is that the ledger line is thicker than the normal > lines in the staff. This is not bizarre, this is correct musical typography. > Apparently this can be fixed but is this normal? Yes. Just check any manually engraved older scores. Werner __

Re: text inside the staff close to the notes

2010-12-13 Thread Nick Payne
On 14/12/10 16:37, Marc Mouries wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 11:33 PM, Carl Sorensen wrote: Make your leger lines transparent and the final A should look great. i am not sure i am following because if the ledger line is transparent it defeats the purpose to show that the A is now on a line. Wh