Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

2012-08-07 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Graham Percival writes: >> Getting an actual LilyPond score requires calculating >> line breaks and there's no way to get rid of the overhead. > > Sure there is. Compile each bar individually with the default > spacing (i.e. whatever you get if your entire score is one bar and > you use ragged-ri

Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

2012-08-07 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Han-Wen Nienhuys writes: > Architecturally it is very difficult. Rather than making lilypond much > more complicated to do incremental rendering, why not invert the > problem: have your editor control line breaks, and use lilypond to > render just one line of music at a time. This is exactly what

Re: How to use clef "moderntab"

2012-08-07 Thread Ben Eichler
Thanks Shane, this did the trick. The syntax makes a lot more sense, don't know what I was thinking... -Ben On 7 August 2012 13:24, Shane Frasier wrote: > Ben, > > I am still a bit of a novice myself, but I think you want to do something > like: > > \new StaffGroup << > \new Staff { > \clef "ba

Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

2012-08-07 Thread David Kastrup
Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: > Han-Wen Nienhuys writes: > >> Architecturally it is very difficult. Rather than making lilypond much >> more complicated to do incremental rendering, why not invert the >> problem: have your editor control line breaks, and use lilypond to >> render just one line of mus

Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

2012-08-07 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:52 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > Since the main problem in that article is to deal with the "I can't read > this, even though I (probably) can write it" aspect of LaTeX which is > pretty much the same problem space for LilyPond, it might be useful to > go idea-fishing. > > I

Positioning a fermata - IGotMeFlowers.pdf (0/1)

2012-08-07 Thread Tim Slattery
The fermata in the bass clef in the attached pdf is too low, it's right on top of the upper note in the chord. The source follows. If I put the \fermata command in the "leftSecond" line, the fermata appears below the music. Is there a way that I can put the fermata above the notes, not clashing wit

Re: Positioning a fermata - IGotMeFlowers.pdf (0/1)

2012-08-07 Thread David Kastrup
Tim Slattery writes: > The fermata in the bass clef in the attached pdf is too low, it's > right on top of the upper note in the chord. Well, you placed the fermata on a _spacer_ rest rather than on a note. > The source follows. If I put the \fermata command in the "leftSecond" > line, the ferm

How to get a (rhythmic) dot to follow a barline

2012-08-07 Thread David G
I would like to put a dot after the barline to show (something like) a crotchet tied to a quaver - or according to http://ranumspanat.com/jacquet_dots.htm subtly different(!) It's more clear in this Beethoven string quartet: http://erato.uvt.nl/files/imglnks/usimg/2/28/IMSLP04769-Beethoven_-_Strin

Re: Positioning a fermata - IGotMeFlowers.pdf (0/1)

2012-08-07 Thread Tim Slattery
David Kastrup wrote: >Tim Slattery writes: > >> The fermata in the bass clef in the attached pdf is too low, it's >> right on top of the upper note in the chord. > >Well, you placed the fermata on a _spacer_ rest rather than on a note. I know. But when I put it with the note in the "left second

Re: Can anyone help to code what is in png.

2012-08-07 Thread Tim Roberts
MING TSANG wrote: > I try to code per the png. I don't know what it is call, therefore I > cannot search LSR. That note is a "breve" -- the length of two whole notes. You can use \breve for the length, as in fis\breve ~ fis1 However, the boxy notehead in your png is not the current style

Re: Can anyone help to code what is in png.

2012-08-07 Thread Matthew Collett
On 8/08/2012, at 5:12 am, Tim Roberts wrote: > However, the boxy notehead in your png is not the current style of writing > that note (which is as a whole note with bars left and right). What you have > there is the "Petrucci" style. You can still achieve the boxy notehead by > overriding th

Re: How to get a (rhythmic) dot to follow a barline

2012-08-07 Thread james
On Aug 6, 2012, at 12:20 PM, David G wrote: > I would like to put a dot after the barline to show (something like) a > crotchet tied to a quaver - or according to > http://ranumspanat.com/jacquet_dots.htm subtly different(!) > > It's more clear in this Beethoven string quartet: > http://erato

Re: How to get a (rhythmic) dot to follow a barline

2012-08-07 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/8/8 james : > > On Aug 6, 2012, at 12:20 PM, David G wrote: > > I would like to put a dot after the barline to show (something like) a > crotchet tied to a quaver - or according to > http://ranumspanat.com/jacquet_dots.htm subtly different(!) > > It's more clear in this Beethoven string quarte

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2012-08-07 Thread MING TSANG
LP users, I encounter compile error from init.ly. Can anyone experience this before? Detail of the error . Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.14.2 [definities-1159.ly]... Processing `D:/mingtsang-2/lied-1159/definities-1159.ly' Parsing... C:/Pro

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2012-08-07 Thread David Kastrup
MING TSANG writes: > LP users, > > I encounter compile error from init.ly. Can anyone experience this > before? > > > Detail of the error > . > > Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.14.2 [definities-1159.ly]... > Processing `D:/mingtsang-2/lied-1159

Re: Can anyone help to code what is in png.

2012-08-07 Thread MING TSANG
David Kastrup, Tim Roberts & Matthew Collett: Thank you for all your help.  I added \once to your suggestion and it works perfectly (very similar to the original). \once\override NoteHead #'style = #'baroque fis\breve(s2*2 s4 fis1)   Blessing in+, Ming __

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2012-08-07 Thread Eluze
Am 08.08.2012 02:18, schrieb MING TSANG: I encounter compile error from init.ly. Can anyone experience this before? Detail of the error . Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.14.2 [definities-1159.ly]... Processing `D:/mingtsang-2/lied-1159/defi

finger stroke position

2012-08-07 Thread pabuhr
Is it possible to make the left bar look like the right bar below? Specifically, there is a clash with the triple number even though I specified: StrokeFinger #'add-stem-support = ##t and I would like the finger strokes to lineup vertically rather than following the note height. Using markup

Re: How to get a (rhythmic) dot to follow a barline

2012-08-07 Thread Nick Payne
On 06/08/12 20:20, David G wrote: I would like to put a dot after the barline to show (something like) a crotchet tied to a quaver - or according to http://ranumspanat.com/jacquet_dots.htm subtly different(!) It's more clear in this Beethoven string quartet: http://erato.uvt.nl/files/imglnks/

Re: finger stroke position

2012-08-07 Thread eluze
pabuhr wrote > > > … > and I would like the finger strokes to lineup vertically rather than > following > the note height. > > you can try \override Score.StrokeFinger #'staff-padding = #5 hth Eluze -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/finger-stroke-po