Re: Re:getting musical examples to an exact textwidth with a style file

2013-08-05 Thread Phil Holmes
Ah yes, I'd forgotten that. It's done in the Lilypond documentation either by setting paper as part of the lilypond call, or explicitly in the example. e.g: @lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right] ... \paper { paper-width = 100\mm paper-height = 100\mm tagline = ##f } } @end lilypond

Re: Repeated \tempo markings

2013-08-05 Thread David Kastrup
Hilary Snaden writes: > Is there a straightforward way of making tempo markings repeat over > selected staffs? I'm thinking in particular of SATB + keyboard, where > it can be useful to have tempo changes marked over each of the choir > staves and the upper keyboard staff. Remove the Metronome_m

Repeated \tempo markings

2013-08-05 Thread Hilary Snaden
Is there a straightforward way of making tempo markings repeat over selected staffs? I'm thinking in particular of SATB + keyboard, where it can be useful to have tempo changes marked over each of the choir staves and the upper keyboard staff. ___ li

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread James Harkins
On Aug 4, 2013 5:30 PM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > Me too. As a singer it looks exactly what I would expect. That's the > way all vocal music is laid out - with syllables left-aligned on tied > and slurred notes, wherever they appear. How is it done in jazz lead sheets? My situation here, where

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "James Harkins" To: "Trevor Daniels" Cc: "lily-users" Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 3:38 PM Subject: Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system On Aug 4, 2013 5:30 PM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: Me too. As a singer it looks exactly what I would

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread Carl Peterson
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:38 AM, James Harkins wrote: > On Aug 4, 2013 5:30 PM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > > maybe it's as Phil stated in his answer: singers expect the lyric text > to start with the note and do not follow other/foreign aesthetic styles > > Classical or jazz singers? > I can't s

Problem with bar line in \repeat volta: a bug?

2013-08-05 Thread Sebastian Canagaratna
Hi: I am having some problems with repeat volta. I give below the pdf and .ly version of the code. The bar line ins the 3rd system is not at the and of the line. If the repeat starts at the beginning of a bar ( now the repeat start with r4; I remove that and replace the bf2. before it and the bf2.

Re: Problem with bar line in \repeat volta: a bug?

2013-08-05 Thread Phil Holmes
This is covered very clearly in the Notation Reference: "When alternate endings are added to a repeat that begins with an incomplete measure, it becomes necessary to set the Timing.measureLength context property manually, in the following specific places:" Please familiarise yourself with that

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread James Harkins
On Aug 5, 2013 11:07 AM, "Carl Peterson" wrote: > Seeing a column of flush-left syllables in the middle of a line of lyrics when there are 3-5 verses just looks *bad*, even if it is technically correct. :-D Anyway, I'll take the vocalists' word for it. I still believe any professional engraver (

RE: Problem with bar line in \repeat volta: a bug?

2013-08-05 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Sebastian: Some modifications must be made when the repeated section starts with an incomplete measure. This is covered in the manual at http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/long-repeats. Specifically the "Timing.measureLength" has to be reset in both of the alternatives.

Re: Problem with bar line in \repeat volta: a bug?

2013-08-05 Thread Sebastian Canagaratna
Thank you very much. Your suggestgions work. I looked at the documentation, but I seemed to have missed that. Unless I have not upgraded my documentation. Sebastian Canagaratna On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > Sebastian: > > ** ** > > Some modifications must b

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread David Rogers
It seems to me that when scores are set with lots of white space, the rules are followed meticulously (and that this is why computer-generated scores began by being set much too loosely on the page - it's easier to follow spacing rules when you have lots of room to do so). As scores are set tighter

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread James Harkins
On Aug 5, 2013 1:39 PM, "David Rogers" wrote: > Isolated, your example looks perfect to me. I think what's making it > look ugly to you is probably that it makes the spacing suddenly wider in > an otherwise fairly-tight score. Sure, that sounds right. I don't think I will ever be able to see it a

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread James Harkins
On Aug 5, 2013 2:59 PM, "James Harkins" wrote: > I appreciate the thought, but I'm not quite interested in that particular flavor of Kool-aid. I'll go with my eye on this. I don't like how it looks, and I get something that is easier to read by fussing with the line breaks. I'm satisfied with that

Re: Henle piano template

2013-08-05 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, > I have found some images of Henle's Moonlight Sonata. > Old edition: http://www.ackermanmusic.co.uk/img/P/412339_1.jpg > And the new one (from 2013): > http://www.di-arezzo.com/multimedia/images/henle/part/hn1062.jpg > Same publishing house, but so many differences :) Is there a pre

Re: Henle piano template

2013-08-05 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hello all, > >> I have found some images of Henle's Moonlight Sonata. >> Old edition: http://www.ackermanmusic.co.uk/img/P/412339_1.jpg >> And the new one (from 2013): >> http://www.di-arezzo.com/multimedia/images/henle/part/hn1062.jpg >> Same publishing house, but so m

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread David Rogers
James Harkins writes: > On Aug 5, 2013 2:59 PM, "James Harkins" wrote: >> I appreciate the thought, but I'm not quite interested in that > particular flavor of Kool-aid. I'll go with my eye on this. I don't > like how it looks, and I get something that is easier to read by > fussing with the lin

Re: Henle piano template

2013-08-05 Thread David Rogers
David Kastrup writes: > Kieren MacMillan writes: > >> Hello all, >> >>> I have found some images of Henle's Moonlight Sonata. >>> Old edition: http://www.ackermanmusic.co.uk/img/P/412339_1.jpg >>> And the new one (from 2013): >>> http://www.di-arezzo.com/multimedia/images/henle/part/hn1062.jpg >

Re: Henle piano template

2013-08-05 Thread Urs Liska
Am 05.08.2013 21:27, schrieb David Kastrup: Kieren MacMillan writes: Hello all, I have found some images of Henle's Moonlight Sonata. Old edition: http://www.ackermanmusic.co.uk/img/P/412339_1.jpg And the new one (from 2013): http://www.di-arezzo.com/multimedia/images/henle/part/hn1062.jpg S

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread Carl Peterson
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 5:10 PM, David Rogers wrote: > James Harkins writes: > > > On Aug 5, 2013 2:59 PM, "James Harkins" wrote: > >> I appreciate the thought, but I'm not quite interested in that > > particular flavor of Kool-aid. I'll go with my eye on this. I don't > > like how it looks, and

Re: anyone got lilypond 2.16.2 to work on Windows Vista?

2013-08-05 Thread Robert Honore
On 04/08/2013 13:41, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "Robert Honore" OK - this is what I get part way through my lilypond verbose output: Initializing FontConfig... Adding font directory: C:/Program Files (x86)/LilyPondV2.16.2/usr/share/lilypond/current/fonts/otf Buildi

Re: LilyPond meeting in Waltrop, Germany, 2013-08-16 to 2013-08-20

2013-08-05 Thread Urs Liska
Am 04.08.2013 18:50, schrieb David Kastrup: Urs Liska writes: Hi David, thank you for the organisation. I could and should have written earlier, but unfortunately I can't attend this meeting. I really would love joining the discussions, and above all have the opportunity to meet some of you i

Re: anyone got lilypond 2.16.2 to work on Windows Vista?

2013-08-05 Thread Robert Honore
On 04/08/2013 15:28, and...@andis59.se wrote: >Initializing FontConfig... >Adding font directory: >C:/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/share/lilypond/current/fonts/otf >Building font database...^C Maybe a stupid question but... Has the directory above been created? One of the "problems" with Vis

Re: anyone got lilypond 2.16.2 to work on Windows Vista?

2013-08-05 Thread Robert Honore
On 04/08/2013 17:22, Trevor Daniels wrote: and...@andis59.se wrote Sunday, August 04, 2013 8:28 PM One of the "problems" with Vista is the UAC and you need to have sufficient rights to write and create files and directories under \Program Files. Have you tried to run Lilypond as Administrator

Re: Henle piano template

2013-08-05 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Urs (et al.), > I'm probably biased but I find the appearance of the 'old' score infinitely > superior. Immediately, one notices [in the newer version] what a poor choice it is to have the triplet number (over the middle of the triplet) above, as it is easily confused with the fingering num

Re: Henle piano template

2013-08-05 Thread Urs Liska
Am 06.08.2013 01:26, schrieb Kieren MacMillan: Hi Urs (et al.), I'm probably biased but I find the appearance of the 'old' score infinitely superior. Immediately, one notices [in the newer version] what a poor choice it is to have the triplet number (over the middle of the triplet) above, as

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread David Rogers
Carl Peterson writes: > I'm curious...did you happen to notice any examples where the engraver > chose to split the measure that might be indicative of an approach? If > I were to have done something like this for a hymnal/songbook, I would > have split the measure and would have kept the entire

Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

2013-08-05 Thread Carl Peterson
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:55 PM, David Rogers wrote: > Carl Peterson writes: > > > I'm curious...did you happen to notice any examples where the engraver > > chose to split the measure that might be indicative of an approach? If > > I were to have done something like this for a hymnal/songbook, I

problems trying to write a conditional \transpose

2013-08-05 Thread Mark Polesky
Hi. I'm trying to write a conditional version of the \transpose function, that would work something like this: input = {   c c   \conditionalTransposition c c' { c c } } \input => { c c c c } \processConditionalTransposition \input => { c c c' c' } And I've hit another

Re: Henle piano template

2013-08-05 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi Urs (et al.), > >> I'm probably biased but I find the appearance of the 'old' score > infinitely superior. > > Immediately, one notices [in the newer version] what a poor choice it > is to have the triplet number (over the middle of the triplet) above, > as it is eas

Re: problems trying to write a conditional \transpose

2013-08-05 Thread David Kastrup
Mark Polesky writes: > I'm trying to write a conditional version of the \transpose > function, that would work something like this: > > input = { >   c c >   \conditionalTransposition c c' { c c } > } > > \input > => { c c c c } > > \processConditionalTransposition \input > => { c c c' c' } co