Re: Pedals as Dynamics

2015-03-16 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Andrew, > I’m using a Dynamics context for pedals. I would like to be able to replace > the vertical up bracket at the end of certain sustainOff events with an > arrowhead or other glyph or indeed some postscript. How could this be done? > What are pedal line markings exactly? Are they TextS

Re: Chord names broken since 2.16

2015-03-16 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, > add9 is different from sus2, as add11 is different from sus4 Really? In the musical theatre world, "add9” rarely (if ever) appears; the preferred notation is “add2” (which, as a side benefit, makes sight reading things like “C9” even faster and less error-prone). > Nothing I ever saw

Re: Enhancement: command line option to transpose N halftones up or down

2015-03-16 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hello Michael, I think this question is more appropriate for the -user list. Since I usually call lily from inside frescobaldi, my solution to this has been defining a variable for the resulting pitch: \version "2.18" newTonic = des music = \relative { c' } \score { \transpose c \newTonic

Re: Highlight or Cross out measures

2015-03-16 Thread Klaus Blum
Hi Jay, maybe this could help you: % - \version "2.18.2" bgColor = #(define-music-function (parser location y-lower y-upper color) (number? number? color?) #{\stopStaff \override Staff.StaffSymbol $'stencil =

Re: Enhancement: command line option to transpose N halftones up or down

2015-03-16 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Michael, > > Am 16.03.2015 um 15:02 schrieb Michael Schuerig: > > I've only been using LilyPond for a rather short time, so far mostly for >> engraving short snippets transposed into several keys for practicing. Of >> course, the transpose command works nicely for this. >> >> However, it made

Re: Enhancement: command line option to transpose N halftones up or down

2015-03-16 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 16.03.2015 um 16:09 schrieb Simon Albrecht: Hello Michael, I think this question is more appropriate for the -user list. Since I usually call lily from inside frescobaldi, my solution to this has been defining a variable for the resulting pitch: \version "2.18" newTonic = des music = \rel

Re: Enhancement: command line option to transpose N halftones up or down

2015-03-16 Thread Michael Schuerig
On Monday 16 March 2015 11:26:30 David Nalesnik wrote: > Am 16.03.2015 um 15:02 schrieb Michael Schuerig: > > I've only been using LilyPond for a rather short time, so far mostly > for engraving short snippets transposed into several keys for > practicing. Of course, the transpose command works ni

Re: Enhancement: command line option to transpose N halftones up or down

2015-03-16 Thread Simon Albrecht
Am 16.03.2015 um 17:43 schrieb Michael Schuerig: On Monday 16 March 2015 11:26:30 David Nalesnik wrote: Am 16.03.2015 um 15:02 schrieb Michael Schuerig: I've only been using LilyPond for a rather short time, so far mostly for engraving short snippets transposed into several keys for practicing.

Re: Quoted music and midi (Cynthia Karl)

2015-03-16 Thread Thomas Morley
2015-03-16 2:02 GMT+01:00 Cynthia Karl : > > [...] > Am I qualified to submit a bug report? I have read some comments that > imply that bug reports from Joe User are not welcome. > > That's a misunderstanding! Bug reports are highly apreciated. Only a _known_ bug can be fixed. We have a bug-squad

Re:Quoted music and midi (Cynthia Karl)

2015-03-16 Thread Carl Sorensen
Cynthia Karl wrote: > > Poke. > > Really? Nobody (else) has an opinion on this (that agrees with mine)? >Am I > qualified to submit a bug report? I have read some comments that imply >that > bug reports from Joe User are not welcome. Please *do* fill out a bug report. In looking at the Notat

Re: Chord names broken since 2.16

2015-03-16 Thread Jan Kohnert
Hi, (all examples in C major for reading purposes, and German notation, so h(German)=b(English), and b(German)=(b-flat(English)) Am , schrieb Kieren MacMillan: Hi all, add9 is different from sus2, as add11 is different from sus4 Really? In the musical theatre world, "add9” rarely (if ever

Text ignored by spacing

2015-03-16 Thread Noeck
Hi, can I put a text relative to an object without affecting spacing? Considering, { c''->^"note" }, the "note" pushes the staff a bit down. I would like it to appear at the same position w.r.t. the staff (it also may be different, I don't care too much) but being ignored by spacing (thus reaching

Some MIDI questions

2015-03-16 Thread Peter Teeson
My lead sheet is done and now I want to work on the instruments. So my first question is #1 How to I stop the lyrics from appearing in the MIDI file? Ain't Misbehavin v4.ly Description: Binary data Also #2 How do I set the MIDI channel to use - in this case for the vibraphone? (This is becau

Re: Some MIDI questions

2015-03-16 Thread H. S. Teoh
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:09:18PM -0400, Peter Teeson wrote: > My lead sheet is done and now I want to work on the instruments. > > So my first question is > #1 How to I stop the lyrics from appearing in the MIDI file? When it comes to working with MIDI in lilypond, your best bet is always to p

Re: Some MIDI questions

2015-03-16 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2015-03-17 um 08:09 schrieb Peter Teeson : > My lead sheet is done and now I want to work on the instruments. > > So my first question is > #1 How to I stop the lyrics from appearing in the MIDI file? > > > Also > #2 How do I set the MIDI channel to use - in this case for the vibraphone? >

Re: Highlight or Cross out measures

2015-03-16 Thread Jay Anderson
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Klaus Blum wrote: > maybe this could help you: > > % > - > \version "2.18.2" > > bgColor = > #(define-music-function (parser location y-lower y-upper color) (number? > number? color?) >

Re: Chord names broken since 2.16

2015-03-16 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
> From: Jan Kohnert > To: Lilypond-User Mailing List > Subject: Re: Chord names broken since 2.16 > > Am , schrieb Kieren MacMillan: > > Hi all, > > > >> add9 is different from sus2, as add11 is different from sus4 > > > > Really? In the musical theatre world, "add9? rarely (if ever) appears; > >

Re: Text ignored by spacing

2015-03-16 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi Joram, Try: \version "2.18.2" { c''-> ^\markup \with-dimensions #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 0) "note" } Cheers, Pierre 2015-03-17 2:18 GMT+01:00 Noeck : > Hi, > > can I put a text relative to an object without affecting spacing? > Considering, { c''->^"note" }, the "note" pushes the staff

Re: Chord names broken since 2.16

2015-03-16 Thread Johan Vromans
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:33:52 +0100 Jan Kohnert wrote: > Version 2 whould probably be read more quickly and correct by Jazz > musicians, version 1 is more "correct" for a non-expert, I doubt this. Even a non-expert needs to know a few basic things. E.g., C is a major triad. Cm is minor triad. 7