Re: Impossible or ambiguous (de)crescendo in MIDI.

2016-03-18 Thread Graham King
On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 00:13 +0100, Simon Albrecht wrote: > Hello Graham, > > On 17.03.2016 23:51, Graham King wrote: > > # { c_\markup { \dynamic p \italic { dolce } } Looks like a dynamic, > > walks like a dynamic, but doesn't quack like one. Replace with { > > c-\omit\p_\markup { \dynamic p

"format" and "make implicit" for muliple files

2016-03-18 Thread Craig Dabelstein
Hi Lilyponders, Would anyone know how to apply some of Frescobaldi's features to a whole folder of files rather than one at a time? E.g. the "format" feature and the "make implicit (per line)" feature. Many thanks, Craig *Craig Dabelstein* e:craig.dabelst...@gmail.com

Re: Rhythm details

2016-03-18 Thread Alberto Simões
On 16/03/16 15:38, David Kastrup wrote: Alberto Simões writes: hi I am trying to find how to typeset the rhythm in attach, but given I do not know what is its name (neither in Portuguese, English or Italian or any other language) it is getting difficult to find how to do it. Can anybody pl

Re: Rhythm details

2016-03-18 Thread H. S. Teoh
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 02:49:41PM +, Alberto Simões wrote: > hi > > I am trying to find how to typeset the rhythm in attach, but given I do not > know what is its name (neither in Portuguese, English or Italian or any > other language) it is getting difficult to find how to do it. > > Can an

How to handle system objects?

2016-03-18 Thread Carl-Henrik Buschmann
When working with large projects (or small for that matter) like an orchestral piece, how do one best handle system wide objects like repeats, rehersal marks, tempi etc? It is tedious entering every thing in every voice, not to mention prone to errors. One idea i have is to make a silent voice

Re: volta with stanzas in variables

2016-03-18 Thread tisimst
On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 12:45 PM, N. Andrew Walsh [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n188675...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > Wh, that fixed a bunch of things! Thanks everybody! > > One last issue: how do I move the last syllable of the third stanza to the > third ending? Right now it's still sitting

Re: HELP: Trill line without 'tr' written before it

2016-03-18 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 16.03.2016 23:46, Thomas Morley wrote: 2016-03-16 12:17 GMT+01:00 Simon Albrecht : On 16.03.2016 12:15, Thomas Morley wrote: How about using RhythmicStaff and glissando? Why? I don’t see need to use such tricks here. Best, Simon I don't see any tricks in my code, just simplifying things.

Re: Impossible or ambiguous (de)crescendo in MIDI.

2016-03-18 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hello Graham, On 17.03.2016 23:51, Graham King wrote: # { c_\markup { \dynamic p \italic { dolce } } Looks like a dynamic, walks like a dynamic, but doesn't quack like one. Replace with { c-\omit\p_\markup { \dynamic p \italic { dolce } } Likewise for "meno f" and many other cases. # { c1\sf

Re: Initial grace notes

2016-03-18 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-03-18 20:42 GMT+01:00 Redwood (Daniel) : > Hi Thomas Morley, > > Perfect! > > bug2.ly now has: > > \grace {s8 s8} R2. | > > Now I get harmless warnings, but I wonder if there’s anything I should do > about them? > > Interpreting music... > MIDI output to `bug.midi'... > programming error: Go

Re: volta with stanzas in variables

2016-03-18 Thread N. Andrew Walsh
Wh, that fixed a bunch of things! Thanks everybody! One last issue: how do I move the last syllable of the third stanza to the third ending? Right now it's still sitting under the first note of the first/second ending, when it should kick over to the third. Thanks for the help! A On Fri, Ma

Using Google to find documentation (was Re: naturalize pitches)

2016-03-18 Thread Kristin Rollins
Searching with Google tends to be more effective for me in solving my issues with learning LilyPond and troubleshooting my work, especially with the ability to simply type the query into the address bar of my browser. (Though that is after I took the time to go through the learning manual and at le

Re: Initial grace notes

2016-03-18 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-03-18 20:14 GMT+01:00 Redwood (Daniel) : > Attached are 3 files to recreate the problem. > > lilypond bug.ly generates lilypond.pdf along with some error messages. > > The problem seems to only occur when > > 1) I generate a score > 2) The first notes in one part are 2 grace notes. > > If I ge

Re: \volta \alternative and \( .. \)

2016-03-18 Thread Federico Bruni
Il giorno gio 17 mar 2016 alle 9:17, N. Andrew Walsh ha scritto: I'm working on a short song, which repeats three times and has alternate endings. However, the music has a phrasing slur that should extend into the alternate ending. This works fine for endings 1 and 2 (ie, the first of two \alt

naturalize pitches

2016-03-18 Thread Jaime Oliver
Hi all, I am trying to use the code for naturalizing pitches after a transposition from the documentation: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/changing-multiple-pitches However I get: S

Re: HELP: Trill line without 'tr' written before it

2016-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi David, > >> violin.2 = { c d } >> will work, as will \violin.2 (as of issue 4797) or \violin.#(+ 1 1) > > Wow! That’s wonderful news. I have my doubts about the importance of this feature. Actually this was more prompted as lead-up work for tackling the "Needs_desi

Re: HELP: Trill line without 'tr' written before it

2016-03-18 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, On Mar 16, 2016, at 12:35 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > I have my doubts about the importance of this feature. One of my recent large-forces arrangements included 8 independent horn parts, 12 independent trombone parts, and several other multi-divisi instrumental setups. Even without c

Re: Impossible or ambiguous (de)crescendo in MIDI.

2016-03-18 Thread Richard Shann
On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 22:51 +, Graham King wrote: > On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 14:37 +, Graham King wrote: > > I'm trying to eradicate numerous "Impossible or ambiguous > > (de)crescendo in MIDI" errors from a large score... > Well, there's some, qualified, success to report: I've eliminated the

Re: HELP: Trill line without 'tr' written before it

2016-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Morley writes: > Btw, checkout > http://music.stackexchange.com/questions/42775/move-a-trill-into-the-stave > -About 'scrape', which is what the zigzag-or-trill-line should > represent. One could argue for glissando and trill, I'd say > -Someone else suggested there to use Glissando/Rhythm

Re: Dynamics context and vertical positions

2016-03-18 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Hi Simon, I think you are right, it's a very specific type of music that benefits from centralized dynamics for single staffed instrument, namely contemporary music with many markings, sometimes with one marking per note. Cheers, Gilberto -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069

Re: HELP: Trill line without 'tr' written before it

2016-03-18 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-03-16 12:17 GMT+01:00 Simon Albrecht : > On 16.03.2016 12:15, Thomas Morley wrote: >> >> How about using RhythmicStaff and glissando? > > > Why? I don’t see need to use such tricks here. > > Best, Simon I don't see any tricks in my code, just simplifying things. Why use DrumStaff, while all

Adding acoustic guitar (steel) to MIDI

2016-03-18 Thread David Landt
Hello all. I attempted to use the input statements some of you provided, but I couldn't suppress the default acoustic grand MIDI instrument that plays due to ChordName context. Following the formatting example shown in the notation documentation changing_defaults_in_one_specific_context_in_LilyP

Re: HELP: Trill line without 'tr' written before it

2016-03-18 Thread Jacques Menu Muzhic
Hello, Not sure if I missed it, but will: \relative { c' -\tweak style #'trill \startTextSpan d e f \stopTextSpan \textSpannerDown c' -\tweak style #'trill \startTextSpan d e f \stopTextSpan } still work in the future? JM > Le 17 mars 2016 à 00:35, David Kastrup a écrit

Re: Impossible or ambiguous (de)crescendo in MIDI.

2016-03-18 Thread Graham King
On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 14:37 +, Graham King wrote: > I'm trying to eradicate numerous "Impossible or ambiguous > (de)crescendo in MIDI" errors from a large score... Well, there's some, qualified, success to report: I've eliminated the various, sometimes well-hidden, causes of these messages.

Re: How to handle system objects?

2016-03-18 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 17.03.2016 um 11:34 schrieb Carl-Henrik Buschmann: When working with large projects (or small for that matter) like an orchestral piece, how do one best handle system wide objects like repeats, rehersal marks, tempi etc? It is tedious entering every thing in every voice, not to mention pr

D.C. al fine, and "volta spanner" errors

2016-03-18 Thread Graham King
Following on from an earlier thread[1], I have a snippet, below, that uses a repeat to create a "D.C. al fine" structure. The snippet throws two warnings: "cannot end volta spanner" that appear to be caused by the "\set Score.repeatCommands" line. Whilst I could just bludgeon these unwelcome mess

Re: difference of code construct

2016-03-18 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 18.03.2016 um 14:25 schrieb MING TSANG: Hi, lilyponder: I have a question about coding construct. Please refer to lilybin attachment LilyPond Score | | | | | | | | | LilyPond ScoreLilyPond Score made using LilyBin. | | | | View on lilybin.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | |