Improving ly files readability

2019-09-19 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, This isn't a topic I was able to find in the archive. It may be not a very interesting subject for most of you, but I hope to learn a bit more about your own practices for making your files more readable and maybe improve mine. By that, I mean, how do you use the comments lines to make cle

different staff-staff spacing throughout piece

2019-09-19 Thread Rachel Knight via lilypond-user
Hi, Is it possible to have different staff-staff spacing throughout a score? I found the command (listed below) and the documentation said to put it in a \with section or in the \layout block for global settings. My piece opens with a cadenza and I want the staffs to be further apart for easier

Non-default tuplet numbers

2019-09-19 Thread Andrew Bernard
The documentation in the NR for non-default tuplet numbers has an example that appears to me to be musical nonsense. For people coming across this concept for the first time it is simply utterly confusing. All the bars are 4/4 but the tuplets refer to 7 and 12:7 and so on. This is under the sel

RE: Non-default tuplet numbers

2019-09-19 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Andrew, Agreed. Just now looked at the "snippet." I tried to fathom where the 7 came in. Mark -Original Message- From: lilypond-user [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Bernard Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 5:01 PM To: lilypond-user@gnu.o

Tuplet number note size/font

2019-09-19 Thread Andrew Bernard
I am trying to use notes in tuplet numbers, fairly standard. I use a custom font for my scores and this may be interfering, but when I use say 16. or 8 for the note the stem length is almost zero and it looks ugly. How can I get access to the font used in tuplet numbers for the notes when you

Re: Tuplet number note size/font

2019-09-19 Thread Abraham Lee
Hey, Andrew! On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 6:43 PM Andrew Bernard wrote: > I am trying to use notes in tuplet numbers, fairly standard. I use a > custom font for my scores and this may be interfering, but when I use > say 16. or 8 for the note the stem length is almost zero and it looks ugly. > > How

Re: Tuplet number note size/font

2019-09-19 Thread Andrew Bernard
Sorry. I am guilty of using imprecise language. I use custom notehead stencils to achieve the look of the notes we want. Not a replacement custom font such as yours. [It's very successful but I confess I have never been able to make good breve noteheads.] This sort of thing: % for unfilled no

Re: different staff-staff spacing throughout piece

2019-09-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Rachel, > My piece opens with a cadenza and I want the staffs to be further apart for > easier reading as there are a lot of knee-beams, but for the rest of the > piece, I want the default staff-staff spacing. Is this possible? Two possible solutions: 1. Put the cadenza and the rest of the