Manual page-breaking

2024-09-23 Thread David Sumbler
Is there a way that I can take *total* control of page breaking? I have a file in the form: \version "2.24.3" \include "file1" \noPageBreak \include "file2" \pageBreak % lots more lines like the above \include "fileN" and individual files such as: % file1 \score {   \autoPageBreaksOff   %music

Re: Manual page-breaking

2024-09-23 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> Is there a way that I can take *total* control of page breaking? > > I don't have a solution to offer but will comment that this is an > issue I also ran into recently while trying to engrave parts for > piano four hands. See https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/902 Werner

Re: Manual page-breaking

2024-09-23 Thread mskala
On Mon, 23 Sep 2024, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > See > > https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/902 Yes. There are several different issues involved here - choosing the page breaks based on both parts; engraving each part with exactly those breaks even though they are not the breaks that wo

Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

2024-09-23 Thread Colin Baguley
Hi, When writing a simple song lead sheet i have the chord(name) above the normal melody line. Some guitarists like to use a capo and so I place a transposed chord(name) below the main one. To do this I used a function called "parenthesizeAllchords" which I freely admit I plagarized from somewhere

Re: Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

2024-09-23 Thread Knute Snortum
On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 9:04 AM Colin Baguley wrote: > Hi, > When writing a simple song lead sheet i have the chord(name) above the > normal melody line. > Some guitarists like to use a capo and so I place a transposed chord(name) > below the main one. > To do this I used a function called "paren

Re: unexpected 2nd staff

2024-09-23 Thread David Kastrup
Paul Scott writes: > How can I make this happen in one staff with all the stems down? > > \version "2.25.19" > > \fixed c'' { << { e8( f~2.) } { e8( f d2.) } >> } By telling LilyPond you want it in one Staff: \new Staff \fixed c'' { << { e8( f~2.) } { e8( f d2.) } >> } However, this also puts

Re: unexpected 2nd staff

2024-09-23 Thread Mats Bengtsson
On 2024-09-22 22:13, Paul Scott wrote: How can I make this happen in one staff with all the stems down? \version "2.25.19" \fixed c'' { << { e8( f~2.) } { e8( f d2.) } >> } In addition to the responses you already received: - The reason that you get two staves is that you start the score w

Re: Manual page-breaking

2024-09-23 Thread mskala
On Mon, 23 Sep 2024, David Sumbler wrote: > Is there a way that I can take *total* control of page breaking? I don't have a solution to offer but will comment that this is an issue I also ran into recently while trying to engrave parts for piano four hands. These are usually printed on alternatin

Re: unexpected 2nd staff

2024-09-23 Thread David Kastrup
Mats Bengtsson writes: > or using the \voices command: > \version "2.25.19" > \new Staff \fixed c'' { \voices 2,4 << { e8( f~2.) } \\ { e8( f d2.) } >> } LilyPond's normal order for stem-down voices top to bottom would rather be \voices 4,2 -- David Kastrup

Re: unexpected 2nd staff

2024-09-23 Thread Mats Bengtsson
On 2024-09-23 16:28, David Kastrup wrote: Mats Bengtsson writes: or using the \voices command: \version "2.25.19" \new Staff \fixed c'' { \voices 2,4 << { e8( f~2.) } \\ { e8( f d2.) } >> } LilyPond's normal order for stem-down voices top to bottom would rather be \voices 4,2 Yes, but

Re: Manual page-breaking

2024-09-23 Thread Knute Snortum
On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 2:06 AM David Sumbler wrote: > Is there a way that I can take *total* control of page breaking? > > Here's what I do when I want to take total control of line and page breaking (this is for 3/4 time): %%% forceBreaks = { % page 1 \repeat unfold 3 { s2.\noBreak } s2.\b

Re: Pitch_squash_engraver - is this expected behavior?

2024-09-23 Thread Walt North
Excellent.  That is working.  Thanks for helping me understand the issue. On 9/22/2024 11:07 PM, Peter Chubb wrote: "Walt" == Walt North writes: Walt> I'm just checking if this is Walt> expected behavior.  My goal was to have ChordNames above the Walt> matching rhythm notation.  But it seems t

weird error writing a tablature which uses a custom tuning

2024-09-23 Thread Federico Bruni
Hi folks I've just come across a really weird error. I'll try to make a minimal example tomorrow, but maybe you can give me some hints. The piece I'm writing is copyrighted but I can send it privately to anyone who wants to help to debug this weird error. It uses a custom guitar tuning. I'm

A variation on issues #34: grace notes and \stemNeutral

2024-09-23 Thread Knute Snortum
This is a variation on issue #34 (grace note synchronization) where \stemNeutral gets ignored in one staff if there's a grace note in the other. %%% \version "2.25.18" rightHand = \relative { c'1 | \grace { c8 } c2 } leftHand = \relative { \clef bass \stemDown f,2 f | % \grace { s8 } %

Re: Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

2024-09-23 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 21:32, Colin Baguley wrote: > > Hi > Thank you for trying - but I've just copied and pasted your code - and it still doesn't do the parentheses. > I've attached the PDF I get .. Hello, \override ChordName.parenthesized = ##t Kind regards, Xavier

Re: Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

2024-09-23 Thread Colin Baguley
Thank you - that worked perfectly. I assume then I must have deleted that line in my original template from years ago. Kind regards Colin On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 21:10, Xavier Scheuer wrote: > On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 21:32, Colin Baguley wrote: > > > > Hi > > Thank you for trying - but I've jus

Re: Lead sheet capo chords in brackets

2024-09-23 Thread Colin Baguley
Hi Thank you for trying - but I've just copied and pasted your code - and it still doesn't do the parentheses. I've attached the PDF I get .. On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 19:00, Knute Snortum wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 9:04 AM Colin Baguley wrote: > >> Hi, >> When writing a simple song lead

Need help from Sibelius/Dorico owners

2024-09-23 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Folks, in case you are an owner or a user of a recent Sibelius or Dorico version, please send me privately screenshots of an import of the two attached MusicXML files (and please also tell which software version you are using). [Just in case: I have access to MuseScore and Finale, so I don't ne