Re: how to get error messages in a separate text file

2008-05-29 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > how can I get (on linux) the error-messages that lilypond produces in a > separate text-file, that I can save and read with e.g. kwrite? "lilypond" outputs its messages to the standard error stream. So, if you use "bash" as a command interpreter, redirect stderr to a file: $ lilypond test1

Re: how to get error messages in a separate text file

2008-05-31 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I'm using bash, but on OSX. And I don't really get the results that I > was looking for with this. I still get my errors in stdout. I don't use/have Mac OSX. I have no idea whether lilypond behaves differently on different OS. You should post the exact command you are using; hopefully

Re: numérotation , chiffre de chaque mesure / numbering of each measure

2008-06-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> The default setting of Lilypond displays the sequential number of the > first measure of each staff. > Is it possible to get that number for each measure printed on the pdf > output? > If yes, how? > \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(every-nth-bar-number-visible 1) Best, Gilles P.S. I

Re: Roman numeral analysis

2008-06-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > I hoped there might be a seperate context for roman numerals [...] I use a \Lyrics context. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: #(layout-set-staff-size 3)

2008-07-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > \score { > { > c' d' e' f' > } > \layout { > #(layout-set-staff-size 3) > } > } To get a global zoom out, try to put this #(set-global-staff-size 13) at the top of the file. Best, Gilles ___

Re: Forcing note ... tail orientation

2008-08-09 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> > How can I force the note... erm... tail to go up or down, instead of the > automatic orientation based on the note position in the stave? > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Stems#index-g_t_005cstemDown-217 Gilles ___ li

Re: Score with large empty section at the top

2008-08-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. For automatic adjustment of vertical spacing, you could also try what is explained here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Two_002dpass-vertical-spacing#Two_002dpass-vertical-spacing Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user ma

Re: collision with TimeSig

2008-08-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I have a collision between the note and the text of the TimeSig in the below > quoted example. Compiling the provided code with version 2.10.33, I don't see that there is any collision (see the attached pdf). Best, Gilles test1.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document _

Re: ubuntu package

2008-08-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > What I want to do is install the latest version of LilyPond, but I'm > unsure how or if I should remove LilyPond 2.10.33. Since I like LilyPond > so much (despite my lack of knowledge concerning markup languages and > programming), I'd prefer to avoid fouling up the installation of the ne

Re: ver. 2.11.56 problems

2008-08-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > [...] > > For what it's worth. > > And again...thanks for all the help people have offered me since I've > arrive here. I now have a very good looking score in front of me, as > fruits for this labor - and more to come. I'm loving the experience I'm > having here, mostly. I'd love to giv

Re: "set-global-staff-size..." puzzle

2008-08-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > If I have > > "#(set-global-staff-size 20)" > > in my code, I get 6 staffs spread across 1.5 pages (#6 is all that's on > page 2). If I set the size to 18, I get the crowded onto one page with > 2" at the bottom. > > I cannot figure out what's happening, or how to get better control of

Re: transparent background in lilypond generated png's

2008-08-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I've been using Lilypond regularly for several years now with great > satisfaction. Recently, I've begun using lilypond generated png files in > powerpoint presentations and I'd like to know if there is a way to > generate these files with a transparent (rather than white) background

Re: Getting a list of all pitches used in a score

2008-08-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Does anyone have any ideas about how to get a list of all the pitches from a > score? ... besides just counting off the sheet music. > Even better, to get a count of how many times each of the used notes are > played. Here is a Perl script that counts the notes in LilyPond files (only the

Re: Getting a list of all pitches used in a score

2008-08-28 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I am unable to get the attachment (I get http error 404). What am I missing? A possible explanation was given in another post. In any case, here is the script inline (just copy/paste the text between the "---CUT---" marks in another file): ---CUT--- #!/usr/bin/perl -w use IO::File; my $

Re: Getting a list of all pitches used in a score

2008-08-29 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > In any case, here is the script inline (just copy/paste the text between > > the "---CUT---" marks in another file): > > Please be aware that this script scans anything, including > commented-out lines and controls. For example, > > title = "This is a nice song" > \key d \major > >

Re: How to split autobeam

2008-09-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > in a \time 4/4 a sequence of chords is written, patterns like this: > > <> <> <> <> Please always send a working LilyPond code example. It will make it easier to understand what you tried. The above does not compile (I'm using v2.10.33)! > these 4 chords are beamed together. But I need

Re: How to split autobeam

2008-09-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Here's one example that produces the wrong beaming: > > right = \context Voice = "discant" > > { > > \clef violin > > \time 4/4 > > \relative b' { <> <> <> < fis b>> > > <> <> <> <> }| > > } Hmm, this is still not a complete code: The \score part is missing. Why do you use t

Re: one voice

2008-09-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> I want to hide some notes. But, in the below quoted example, I don't see any example here... Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: padding tempo indication over multiple whole-bar rests?

2008-09-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> Sorry! I'm not quite sure what you mean by the .ly code, but I typeset the > indication as > > \mark\markup\normalsize {Maestoso} Then you probably need something like the following: \override Score.RehearsalMark #'padding = #3.0 Best, Gilles

Re: Removing bundled LilyPond

2008-09-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Usually it is sufficient to rename the old executable and point a > symbolic link to the new one; say you installed the recent version in > /home/johndoe/bin/lilypond/, and the default choice is in /usr/bin/, > then you have do > mv /usr/bin/lilypond /usr/bin/lilypond-2.10.33 >

Re: Removing bundled LilyPond

2008-09-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> By '$HOME', I assume you mean the path of my local home directory. By > the way, what is my $PATH? Where do I find it and how may I alter it? "HOME" and "PATH" are so-called "environment" variables. You can change them in the initialization files of your shell (command-line interpreter). Whi

Re: chords above piano staff

2008-09-30 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > The layout is as follows: > > \new PianoStaff << > \chords { ... } % 24 bars > \new Staff = "upper" { > \upperIntro% 8 bars > \melody% 16 bars > } > \addlyrics { } > } > \new Staff = "lower" { > \lowerInt

Re: chords above piano staff

2008-09-30 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > > Please send a minimal but *compilable* example: It's a waste of time > > Sorry, I thought advanced users could imagine the output. Sometimes not so advanced users, or users with less imagination can help too. ;-) Here attached a modified version of your code that puts the chords ab

Re: generating pdf and png but no ps

2008-10-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > How can I generate pdf and png but no ps? $ lilypond file.ly GNU LilyPond 2.10.33 Processing `file.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music... [2] Preprocessing graphical objects... Layout output to `file.ps'... Converting to `file.pdf'... $ rm file.ps > Can I adjust resolution of the png? I just

Re: combining parts into a score

2008-10-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > \include "alto+descant notes.ly" > \include "alto2 notes.ly" > << > \new Staff \alto+descant notes > \new Staff \alto2 notes > >> This looks quite odd. Although I'm not sure whether lilypond will be confused by it, using spaces in a file name is a bad idea. Morevover "space" characters

Re: Accidental besides trill

2008-10-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > How to put an accidental besides trill? Try this: e^\markup{\musicglyph #"scripts.trill" {\raise #1 \sharp}} Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Keeping annotations when extracting parts from a score

2008-10-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I've got a song where several annotations like "Refrain" or "Verse" are set > in > the Vocals (because that's the voice at the top of the system). > Now I'm starting to extract parts, and of course the annotations are only > shown in the vocal part. > is there any other way to have the

Re: chord name position

2008-10-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > changes = \chords { > c1 c1 > } > > slashes = { > \override NoteHead #'style = #'slash > b'1 b'1 > } > > \score { > \new Staff << > \changes > \slashes > >> > } > > --- > > would someone be kind enough to explain? \new Staff

Re: How to put whole measure rest in unmetered music?

2008-10-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Maybe that \cadenzaOn is what you should use. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Transposing help.

2008-10-26 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > If someone could download the music and help me out here I would greatly > appreciate it. It is mentioned, on the Mutopia page for that piece that this score uses LilyPond v2.6.4. Did you compile it with the right version? In fact, I guess that you have a much more recent version installe

Re: Escaping text in title and composer?

2008-10-26 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > [...] I can easily change " to \" > in the text, but perhaps there are other characters that will cause lilypond > to fail. As a first step, I'd suggest to filter out (or escape) anything that your program cannot handle. Languages usually used for web development provide libraries for regul

Re: combine dynamics of 2 voices

2008-12-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I would like to print on the same staff two parts of wind instruments > (flutes, clarinettes...) but if I use << { \partI } \\ { \partII } >> or > \partcombine { \partI } { \partII }, the dynamics are not merged when > they are the same. I get the same crescendo et decrescendo above an

Re: Combining parts

2009-01-21 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > My problem is that when combining the top parts as separate voices, it > > looks rather messy and confusing. I can combine two parts with > > \partcombine, and that does give a much better copy, but it still leaves > > the third part. I know that \partcombine can only handle two parts, b

Re: Markup from HTML

2009-01-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. >> does anyone of you have a script or a way to convert from (simple) >> html to markup like this: >> >> This is a melisma. >> >> To get: >> >> \markup { "This is a " \concat { "me" \bold \italic "lis" "ma." } } >> > > sed would do the job, but I'm too hazy on it to offer a solution. Dep

Re: jeux inegales

2009-01-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > the question I'm asking You is not directly connected with lilypond, > but I guess, that some of You could help me a lot. > I'm searching for instructive examples from the french baroque-music, > where the so called "jeux inegales" (it's a little bit like swing) has ^^

Re: Sharp and flat in headers.

2007-06-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > Off the top of my head I have a page with multiple staffs, each with its own > header and I am using \header { piece = "Db major" } and which to replace "b" > with the correct character. Maybe something like \header { piece = \markup { "D" \flat "major" } } Best, Gilles _

Re: Sharp and flat in headers.

2007-06-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Thanks very much for that, it works but produces a result where the sharp or > flat symbol is quite low vertically in comparison with the other letters. > > Is there any way to tweak its vertical position? > Yes, something like the following might do it (adjust the number): \header { piec

Re: Header block instrument name problem

2007-07-21 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> > Having trouble to include \flat in instrument name in the \header block i.e. > :- > > \header { > instrument = "Trumpet in B"\flat > } Try that instead: instrument = \markup{ "Trumpet in B"\small\flat } Best, Gilles ___ lil

Re: Information on Lilypond

2007-07-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > What I like to do best, is play a song > on the MIDI keyboard and then have > the notes appear on the screen. To do this, you might want to have a look at the "Rosegarden 4" software. Best regards, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypo

Re: mark sugestion

2007-08-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Working in a Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto, I found a turn mark during the > flute part. The \turn mark seems have to be placed in the middle of to > notes. This is logical becouse, turn afects two notes not only one note. > Lylipond put the \turn over the note where it is wirtten. M

Re: How to put current date in footer?

2008-04-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > I'm trying to have a timestamp in the footer of every page. nice would > also be to have subversion revision as metainformation printed. > I'm quite new to Lilypnd... > > How can I do that? > Define \today as today = #(strftime "%d-%m-%Y" (localtime (current-time))) before using it.

Re: Outdated lilypond-mode for emacs ?

2008-04-21 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Could you please point out exactly what problems you have noted. Since you ask, one little thing I've noted is that in "\figures" mode, the automatic alignment is screwed up when the number is followed by a flat (minus sign), e.g.: <6->4 Then, in subsequent lines, pressing TAB sends

Re: Chords problem

2008-05-06 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I want to insert a few (not all) chord names in a sheet. > > I trid the following: > > \relative c { > .. > <<   \chords { cis:m1 }  >  { cis,1 } >> > .. > } > > but then the Chord name is below the melody. Not so here; this code %- \version "2.10.10" theMusic = \relative

Re: Replys

2006-04-15 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > > Thunderbird doesn't include a "Reply to list" command, Then, you could file a bug ("wishlist") report, requesting the feature. > to lilypond list, and since all other lists follow the practice > mentioned above, there's no reason for me to change my habits. > It depends. If the l

Re: Drum Kit Writing

2006-04-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > I was wondering if someone could please post up an example kit part for me > to have a look at? > I've attached a tar file of a part I transcribed some time ago. Hopefully, it will show enough to get you started. > > Code: > > [...] Sorry to say, but your code is hardly legible. [More

Re: Several midifiles together

2006-04-29 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > After reading in the list, I have built a template for put several > midifiles in one file .mid I was once looking for a tool to concatenate the files that lilypond generates from several \score blocks. What you propose is *not* that. You just put everything in a single \score, and of

Re: Voicing problems

2006-04-29 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > > Any help would be most appreciated! > I've made some change to your file [see attachment], most notably to make explicit use of the "Voice" context. Best, Gilles \version "2.6.3" global = { \clef "G_8" \key d \minor } preludemelody = \relative c' { % \global

Re: Several midifiles together

2006-04-29 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > >(Please, tell me if it run for you) > > When you provide a code snippet, you should make sure that it contains > valid syntax, so that one doesn't have to fiddle to make it compile. > > > > Hmm... > Of course, it run for me. It's a valid syntax. As it is, it's not! ["...etc" (lines 15,

Re: right aligning text

2006-04-30 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Why doesn't this code right align the text on the bar line? > > \version "2.8.1" > > \relative c'' { > a1 c f g^\markup{ \right-align{ "D.S. al Coda" } } > f > } > Where do you tell it should? [As expected, the text is right-aligned with respect to the note it is attached to.] Try thi

Re: Drum bladmuziek schrijven

2006-06-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > > Ik zou Lilypond graag gebruiken om mijn drummuziek netjes op papier te > krijgen. > Op jullie site staat nergens duidelijk uitgelegt hoe dat moet. Weten jullie > misschien een goede handleiding daarvoor? Of is Lilypond niet geschikt voor > drummuziek? > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/D

Re: Drum bladmuziek schrijven

2006-06-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > I would like to use Lilypond to get my drum-music on paper in a proper way. > On your site i couldn't find a clear explanation for writing drummusic. > > Do you know a good tutorial for it? Or is Lilypond not suitable for > drum-music? > > Thank you for your time. > What's wrong with

Figured bass switches direction!

2006-12-09 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. In the following code, the figure direction switches: In the second bar the flat is printed above the 6, and the "6 5" is printed "5 6"! %--- \version "2.8.7" << \relative c' { \time 3/4 \clef F \key c \major a4 e f | f4 c d | } \new FiguredBass { \figu

Re: Tutorial

2006-12-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > I had been trying to do that. I show you now a brief example modified > from the pdf tutorial: > > Version 2.10.0 > > \paper{ > printallheaders=##t > } > > > > \Score > \header { > title = "Miniature" > composer = "Igor Stravinsky" > } > { c' d' e' f' } > } > > \Score > \header {

Re: Tutorial

2006-12-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > It seems to be working now. Gilles suggestion (thanks, Gilles) worked > fine but I couldn't substitute "title" and "composer" for "piece" and > "opus". Eventually I wrote it thus: > In a \score block, you can use only "piece" and "opus". ["title" and "composer" must be set outside of al

Re: date insertion

2006-12-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Is there a predefined constant in Lily which shows the current date > and/or system time. > today = #(strftime "%d-%m-%Y" (localtime (current-time))) Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/ma

Repeat count [Was: [Mischa Falkenburg] STUMPED...]

2006-12-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. If I understood correctly what you want to achieve, you would change this: > upper = \relative { > \time 7/8 > \key g \major > \clef treble > > g'16[g] r8 g16[g] r8 g8[a g] > } > into: upper = \relative { \time 7/8 \key g \major \clef treble \set count

Re: Time signature in French baroque music

2006-12-29 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I'm editing an early-18th-century French composition. > As in French baroque music 3/4 time is written just by a great "3", I'd > like to know if it exist in LilyPond a command to this sign. > Some time ago, I had asked how to define a compound time signature. I got some hints but couldn'

Re: Time signature in French baroque music

2007-01-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > Regarding Gilles' problems with compound time signatures, I would recommend > to use the example in Sect. "8.4.1 Polymetric notation" as a starting > point. > Then, you could end up with something like: > > \version "2.8.7" > > #(define (compound-time-2 one two three four) > (markup #

Re: my blank music sheet errors

2007-01-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > > Could someone please tell me where I was wrong? > Re-posting the example _without_ the line numbering might get you more answers. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lily

Re: my blank music sheet errors

2007-01-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> > >Re-posting the example _without_ the line numbering might get you more > >answers. > > Ok, here we go ... > Well, it needed some modifications; there were missing closing braces and you were creating the "music" contents of the staff before setting the instrument name. See the attached fi

Re: ps and pdf question

2007-01-13 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > > Anybody who wants to play tricks with ps files (and I am occasionally > > one of them) is free to invoke lilypond --ps, so this is a red herring. > > I agree with Laura: we should treat the .ps files are temporary and > > delete them. I have a script that does this automatically,

Re: ps and pdf question

2007-01-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> > > So, I too, would rather have lilypond convert automatically to PS > > level 2. > > You can do this manually, saying > > gs -sDEVICE=pswrite \ > -dLanguageLevel=2 \ > -sOutputFile=foo-level2.ps \ > foo.ps > That's what I'm doing currently. But I sometimes forget... > Mak

Re: 20th century music

2007-01-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > > I' am a Lilypond-Beginner start working seriously now... > Although I've studied all the documentation files http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/Documentation/user/lilypond-internals/TrillSpanner.html#TrillSpanner > I can't find a > solution for the shown notation. %---BEGIN--- \versio

Re: converting from Encore and using segno+coda

2007-01-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. [Better to use 2 separate posts for 2 different questions.] > Also, in the documentation, it's not clear how to use Segno and Coda, e.g., > how > to put a "D. S. al Coda" or "To Coda". > Maybe something like a^"D. S. al Coda" Best, Gilles _

Re: RemoveEmptyStaffContext

2009-02-10 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I have a score with 3 voices, A, B, and C. > Voices B and C have a lot in common. For about half of the score the B > parts is identical to the C part. > > By specifying rests in voice B where it is identical to voice C, and > using \RemoveEmptyStaffContext, LilyPond can eliminate printing

Total invisibility

2009-02-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. I'd like a "Voice" to be totally invisible (i.e. taking up no space) while retaining midi output. The purpose is to add the drone to a bagpipe part. Currently I've done something like the attached file. The problem is that the "\drone" takes space and pushes the violin staff downwards. Also (

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. >> I'd like a "Voice" to be totally invisible (i.e. taking up no space) >> while >> retaining midi output. > > Then don't include it in the \score block with a \layout. You can have > multiple \score blocks in a file. > \score { > \new Staff {\bagpipeMusic} > \layout {} > } > \sc

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
I'd like a "Voice" to be totally invisible (i.e. taking up no space) while retaining midi output. >>> >>> Then don't include it in the \score block with a \layout. You can >>> have >>> multiple \score blocks in a file. >>> \score { >>> \new Staff {\bagpipeMusic} >>> \layout

Re: Multi measure rest for non 4/4 measures

2009-02-18 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> > I wanted to have something like that : > > \set Score.skipBars = ##t > \time 12/8 r1*12/8*4 ^^^ Should be a capital R. Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-19 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Ah, I understand now. Honestly, I would change the input to reflect what > you want. What you want is a midi voice that is not present in the score. > If I understand correctly, you have typeset this voice into the printed > score. (This is where I learned a lot from Kieren about separati

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
>> E.g. in this instance, I would have liked to keep the drone notes and >> the >> melody notes together (i.e. in the same file) because they both are >> the >> bagpipe "content". >> But that, as we've seen, that makes it difficult to separate the >> printed >> from the midi output; hence I ha

Re: Total invisibility

2009-02-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > First, the great thing about a program like LilyPond is that one is > not constrained to templates. You create your own that works for you. I don't see templates are not a constraint but as a time-saver. It's nice not to be constrained to a single one. But that doesn't mean that one templa

Re: why does this simple notation fail a barcheck?

2009-02-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> trpta = { > \partial 8*1 e8-. | > e4 d8 c4 d8 | > e4 e8-. r r e | > e4 d8 c4 d8 | > e4 e8 r r fs | > g4 fs8 g4 e8 | > d2 d8 e | > \times 2/3 {f4 fs b} | > \times 2/3 {d c b} | > g2.\fermata \bar "||" | > r1*5 > } > > There errors are this - > > > Interpreting music... [8] > F:/Lilypond Files/Scor

Re: Writing text in a measure

2009-02-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I need something like > > music .. |s-\markup {"Play loud random notes, then burn your instrument (30s) > "}| more notes... This seems to work for me (see attached files). Best, Gilles \version "2.10.10" mm = \relative c'' { a4 b c d | s4-\markup {"Play loud random notes, then burn

Re: Writing text in a measure

2009-02-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
>> This seems to work for me (see attached files). > > But don't you need an \instrumentSwitch command near the end? I never used this command. How is it related to what the first poster asked? Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user

Re: I don't remember how to do this ...

2009-04-10 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > [...] > realized that the notes are one step too high. > [...] If I understood correctly, you just need to use "\transpose": > > % -- Trombone 1-- > tbonea = { all the notes of the piece } > trombonea = \relative c { > \global > \key f \major > \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Tro

Re: Multiple skips in lyrics

2009-05-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> [...] I use > underscore "_" multiple times, e.g. 30 underscores. Is there any more > convenient way to define multiple skips instead of long row of > underscores like "_ _ _ _ _ _ _"? \repeat unfold 30 { _ } Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user maili

Re: printing rest in ChordNames context

2009-05-14 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > This solution to the N.C. problem (use r to indicate N.C.) ^^^ Will R also work? Thanks, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/

Re: midi omits one instrument in full score

2009-05-16 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Hi, I've copied my complete code at the bottom, but the highlighted part is > this. The midi plays the piano part only. > > [...] > > I've tried repositioning the \set Staff.midiInstrument everywhere but I > never hear the part. Did you try selecting another instrument? [Maybe it's the

Re: midi omits one instrument in full score

2009-05-17 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Hi again. I did some more work and found that "viola" and "vibraphone" are > silent while "voice oohs", "glockenspiel", and "violin" (and default > acoustic grand) play ok. As I indicated in my previous reply, this depends on the MIDI player, and accompanying data used for rendering the

Re: [frogs] trailing spaces

2009-05-26 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. >>> python script that removes tailing spaces >>> from lines. [if: s/Python/Perl/] perl -i -pe 's/\s+$/\n/' some_file Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: RehearsalMark under Volta Bracket

2009-06-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > In this example, is there a way to move the "To Coda" rehearsal mark so > that it is underneath the Volta Bracket? Also, I'd like to have the > brackets on the same baseline (after the mark is moved down). > > Any hints? Things you might try to fiddle with are: \override Score.Rehear

Re: instrument name misalignment

2009-07-06 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I have several instances where instrument names are too high, much higher > than the staff center line. It happens with both full and short names, but > only when a volta bracket is over the first measure. > > If this rings a bell and merits further discussion, I can provide examples. With

Re: Reuse \header definitions: Is it possible?

2009-07-06 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Is there a way to reuse a \header definition? Yes; you put all your header items in a file which you then include wherever you need them: In file "header.inc.ly": ---CUT--- title = "..." subtitle = "..." composer = "..." % etc. ---CUT--- And, in other files: ---CUT--- \header { \include

Re: text with \musicglyph

2009-07-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > ...and I'm not getting entirely what I need. The varcoda sign is too > low and too close to the preceding text. I've been searching through > the docs to find a solution and have not yet come across what I need. > > Ideas? Try fiddling with \raise #1.0 and \hspace #1.0 Best, Gil

Re: Lilypond for drums

2009-10-01 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > Thanks in advance. BTW, this is what I did for her three exercises (just > beginning ;-). Is this maybe rewritable to shorthand in some case? Maybe > with repeats or so? Any help wouyld be appreciated. The shorthand for cymr8 cymr8 cymr8 cymr8 would be \repeat unfold 4 { cymr

Re: new website, nothing happening

2009-10-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Anybody volunteers? For, say, making an orchestra example? I can provide a version of "Adeste fideles"[1] arranged for SATB, oboe, trumpet, basson and strings. Let me know whether it would be useful. Best, Gilles [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeste_Fideles

Re: octave

2009-11-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Now, the part of the first piano has to be played an octave higher the > what is written on the score, so the guy who has written it with > encore has placed an "8" over the clefs of the piano staves. > > Is this a standard way to specify to play an octave higher? > If yes, how can I do thi

Re: marks

2010-01-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > can I put "marks" A, B, C etc etc generated by \mark\default in a > separate file to be included in every staff/staffgroup, [...] Yes. You could proceed somewhat along the following lines. In file "global.inc.ly": %---CUT--- \version "2.12.0" global = { \key d \minor \time 2/4 \

Re: Nesting SLurs and phrases

2010-01-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I would have expected something like this to work > e''8-1^\markup {\bold "#8"} \slurDown > ( > \slurNeutral > (f-2 e f) fis-3 (f-2 fis f\)) ^^ This "\)" seems unbalanced. > but it won't compile. Gilles P.S. Please always give a self-contained example

Re: RE; Re nesting curves getting closer

2010-01-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > Gilles asked for an attachment I don't exactly know what to attach so > > I've attached the latest pdf output. > > What was wanted was the exact working code to get bad output, which you've > included in the body of the email. Perfect! IMHO, perfect would be to *attach* a complete lilyp

Re: RE; Re nesting curves getting closer

2010-01-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > >>> Gilles asked for an attachment I don't exactly know what to attach so > >>> I've attached the latest pdf output. > >> > >> What was wanted was the exact working code to get bad output, which you've > >> included in the body of the email. Perfect! > > > > IMHO, perfect would be to *att

Re: Octave help

2010-01-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > When I am using Lilypond the program assumes a different octave and > no matter what I do the the \relative c, it won't change the octave. > See the code below: > > { > \clef treble > \time 4/4 > \key g \major > \relative c > \partial 4 d8 d > d d g g

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I cannot quite find figure out from the manual which is a better practice when > typesetting transposing instruments (say, a B\flat clarinet): I use the following (assuming that the music contents is in variable "clarinetNotes" and that the "global" variable namely contains the "\key" de

Re: Cord Names vs midi Instrument

2010-03-20 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > Is it possible to override the midi instrument for named chords (to > change it to a guitar, for instance) or is note format the only way ? \set ChordNames.midiInstrument = "acoustic guitar (nylon)" Best, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Replies to the list

2010-09-01 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Maybe another, non-technical, viewpoint. I think that, out of respect for those people who are on the list, someone who intends to ask for help from them, should have made the (little) effort of subscribing. Or, if he is not subscribed, he should state it in his message, and kindly request th

Re: Help using convert-ly recursively on Linux

2010-09-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I'm running LilyPond on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). > > I'd like to run convert-ly against all of my .ly files that I have created, > without having to manually change directories to each directory that > contains a file I want to convert, and then run convert-ly against the files > in t

Re: Problems with segnos and codas

2010-10-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > You're trying to put 2 rehearsal marks on the same bar line. Does > something like: > > { r4 r r >\override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER >\mark \markup {"D.S " \musicglyph #"scripts.segno" " " > \musicglyph #"scripts.coda" "Coda "} > | > g2 r2 | > } > > d

Re: Problems with segnos and codas

2010-10-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 09:26:52AM -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: > While this doesn't solve the problem (somebody else seems to have > done that), it'd sure be nice if using marks for segno and coda > would be a lot more user friendly- like > > g1\segno > > g1\coda That would not solve the problem

Re: help with particular notation...

2010-10-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 03:49:01PM +0100, Mark Knoop wrote: > At 15:58 on 12 Oct 2010, 106ohm(G.Masetti) wrote: > > I don't know how to trascript a particolar notation, I had scan the > > paper and isolate the problem, the little image is here: > > http://poisson.phc.unipi.it/~masetti/IMG.jpg > >

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