Re: convert-ly problem

2019-12-19 Thread Gregory Hollands
convert-ly.py is a python script, so you have to call it via python: python convert-ly.py https://www.pythoncentral.io/execute-python-script-file-shell/ HTH, Greg

Re: How to code a glide?

2020-02-08 Thread Gregory Hollands
> > I'm sorry to say that I don't even know the proper term for what I am > trying to do. I am setting some Georgian folksongs. Sometimes they end with > a descending glide on the last note (like an engine running down). On the > handwritten sheet music I have been using this is represented as a sq

Re: A weird spacing problem

2020-06-03 Thread Gregory Hollands
Robert, For what it's worth, the following code runs without spacing issues on 2.18.2 Note that I commented out one of the overrides. -Greg % \version "2.18.2" PartPOneVoiceOne = { \clef "treble" \key c \major \time 3/4 fis'8) c''8\rest \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #-2.5 fis'!2|

RE: Noob can't make 2nd stanza lyrics

2021-04-22 Thread Gregory Hollands
Stéphane, Take a look at: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/vocal-music http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics Best Regards, Greg

Re: align system to the right

2021-05-03 Thread Gregory Hollands
Wow! What a difference right-align makes to the clarity and readability of this piece. -Greg

Bold Maj7 Triangle

2021-11-30 Thread Gregory Hollands
Good Morning, In my charts, I'm using a semi-bold style for chordnames. However, the maj7 triangle is a bit thin. How can I adjust the triangle? I'd like it to be larger and thicker. Thanks, Greg % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % \version "2.22"

Re: Bold Maj7 Triangle

2021-11-30 Thread Gregory Hollands
I was able to get something bolder by using the uppercase delta glyph. But it isn't perfect. -Greg % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % \version "2.22" embiggenChordNames = #(define-scheme-function (size) (number?) #{ \with { chordNameFunctio

Re: Bold Maj7 Triangle

2021-11-30 Thread Gregory Hollands
Valentin, That works great. How do I use \set majorSevenSymbol globally? Is it possible to put it in the layout block? Thanks, Greg On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:59 PM Valentin Petzel wrote: > Hello Gregory, > > The major 7 symbol simply uses the markup command \triangle with fontsize > -3. > So

Re: Bold Maj7 Triangle

2021-11-30 Thread Gregory Hollands
gt; > (you can also put \Score instead of \ChordNames, but it should not make a > difference, as ChordNames is the only context that uses this property). > > Cheers, > Valentin > > Am Dienstag, 30. November 2021, 20:11:07 CET schrieb Gregory Hollands: > > Valentin, > >

Re: Bold Maj7 Triangle

2021-11-30 Thread Gregory Hollands
Triangle.pdf'... fatal error: failed files: "L:/Snippets/Chord Triangle.ly" Exited with return code 1. % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:48 PM David Kastrup wrote: > Gregory Hollands writes: > > >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:15 PM Valentin Petzel > wrote: &g

Re: Bold Maj7 Triangle

2021-11-30 Thread Gregory Hollands
Yes, that sorts it. Thank you all, -Greg On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:59 PM Aaron Hill wrote: > On 2021-11-30 11:55 am, Gregory Hollands wrote: > > \layout { > > indent = #0 > > \context { \ChordNames \embiggenChordNames #2.5 } > > \context { > >

ChordNames Vertical Spacing

2021-12-07 Thread Gregory Hollands
Salutations, How do I reduce the vertical spacing between two rows of chord names? Thanks, Greg % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % \version "2.22" IntroChords = \chordmode { \time 6/8 a2.:m c2. d2. f2. a2.:m c2. e2. e2.:7 \break a2.:m c2

Re: ChordNames Vertical Spacing

2021-12-07 Thread Gregory Hollands
Lukas, I want to do this just for one score on the page, but leave all other scores the same. FYI I'm doing this in a lead sheet format where I have the chord progression (and sometimes a guitar strumming pattern) in one score, then melody and solos in other scores. How do I adjust system-system-

Articulations in Separate Voice

2022-01-07 Thread Gregory Hollands
Hi, I'm using a separate voice to indicate articulations (bowing directions in this example), but occasionally the articulations collide with the note stems (as seen in bar 2 of the snippet below). My goal is to be able to turn articulations on and off easily, especially for different versions of

Re: Articulations in Separate Voice

2022-01-07 Thread Gregory Hollands
using > tags on the articulations would also work. I.e. you can do something like > in > the appended file. > > Cheers, > Valentin > > Am Freitag, 7. Jänner 2022, 19:38:54 CET schrieb Gregory Hollands: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using a separate voice to indicate ar

Re: Articulations in Separate Voice

2022-01-07 Thread Gregory Hollands
Lukas, This solution sounds ideal. I would prefer to add the articulations directly to the music and just filter them out when necessary. -Greg On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 3:13 PM Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: > Hi Gregory, > > > > > My goal is to be able to turn articulations on and off easily, > > es

Re: Articulations in Separate Voice

2022-01-10 Thread Gregory Hollands
slightly more powerful approach. > > Cheers, > Valentin > > Am Freitag, 7. Jänner 2022, 23:14:41 CET schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser: > > Hi Greg, > > > > Am 07.01.22 um 22:05 schrieb Gregory Hollands: > > > This solution sounds ideal. > > > I would p

ChordName Font Size

2019-05-12 Thread Gregory Hollands
I want to use an alternative font for ChordNames, but the font I have chosen is not exactly the same size as the default font. The result is that musical symbols (sharps, flat, etc) appear too large. How can I change the size of the musical symbols in ChordNames so that they match the size of the

Re: ChordName Font Size

2019-05-14 Thread Gregory Hollands
> > -- Forwarded message -- >> From: Aaron Hill >> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org >> Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 21:13:54 -0700 >> Subject: Re: ChordName Font Size >> On 2019-05-12 5:29 pm, Gregory Hollands wrote: >> > I want to use an alternative

Re: ChordName Font Size

2019-05-14 Thread Gregory Hollands
Aaron, This function is working nicely, except the major seventh triangle is still growing with the font size. I *was* able to put this in an included .ily file. I had been including the wrong file before ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ %%% \version "2.19" embiggenChordNames = #(define-scheme-function (size) (number

Re: ChordName Font Size

2019-05-17 Thread Gregory Hollands
ns Pro" a:dim bes c:maj7 d:m e:aug fis g:7/b } << \new ChordNames \with \embiggenChordNames #3 \Chords >> << \new ChordNames \with { \override ChordName #'font-size = #3 } \Chords >> %%% On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 9:23 PM Gregory Hollands <

Re: How do I change the size of lyric text?

2019-05-17 Thread Gregory Hollands
B } \new NullVoice = "VerseC" { \MusicC } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "VerseC" { \LyricsC } >> >> %%% Best Regards, Gregory Hollands ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: The notes on the staff don't match with notes on the guitar tab

2019-05-29 Thread Gregory Hollands
vic, The guitar is technically a transposing instrument. By convention it is notated one octave higher than it actually sounds. This is to keep the notes nicely spaced across the treble clef. However, LilyPond does not transpose guitar tabulature by default. The notes you input are the actually s

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Gregory Hollands
For bars that span the line break, use \partial X {...}, where X is the duration of the partial measure. You can place a partial measure anywhere, really. -Greg From: Jacques Menu > To: LilyPond Users > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 13:54:47 +0200 > Subject: Choral scores conventions que

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Gregory Hollands
Kieren suggests another method to break a measure (see below). Both should work, just a matter of preference. -Greg On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 12:03 PM Kieren MacMillan < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Gregory, > > > For bars that span the line break, use \partial X {...}, where X is t

Chop Notation Symbols

2019-10-30 Thread Gregory Hollands
Casey Driessen and Oriole Saña have developed some new symbols for notating the violin/fiddle technique called chopping. You can see .png images of these symbols here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15b2tNfqkp9jkpd1T3r1lcgulSbNfwWQ7 More background on the technique is available at: https:

Re: English Version of Functional Harmony Analysis Symbols

2019-10-30 Thread Gregory Hollands
I believe these are called Scaled Degrees in English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_(music) I'm not sure how they correspond with the Reimannian names, but here they are: 1 - Tonic 2 - Supertonic 3 - Mediant 4 - Subdominant 5 - Dominant 6 - Submediant b7 - Subtonic 7 - Leading tone

Re: Chop Notation Symbols

2019-11-07 Thread Gregory Hollands
eers, > Pierre > > Le mer. 30 oct. 2019 à 19:38, Gregory Hollands < > gregory.j.holla...@gmail.com> a écrit : > >> Casey Driessen and Oriole Saña have developed some new symbols for >> notating the violin/fiddle technique called chopping. >> >> You can se

RE: Fingering orientation question

2019-12-05 Thread Gregory Hollands
JM, You can just use ^ to put the fingering above or _ to put it below. If the voice will always be the lower voice (as in your left-hand piano example) this works well. BUT it doesn't allow you to choose the orientation (top or bottom) after inputting the notes. Note that using - (as in your exam