Re: notation TAB matching

2008-09-06 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 06.09.2008 um 14:46 schrieb Grammostola Rosea: Ok, I'm learning and get more happy with the results :) Below this message there's my code. I've three questions about it. 1) Is is possible to have tablature without durations of the notes displayed in the tablature part? I'm guessing you m

Re: a script / tool for transposing a lilypond staff / source file by a given interval and output result as a new file

2008-09-06 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 07.09.2008 um 06:10 schrieb Daryna Baikadamova: when we enter new scores, should we enter in concert pitch? I think you should enter the score in whatever pitch is easiest. If your source score is transposed, then it's probably going to be easier to type it into a computer exactly as show

Re: a script / tool for transposing a lilypond staff / source file by a given interval and output result as a new file

2008-09-07 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 07.09.2008 um 09:40 schrieb Daryna Baikadamova: So do you mean that I should leave the original score alone (i.e. *not* to create a concert pitch version of the part by using \displayLilyMusic \transpose) and in the driver lilypond file that uses the score to print the separate part, I

Re: tempo for both conductor's score and parts

2008-09-07 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 07.09.2008 um 10:19 schrieb Daryna Baikadamova: Thanks! However I am new to lilypond, could you please point me to an example illustrating how global block is used in this way. I guess this situation should be common in orchestral scores, although many projects in mutopia (including t

Re: acciaccatura + volta bug

2008-09-07 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 07.09.2008 um 18:30 schrieb Neil Puttock: 2008/9/7 CJ Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Remove the << >> brackets; you're forcing the volte to be simultaneous, so they're placed on top of each other. That is my intention.

Re: problem with crescendo-text

2008-09-08 Thread James E. Bailey
Then you need \setTextCresc. You may want to download the documentation for version 2.11.49. http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/documentation/lilypond-2.11.49-1.documentation.tar.bz2 Am 08.09.2008 um 08:59 schrieb Stefan Thomas: Dear Kieren, thanks for Your advice. But what can I

Re: problem with crescendo-text

2008-09-08 Thread James E. Bailey
On 08.09.2008, at 13:46, Stefan Thomas wrote: Dear James, Dear Kieren, thanks for Your help. I tried to create a variable, but it didn't work, unfortunately. I tried it with: pcresc = { \setTextCresc \override DynamicTextSpanner #'dash-period = #-1.0 \p \< } Is it possible to do somethin

Re: problem with crescendo-text

2008-09-08 Thread James E. Bailey
On 08.09.2008, at 13:46, Stefan Thomas wrote: Dear James, Dear Kieren, thanks for Your help. I tried to create a variable, but it didn't work, unfortunately. I tried it with: pcresc = { \setTextCresc \override DynamicTextSpanner #'dash-period = #-1.0 \p \< } Is it possible to do somethi

emacs question

2008-09-08 Thread James E. Bailey
I don't know if this is true for anyone else, but, when I try and use emacs (22.2.1) on OSX in my terminal, I can't compile on the master file and file where there is a space in the filename. For example: -*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "~/Documents/James Music/ Choral Music/Dad/Lita

Re: emacs question

2008-09-08 Thread James E. Bailey
On 08.09.2008, at 15:46, Christopher Suckling wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 03:30:41PM +0200, James E. Bailey wrote: I don't know if this is true for anyone else, but, when I try and use emacs (22.2.1) on OSX in my terminal, I can't compile on the master file and file where

Re: emacs question

2008-09-09 Thread James E. Bailey
On 09.09.2008, at 02:58, Paul Scott wrote: You mean you use Terminal and not XDarwin? I'm assuming you mean X11, but yes, I have a difficult time remembering the keyboard commands for a normal emacs session. I think I would go crazy if I tried to remember them for the GUI version. At least

Re: emacs question

2008-09-09 Thread James E. Bailey
On 09.09.2008, at 15:36, Hans Aberg wrote: On 8 Sep 2008, at 15:30, James E. Bailey wrote: I don't know if this is true for anyone else, but, when I try and use emacs (22.2.1) on OSX in my terminal, I can't compile on the master file and file where there is a space in the filena

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread James E. Bailey
I would imagine you'd need to use \set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiterHierarchy and move the time signatures/ bar lines from the score context to the staff context. http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Displaying-staves.html#Grouping-staves http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/D

Re: lyric extenders in 2.11

2008-09-09 Thread James E. Bailey
I use lyrics quite a bit, and I don't really understand what you mean. Can you provide a short (1 measure) example that demonstrates what you're talking about? On 09.09.2008, at 17:57, Monk Panteleimon wrote: Hello. I am using 2.11.57. I've noticed that LyricExtenders don't work with \lyricm

Re: lyric extenders in 2.11

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.09.2008, at 03:58, Monk Panteleimon wrote: So, if you want lyric extenders in 2.11 (barring \addlyrics) you must either - Have your voices inside Voice contexts (even if there's only one per staff) and use \lyricsto or - Use \lyricmode with \set associatedVoice = "something" Yes, y

Re: emacs question

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.09.2008, at 10:45, Hans Aberg wrote: On 10 Sep 2008, at 00:18, James E. Bailey wrote: I have exec /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond "$@" You can try running a command like export IFS='';lilypond 'foo bar' Setting the IFS va

Re: emacs question

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.09.2008, at 11:34, Hans Aberg wrote: On 10 Sep 2008, at 10:56, James E. Bailey wrote: I have exec /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ lilypond "$@" I am not sure exactly what you run in Emacs, lilypond-mode. In the command menu, there's an option lily

Re: emacs question

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
12:57:28 jamesebailey lilypond:which lilypond /Users/jamesebailey/bin/lilypond On 10.09.2008, at 11:54, Hans Aberg wrote: On 10 Sep 2008, at 10:56, James E. Bailey wrote: I think that's the compile option in the file menu. There, I can do "lilypond path\ to/my\ file.ly"

Re: emacs question

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
which lilypond) will produce the path you just wrote, and 'less' will write out the contents if it is not binary. Hans On 10 Sep 2008, at 12:57, James E. Bailey wrote: 12:57:28 jamesebailey lilypond:which lilypond /Users/jamesebailey/bin/lilypond On 10.09.2008, at 11:54, Hans Aberg wro

Re: emacs question

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.09.2008, at 14:54, Hans Aberg wrote: On 10 Sep 2008, at 14:03, James E. Bailey wrote: Ah. I use a binary, not a script. I actually build lilypond, I'm on 10.5 I just wanted to make sure it isn't the 'lilypond' part. One other test is to type lilypond 'foo ba

Re: emacs question

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.09.2008, at 16:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "J" == James E Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: J> I just wish someone with a little elisp help could point me J> toward the part of whichever file determines how the file is J> processed in emacs so I coul

Re: emacs question [FIXED]

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.09.2008, at 17:37, John Mandereau wrote: The following fix works for me, I'm pushing it to Git, it will appear in release 2.11.58 or .59 diff --git a/elisp/lilypond-mode.el b/elisp/lilypond-mode.el index 769331f..80a3f29 100644 --- a/elisp/lilypond-mode.el +++ b/elisp/lilypond-mode.el @

Re: notation TAB matching

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.09.2008, at 17:08, Grammostola Rosea wrote: James E. Bailey wrote: 1) Is is possible to have tablature without durations of the notes displayed in the tablature part? I'm guessing you mean the dots? It would probably be easiest to remove them. You'll want to lo

Re: size of bass clef

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.09.2008, at 18:05, Stefan Thomas wrote: Dear Lilypond-users, a friend of mine (he uses finale and he can be very stressing with note-typing things) is of the opinion, that the bass-clef in lilypond is to small. Is it possible to change the size of the bass clef? Yes, clef is part o

Re: notation TAB matching

2008-09-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.09.2008, at 22:58, Grammostola Rosea wrote: How do I make the dots in the tablature (only, not notation) invisible? You have to remove them. http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Controlling-visibility-of-objects.html#Controlling-visibility-of-objects Discusses how

Re: fermata over rest, tempo positioning, solo/tutti

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
I would like to know if it's possible to get a fermata over a full- measure rest (i.e., R1\fermata). So far, my attempts haven't worked, and I end up having to use a whole rest shifted over. On 11.09.2008, at 07:46, Paul Scott wrote: On Sep 10, 2008, at 10:30 PM, jo.clarinet wrote: I've

Re: Rhythmic staff with no line?

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
While this specific example isn't there, http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Modifying-single-staves.html#Staff-symbol shows how to remove various elements from a staff. On 11.09.2008, at 09:40, Tomas Valusek wrote: Hello, how can I create a rhythmic excercise consistin

Re: fermata over rest, tempo positioning, solo/tutti

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
I know, right? On 11.09.2008, at 09:53, Werner LEMBERG wrote: I would like to know if it's possible to get a fermata over a full-measure rest (i.e., R1\fermata). So far, my attempts haven't worked, and I end up having to use a whole rest shifted over. The solution is:R1^\fermataMarkup

Re: fermata over rest, tempo positioning, solo/tutti

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
On 11.09.2008, at 10:26, Werner LEMBERG wrote: I know, right? Oops, I mixed up the names, sorry. No, I really should have found that on my own. I can be daft, too. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailm

Re: notation TAB matching

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
On 11.09.2008, at 10:32, Grammostola Rosea wrote: James E. Bailey wrote: On 10.09.2008, at 22:58, Grammostola Rosea wrote: How do I make the dots in the tablature (only, not notation) invisible? You have to remove them. http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Controlling

error: no rhythmic group to end

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
I'm a little puzzled by this. I get the error: no rhythmic group to end, but the output looks fine. Should I worry? \version "2.11.58" global = { \time 6/4 s1. } sopranosoloMusic = \relative f'' { r4 es b(~ \times 2/3 {b8[ c d]} \times 2/3 {es4) c b} } sopranosoloWords =\lyricmode { my sou

Re: fermata over rest, tempo positioning, solo/tutti

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
On 11.09.2008, at 13:09, jo.clarinet wrote: 2. I can get tempo indications like Allegro, Andante etc printed up, but when tempo changes occur in the course of a piece, they seem to come up about half-a-bar before they should. I set the \mark\markup for just before the first note of the new sect

Re: notation TAB matching

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
On 11.09.2008, at 14:01, Grammostola Rosea wrote: Ok, this helps. But a little problem arises... how should I display this without an slur a,4 ~ a,4. It isn't a,2. is it? no Should I add an rest and makes those invisible? a4 s4. is probably the easiest way. __

Re: notation TAB matching

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
So you know, you can use \tag to reduce a lot of your output. For example: uI = { \voiceOne \partial 8 r8 4. \tag #'slurs { 8 ~ } \tag #'noslurs {4} <\parenthesize b e'>4 \tag #'slurs { 8 ~} \tag #'noslurs {4 } | } ___

Re: error: no rhythmic group to end

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
On 11.09.2008, at 15:50, Peter Johnson wrote: On 11 Sep 2008, at 11:08, James E. Bailey wrote: I'm a little puzzled by this. I get the error: no rhythmic group to end, but the output looks fine. Should I worry? Possibly. There seems to be a conflict between the simultaneous tri

Re: "Shifted" fermata over/below rests

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
On 11.09.2008, at 17:26, Mats Bengtsson wrote: Related question: Why do you only get one fermata when you do the following: b4^\fermata_\fermata More generally: why can't you add the same articulation above and below a note, using a construct like c^._. As long as you specify different ar

Re: fermata over rest, tempo positioning, solo/tutti

2008-09-11 Thread James E. Bailey
On 11.09.2008, at 17:39, jo.clarinet wrote: I have one more question (for the moment - I think I'll be OK for a while now!). How do I get the bar numbers to come up as 5, 10, 15 etc rather than at the beginning of each line? (I've several times come across links to just this subject but, f

Re: fermata over rest, tempo positioning, solo/tutti

2008-09-12 Thread James E. Bailey
On 12.09.2008, at 08:01, jo.clarinet wrote: I don't actually want/need the first bar numbered - just 5, 10 etc. I think the problem here is I simply don't understand what each bit of the process means, whereas the other LilyPond commands I've encountered so far seem more straightforward. I'

emacs-mode

2008-09-12 Thread James E. Bailey
Well, now that lilypond can compile a file in emacs, I've been looking around, getting myself acquainted with the various options. Apparently, the 2tex option calls lilypond as lilypond -b tex filename.ly The version of lilypond that I have installed says that should be -f tex (assuming I'm

Re: [LSR] Forcing fixed distance between staves

2008-09-13 Thread James E. Bailey
looks like it's missing a \score {} block for the second staff group On 13.09.2008, at 14:35, Sebastiano Vigna wrote: The above snippet does not generate output (no .eps file is created). This was causing a number of problems. LSR now will keep people from inserting snippets that do not produ

Re: tempo for both conductor's score and parts

2008-09-13 Thread James E. Bailey
On 13.09.2008, at 16:55, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: Obviously, I can't (easily) tweak the placing of things like "Allegro" if it's going to be inserted into lots of parts (nor do I want the hassle). But, to give a current example, my trombone part has a top f (in lily terms, an f' in bass c

Re: tempo for both conductor's score and parts

2008-09-13 Thread James E. Bailey
On 13.09.2008, at 21:39, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James E. Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes On 13.09.2008, at 16:55, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: Obviously, I can't (easily) tweak the placing of things like "Allegro" if it'

Re: Two questions about fingering indications

2008-09-16 Thread James E. Bailey
On 16.09.2008, at 14:51, Nick Payne wrote: Jon Thanks for the reply. However, I just removed the natural from the 2nd b in bar 2 and I still get a natural appearing in the output on both b. Bar 3 also contains two b naturals, so I added that bar with a natural only on the 1st b and only

Re: Voltas and polyphony

2008-09-17 Thread James E. Bailey
On 17.09.2008, at 16:42, Steven Padalino wrote: I seem to be having trouble making a repeat work over more than one polyphonic section. For example: \repeat volta 2 { << notes in section 1 >> \\ << notes in section 1 >> << notes in section 2 >> \\ << notes in section 2 >> } This won't w

Re: Voltas and polyphony

2008-09-17 Thread James E. Bailey
everything within the volta brackets will be before the repeat. If you want section 2 to be after the repeat, then it needs to come after the repeat. i.e., \repeat volta 2 { section 1 } \repeat volta 2 { section 2 } On 17.09.2008, at 17:44, Steven Padalino wrote: Nuts. I just realized I en

Re: Voltas and polyphony

2008-09-17 Thread James E. Bailey
It would be much better if you could provide a small example to show what you mean. Also, if you reply-all, then the message goes to the lilypond list as well, and not just me. On 17.09.2008, at 19:18, Steven Padalino wrote: Then that's what 's wrong. I want both sections to be before the

Re: Voltas and polyphony

2008-09-17 Thread James E. Bailey
On 17.09.2008, at 19:18, Steven Padalino wrote: Then that's what 's wrong. I want both sections to be before the repeat and if I enclose both of them within the same pair of volta brackets no repeat symbol is displayed on the pdf. If I enclose only one of the sections within the bracket

Re: another emacs osx question

2008-09-21 Thread James E. Bailey
On Monday, September 22, 2008, at 12:11AM, "John Mandereau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 2008/09/18 13:33 +0200, James E. Bailey wrote: >> Now that emacs can actually run lilypond, I have another problem, I >> can't run a command on the master file:

lilypond -dhelp

2008-09-22 Thread James E. Bailey
On osx 10.4, using the 2.11.59-1 intel binary, I get the following: vanessa_imac:~/Desktop/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin jamesebailey$ ./lilypond -dhelp GNU LilyPond 2.11.59 warning: not relocating, no 2.11.59/ or current/ found under /Users/jamesebailey/Desktop/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resour

Re: delete-intermediate-files

2008-09-22 Thread James E. Bailey
On Sep 22, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Graham Percival wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:28:07 -0700 (PDT) > Mark Polesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> How do I set delete-intermediate-files? >> >> I saw it mentioned herebut I can't figure out how to make it work. > > Same way you set any other -d option. >

Re: delete-intermediate-files

2008-09-22 Thread James E. Bailey
On Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at 01:55AM, "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:51:09 +0200 >"James E. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sep 22, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Graham Percival wrote: >> > The

Re: lilypond -dhelp

2008-09-22 Thread James E. Bailey
anti-alias-factor (1) >... > > >Could you try deleting the LilyPond.app and installing it again? > >Cheers, >- Graham > >On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:49:38 +0200 >"James E. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On osx 10.4, using the 2.11.59-1 intel b

piano centered dynamics

2008-09-23 Thread James E. Bailey
I know that it's an old snippet, but for those of us who don't really understand the finer workings of it, can the snippet in the documentation be updated to use the "New_dynamic_engraver" and "Dynamic_align_engraver" as suggested by neil? ___ lilypo

Re: lilypond -dhelp

2008-09-23 Thread James E. Bailey
Apparently, if I use the instructions on making a link to the lilypond binary, it works. If I just call lilypond -dhelp from within the folder Lilypond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ it doesn't work. On Sep 22, 2008, at 5:07 PM, James E. Bailey wrote: > Yeah, still same problem. I ev

Re: How to stop melisma line?

2008-09-29 Thread James E. Bailey
Another solution, (and the one that I use), is to put the notes for which the words are different into a different voice context, and then add lyrics to that voice. It requires a bit more planning before you begin to typeset, but it makes files a little easier to navigate, in my opinion, and I c

Re: Lyrics, Staff and dynamics

2008-09-29 Thread James E. Bailey
Note that this template is old and that "Dynamic_engraver" should be replaced with "New_dynamic_engraver" and "Dynamic_line_engraver" See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2008-07/msg00242.html On Monday, September 29, 2008, at 12:11PM, "Dmytro O. Redchuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [documentation] search engine

2008-10-09 Thread James E. Bailey
On 07.10.2008, at 15:48, Grammostola Rosea wrote: Alternativeley, you can search the documentation with the google search engine. Scroogle or ixquick is what you supposed to say? ;) What I meant was http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2008-03/msg00063.html Am Oct 7, 2008 um

Re: Notating recitative

2008-10-09 Thread James E. Bailey
What aspect of this are you trying to achieve and having difficulty doing so? I don't really see anything special about the two examples provided. On 10.10.2008, at 03:23, Ari Torhamo wrote: Hello, I'm trying to achieve this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2927464861/sizes/

Re: mBreak function

2008-10-09 Thread James E. Bailey
You probably haven't defined what an mBreak is. The second bullet point begins with "Define mBreak = {\break}". That means you actually have to type into your score, outside of any music block, "mBreak = {\break}". On 10.10.2008, at 08:36, Danny Sosa wrote: Hello everyone! Thank you all f

Re: code suggestions

2008-10-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.10.2008, at 09:03, David Stocker wrote: Hello everyone. Is there anyone on the list who wouldn't mind taking a look at some code and offering general suggestions on writing input files? I've now successfully typeset several piano scores and would like some feedback from experienced

Re: code suggestions

2008-10-10 Thread James E. Bailey
On 10.10.2008, at 16:21, David Stocker wrote: Thank you, James and Daniel, for your suggestions. You only need to do that if you use <<{\voiceOne}\new Voice {\voiceTwo}>>\oneVoice, in which case, all of that is necessary for the same multi-voice construct. This has dogged me for several we

Re: rolled chords

2008-10-10 Thread James E. Bailey
\arpeggio On 10.10.2008, at 20:11, Danny Sosa wrote: First of all... thanks to James for his help with mBreak, the magic words were "outside of any music block". I was trying to define mbreak inside the {}. Does anyone know how to write rolled chords in Lilypond? it's just like a little

Re: Mutopia LY Files

2008-10-11 Thread James E. Bailey
Well, the link to version 1.3.117 is http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/sources/v1.3/lilypond-1.3.117.tar.gz , but it's only the source, so you'd have to build it yourself. But, you're probably better off either using the pdf on mutopia, or updating the file yourself. On 08.10.2008, at

unfoldRepeats

2008-10-14 Thread James E. Bailey
Okay, so I think I understand now. I think this may be a bug. Or at least, not documented. I don't know how to say this in proper lilypond terms, but the repeats don't unfold. \score { \new Staff << { \time 1/4 \repeat volta 2 {s4} \alternative { {s4} {s4}

Re: Lilypond - 2 voices in 1 score - cannot add lyrics

2008-10-17 Thread James E. Bailey
You have to name the voice StimmeI and StimmeII. Try StimmeI = \new Voice = "StimmeI" \relative c { music } and StimmeII = \new Voice = "StimmeII" \relative c' { music } Am 17.10.2008 um 16:52 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, when I put 2 voices into 1 staff I cannot add lyrics. Console-Erro

Re: suppress page number

2008-12-06 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 06.12.2008 um 23:20 schrieb -Eluze: james bailey-2 wrote: Is it possible to not print the second page number? I don't see an option for that. i saw *print-page-number* set to true or false in NR 4.1.2 Page formatting - did you mean something else? hdh -eluze Yes, I meant only suppr

Re: suppress page number

2008-12-07 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 07.12.2008 um 01:58 schrieb Mark Polesky: James, Insert this code at the top of your file: \version "2.11.65-1" \include "titling-init.ly" #(define (skip-two-page-numbers layout props arg) (if (or (> (chain-assoc-get 'page:page-number props -1) (+ (ly:output-def-lookup layo

Re: font switching help

2008-12-08 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 08.12.2008 um 19:06 schrieb Trevor Bača: On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:06 AM, james <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After much searching, I found it. Fontbook installs user-installed fonts to a directory that isn't indexed by fontconfig ~/Library/ Fonts. After I realised that, I knew to tell fontb

Re: Lyrics starting on 2nd note

2008-12-11 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 11.12.2008 um 10:47 schrieb Jean-Alexis Montignies: Hi there! I'm surprised to have the text of my lead sheet starting on the second note. Did I miss something obvious? :) Thanks for your help. Jean-Alexis Here's the code ran through 2.11.63 version: I don't know why, but ammending

Re: Lyrics starting on 2nd note

2008-12-11 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 11.12.2008 um 10:47 schrieb Jean-Alexis Montignies: Hi there! I'm surprised to have the text of my lead sheet starting on the second note. Did I miss something obvious? :) Thanks for your help. Jean-Alexis Here's the code ran through 2.11.63 version: Also, changing the curly braces

Re: two simultaneous marks

2008-12-11 Thread James E. Bailey
Thanks, I'm pretty good with markup, but not good enough to come up with this on my own. Now, to the more important issue, is there somewhere listed what the font settings for the rehearsal marks are? I'd like this one to look like all the others. Am 11.12.2008 um 17:36 schrieb Mats Bengtss

Re: two simultaneous marks

2008-12-12 Thread James E. Bailey
w Staff \relative c { \clef bass c2 a g h c1 } >> marks.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document Am 12.12.2008 um 11:11 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: Just use \bold instead of \box in the example I sent. /Mats James E. Bailey wrote: Thanks, I'm pretty good with markup, but not good enoug

Re: two simultaneous marks

2008-12-12 Thread James E. Bailey
\clef bass c2 a \once \override Staff.RehearsalMark #'direction = #-1 \mark \markup \italic {Fine.} g h c1 } >> } Am 12.12.2008 um 11:11 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: Just use \bold instead of \box in the example I sent. /Mats James E. Bailey wrote: Thanks, I'm pre

Re: two simultaneous marks

2008-12-12 Thread James E. Bailey
luckily, it's piano/voice, so no parts. But, that's something to remember for the future. Am 12.12.2008 um 14:51 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: Hi James, Hmm, I don't know if it's the best way, but I decided to just put the marks on separate staves: If you're going to print parts from this, y

Re: spacer notes

2008-12-13 Thread James E. Bailey
I haven't checked it, but it looks like your timing is off Am 13.12.2008 um 21:18 schrieb chip: I don't fully understand the issues that spacer notes cause, below are a couple examples. <> c r8 e d c-. << e4 {s2} %s4 + s4 >> Yet a similar bit of code works just fine for a

Re: Explicit durations in Lyrics behaving strangely

2008-12-15 Thread James E. Bailey
You could end up with misplaced lyrics that you don't notice until later. You can probably just add \lyricsto verbaone (verbatwo, verbathree) between the \new Lyrics and \verbaone Am 15.12.2008 um 11:05 schrieb Peter Chubb: Hi, I'm trying to use the Adeste Fideles tune from Mutopia

Re: Segmentation fault on file with bookparts

2008-12-15 Thread James E . Bailey
I just realise that I never sent my file publicly, to see if anyone else gets the bus error. Here is mine, along with terminal output. I'm using OSX 10.4 intel http://pastebin.com/f1a3a6fc0 -- score http://pastebin.com/fe002d69 -- verbose output Am 14.12.2008 um 20:29 schrieb Jonathan Kulp:

Re: my score is messed up but the parts it creates are ok

2008-12-15 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 15.12.2008 um 18:16 schrieb chip: I am working on a piece but am coming up with a problem - my lily file creates a score and 6 separate horn parts. When I run the file through the interpreter I get 3 errors: Interpreting music... [8] Por Esa Calle Vive - score.ly:51:0: warning: barcheck

Re: Notation Reference typo

2008-12-16 Thread James E. Bailey
actually, it's a bit more basic than that. If you look in the program reference, you'll see that midiInstrument takes a string, and strings are always just enclosed in quotes. (See the Scheme tutorial.) Am 16.12.2008 um 11:34 schrieb Simon Bailey: andrew, On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Andrew

Re: Notation Reference typo

2008-12-16 Thread James E. Bailey
Wow, I could have said that better. The value that midiInstrument takes is a string. The Scheme tutorial says that strings are always just enclosed in quotes. Am 16.12.2008 um 11:34 schrieb Simon Bailey: andrew, On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Andrew Tucker wrote: In the 2.11 NR, section 3.5.

Re: Vertical alignment of Chords - Feature / Bug???

2008-12-19 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 19.12.2008 um 17:11 schrieb Carl D. Sorensen: On 12/18/08 9:46 PM, "Andrew Hawryluk" wrote: On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Carl, For me, it's the lyrics context that should not use skylining. We should keep everything (dynamics, notes, etc) out of t

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-21 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 21.12.2008 um 19:07 schrieb chip: I input in Concert C, transpose to the key of D for Trumpet. \transpose c d {} The First Trumpet part transposes to the key of D just fine. I would like to just copy/paste the first part into the second part. What's the second part? The second part I wan

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 22.12.2008 um 05:42 schrieb Graham Percival: Chip, I am 90% convinced that the solution to your problem was posted here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2008-12/msg00586.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2008-12/msg00585.html With another person trying to f

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
-sharp is not diatonic in the key of D major. As far as I can tell, only John's proposed (and unfinished) solution avoids this problem. - Mark James E. Bailey wrote: \version "2.11.65" notes = { c d e f g a h c } TrptOne = { \key d \major \transpose c d \relative c'' { \

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 22.12.2008 um 03:52 schrieb Graham Percival: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 06:30:18PM -0800, Mark Polesky wrote: Graham, Great, that helps a lot. I haven't got a clue what scheme is. In that case, may I courteously extend an invitation that you read the bloody Learning Manual? Please stop th

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 22.12.2008 um 14:04 schrieb John Mandereau: Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 à 10:56 +0100, James E. Bailey a écrit : Am 22.12.2008 um 03:52 schrieb Graham Percival: Oh, I've read the Learning Manual cover to cover (well, it may have been changed since then, it was some months ago),

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-22 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 22.12.2008 um 17:37 schrieb John Mandereau: Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 à 15:14 +0100, James E. Bailey a écrit : Am 22.12.2008 um 14:04 schrieb John Mandereau: Indeed: there is currently no thing in all LilyPond documentation that introduces Scheme programming for non-programmers. And

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-23 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 22.12.2008 um 20:57 schrieb Graham Percival: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 09:40:48PM -0800, Mark Polesky wrote: If you cannot, or will not, describe what you actually want, it's very difficult to help you. He already has! He clearly stated that he wants to transpose music down a 4th, diatonica

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-23 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 23.12.2008 um 11:07 schrieb Francisco Vila: 2008/12/22 chip : Not everybody has a programmers mind. I don't. I have no interest whatsoever in programming. A person should be able to use a piece of software without having to be a programmer to do so. If a programming degree is necessary

Re: Issue 714 in lilypond: let the .ly file specify the output filename

2008-12-24 Thread James E. Bailey
Wow, I'm happy that I subscribe to the bug list, otherwise, I would have never known this was implemented. Why didn't anybody tell me this existed when I asked a year ago?! Am 24.12.2008 um 03:26 schrieb codesite-nore...@google.com: Updates: Status: Verified Comment #1 on issue 714

Re: question about transposing an interval of a 4th

2008-12-24 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 24.12.2008 um 13:26 schrieb M Watts: Tim Reeves wrote: > Umm... yeah. The fact that he thinks this answers the question > gives me *less* confidence that he knows what he's talking about. > If he wanted it a perfect fourth lower, then \transpose does the > job. And normally when somebod

Re: avoid slur help

2008-12-26 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 26.12.2008 um 13:15 schrieb Jonathan Kulp: james wrote: I'm having some difficulty understanding the 'avoid-slur property. This doesn't work: \version "2.11.65" \relative c'' { \override TextScript #'avoid-slur = #'inside c2*1/2( s4^\markup {\natural} d4.) c8 } In fact, it increases

Re: also, lyric help

2008-12-26 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 26.12.2008 um 16:24 schrieb fiëé visuëlle: Am 2008-12-26 um 12:38 schrieb james: I'm trying to figure out ways to incorporate lyrics associated with different voices. I can only seem to get it to work using associatedVoice. Is this possible using \lyricsto? \version "2.11.65" instrum

Re: avoid slur help

2008-12-26 Thread James E. Bailey
Neil, thanks for the help, now I guess I move on to the next part of this problem: \version "2.11.65" \relative c'' { \override TextScript #'avoid-slur = #'inside \override Script #'avoid-slur = #'inside \override TextScript #'script-priority = #-100 \override TextScript #'outside-s

Re: avoid slur help

2008-12-26 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 26.12.2008 um 17:57 schrieb Graham Percival: On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 03:50:46PM +0100, Eyolf ?strem wrote: On 26.12.2008 (15:06), Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: If so then I'd just use d!4. instead. No, it was common practice to put accidentals above notes in older times. Sometimes these we

Re: avoid slur help

2008-12-26 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 26.12.2008 um 23:59 schrieb Graham Percival: Well, first start off with a simple example: \version "2.11.65" \relative c'' { c4( \once \set suggestAccidentals = ##t cis d4.) c8 } Hmm, it prints an error message. It would be helpful to report this to the bug list. You know, I nev

Re: avoid slur help

2008-12-27 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 27.12.2008 um 01:07 schrieb Graham Percival: On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 01:01:19AM +0100, James E. Bailey wrote: he still omitted the easiest part of helping which could have simple been, \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'( 0.0 . -5.0), instead of the wonderful instruction

Re: also, lyric help

2008-12-27 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 27.12.2008 um 09:59 schrieb Arjan Bos: On 26 dec 2008, at 21:35, James E. Bailey wrote: Try: upperVoice = \relative c'' { % c8 d e4 f g | c8 d e4 f g | c8 d e4 f g | c8 d e4 f g | } lowerVoice = \relative c' { % s1 | c8[ d] e4 f g | s1 | c8[ d] e4 f

Re: avoid slur help

2008-12-27 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 27.12.2008 um 19:37 schrieb Graham Percival: On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 10:37:35AM +0100, James E. Bailey wrote: Am 27.12.2008 um 01:07 schrieb Graham Percival: Of course I omitted that. You're assumed to have read the Learning Manual. In particular, LM 4.5.1 and 4.5.2. So wait

Re: avoid slur help

2008-12-28 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 28.12.2008 um 06:48 schrieb Werner LEMBERG: Oh, perhaps I haven't made this clear. I have read the learning manual. I do not have it memorised. I don't use extra offset all that often. I asked for help because the ways I know of how to move the object, (namely looking in the IR for thin

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