Re: Jazz chords layout question

t toy around with it ... About the measure length - sorry no idea. I never bothered about that. But I know it *can* be done ... anyone? About the second volta line. There, I'm not sure if this can be done. If so, it looks like it's going to be messy. Best of luck, Robert Am 12.

Repository with color themes for Frescobaldi

I know that not all Lilyponders use Frescobaldi, but certainly all Frescobaldiers use Lilypond ;-) so please don't be mad at me that I created this post here. Due to lack of proper colorschemes for Frescobaldi I created a repository with them on github: https://github.com/rkubosz/base16-frescobal

Re: Repository with color themes for Frescobaldi

> > Best regards. > > -- > > “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end > of human existence.” > > ― Aristotle > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019, 11:24 AM Robert Kubosz > wrote: > >> I know that not all Lilyponders use Frescobaldi, bu

Re: Repository with color themes for Frescobaldi

Hi Andrew, this theme repo was originally meant to be a part of base16 . Maintainer of base16 required, that all linked repos should be using MIT license or other compatible one. For me personally MIT license is a first choice for a small projects like f

A Staff.TimeSignature problem (for me)

tures invisible. But my problem is in the first bar of the three sections: How do I get C and C barré at the beginng of these sections? Thanks in advance for any advice. Best regards, Robert Blackstone ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gn

Inserting a few bars with a 3-staff PianoStaff into a normal 2-staff PianoStaff

bit to reach the right-side margin. The result is a sort of indentation in the wrong place. Probably the player would not care but from an aesthetic point of view it is unacceptable. Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestion. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

Re: Inserting a few bars with a 3-staff PianoStaff into a normal 2-staff PianoStaff

th the 3-staff PianoStaff. If I could stretch that a bit it would be OK. If it is OK with you to send you the complete file I will do that after having added a few lacking dynamic signs. Best regards, Robert > On 16 Oct 2019, at 12:30, Kieren MacMillan > wrote: > > Hi Robe

Overwrite key signature with numbers

Hi, I am trying to overwrite the key signature for my custom music notation so that instead of displaying the sharp and flat icons, it shows a given number and the alteration. So, for example, E Major would show 4# instead of . I have been able to get the desired output by hardcodeing it using

Re: Overwrite key signature with numbers

ow did you know alterations-alist is a property of that grob? - What is #:vcenter and how did you know of its existence? Thank you again, Robert El lun, 2 oct 2023 a las 15:00, Valentin Petzel () escribió: > Hi Robert, > > you could do it like this: > > \version "2.23

Re: Overwrite key signature with numbers

Oh David's right, if the music ends with no alterations it is printing the key cancellation, even when it has been explicitely set to false.[image: image.png] What can I do in this case? I would like to keep the number+alteration but remove the 7 natural signs before that. Thank you, Rober

Re: Overwrite key signature with numbers

fSymbol.ledger-extra = #my-desperate-test } } El mar, 3 oct 2023 a las 14:11, Valentin Petzel () escribió: > Am Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2023, 12:55:21 CEST schrieb Robert Mengual: > > > Thanks a lot Valentin, that's simply perfect! > > > > > > However, after readin

Re: Overwrite key signature with numbers

falls into the narrower blank space (G) I want a ledger line value of 1. From what you say, I believe you are worried about chords, am I right? In that case it would depend on whether the highest note is a G if it is above the staff or if the lowest is a G if it is below the staff. Robert El vie, 13

Re: Overwrite key signature with numbers

Alright, thanks for your time. I really appreciate it. Robert El vie, 13 oct 2023 18:41, Jean Abou Samra escribió: > From what you say, I believe you are worried about chords, am I right? > > > > It's more fundamental than that: there is only *one* StaffSymbol per > sta

What's causing this extra bar line and empty bar?

Hi people. I'm trying to reproduce the formatting from a tune that started out in ABC notation, which is formatted with line breaks around phrases instead of bars. It is working as intended, except for an empty bar that's showing up after the first repeat sign, and I have no idea what's causing it.

Re: What's causing this extra bar line and empty bar?

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 00:12, William Rehwinkel wrote: > > Dear Robert, > > in the future, please take care that the minimal working example does > not contain any undefined symbols that cause errors. Here, simply adding > "strike = \fermata" at the beginning of t

Re: What's causing this extra bar line and empty bar?

Updating to the latest version fixed the issue, and also the unwanted extra space. Problem was just Debian shipping a very old version for some reason. Thank you for your help. On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 00:12, William Rehwinkel wrote: > > Dear Robert, > > in the future, please take c

Manually control note spacing?

Hi, I'm trying to make an example showing mordent symbols with text labels. I want the note positions spaced so that the text is all on one line, with notes placed as needed to fit around it. The easiest way I can think of doing that would be to put manually sized 'gap fillers' between the notes

Re: Manually control note spacing?

4/4 a'4\mordent^"Mordent" a'4\upmordent^"Upper Mordent" a'4\downmordent^"Lower Mordent" } On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 at 15:02, Phil Holmes wrote: > > Checkout \textLengthOn and see if it does what you want. > > On 05/01/2024 14:50, Robert Hickm

Re: Manually control note spacing?

weak staff-padding #4 ^"Upper Mordent" a'4\downmordent -\tweak staff-padding #4 ^"Lower Mordent" } On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 at 15:35, Robert Hickman wrote: > > Hi Phill, that mostly works, thank you for your help. However the text > isn't vertically aligned, and the

Re: Manually control note spacing?

This is great, thank you so much! On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 at 15:53, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > > Don't worry, found out how to do it: > > > > \version "2.18.2" > > \header {tagline = ""} > > { > >\numeric

broken bar line across staff

Hi all, My first post in this list. Is there a way to accomplish this? the bar line across the staff is broken to enable the text to be more visible Thanks Robert

small notes for different lyrics

How do you do this?: This is, adding smalls notes or different rhythms for different lyrics. Just add a second voice and change the note’s sizes? Or is it there a proper way to do so? Thanks! Robert

Re: Lilypond and digital readers

s in both books. Hope I might help someone. Robert Garrigos > El 24 febr. 2024, a les 1:51, Laurie Savage va > escriure: > > Hi, > > I use a tablet for storing my lead sheets, most of which I prepare in > Lilypond. I have just stumbled on a trick I thought I'd shar

Bug regarding transposed key change

Hi, I think I've discovered a bug in 2.19.80. When I change the key signature midway through a piece, the key of a transposed part is placed ahead of the key in the other parts. See the attached file if what I say makes no sense. \version "2.19.80" \score { << \transpose bes c' \relati

Re: Bug regarding transposed key change

On 05/12/2017 11:13, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "Robert Murdoch" To: "lilypond-user" Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 10:58 AM Subject: Bug regarding transposed key change See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2017-11/msg

Re: Bug regarding transposed key change

On 05/12/2017 13:12, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "Robert Murdoch" To: "Phil Holmes" ; "lilypond-user" Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 12:33 PM Subject: Re: Bug regarding transposed key change Well - it happened as far back as 2.12

Re: Frescobaldi CRASHES

There's not much information in your mail but fwiw: I had the problem of Frescobaldi crashing right away when I opened it (on a Mac). Solved it by completely trashing the preferences. > On 8 Dec 2017, at 19:53, Son_V wrote: > > I'm no more able to open any .ly file in UbuntuStudio, Frescoba

Tie Crusade: The Revenge

Salutations, Ties for notes between the bottom two staff lines (e.g. treble F4, bass A2, alto G3) and between the top two staff lines (e.g. treble E5, bass G3, alto F4) appear to be positioned incorrectly by default. They begin and end between the notes instead of slightly above or below them,

Ties between bottom two staff lines and top two staff lines positioned strangely

Hi, Two days ago, I posted a topic to the mailing list called "Tie Crusade: The Revenge" where I informed that ties between the bottom two staff lines (e.g. treble F4, bass A2, alto G3) and between the top two staff lines (e.g. treble E5, bass G3, alto F4) are positioned strangely; they are p

Re: Ties between bottom two staff lines and top two staff lines positioned strangely

on, I've attached an image I found of how ties usually look at treble E5. On 11/12/2017 08:47, Andrew Bernard wrote: Hi Robert, For me, I see nothing strange - I think this is a matter of taste. I don't have the standard text Behind Bars to quote from, but I feel this is a matter of

Apply markup-command to every element of markuplist

Could you guys help me with it? Robert ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Apply markup-command to every element of markuplist

It works perfectly. It's a shame that I did not try that. Thanks David a lot! On Dec 12, 2017 09:35, "David Kastrup" wrote: > Robert Kubosz writes: > > > Hello everyone! > > > > I want to apply markup-command to every element of markup list, for &g

Re: Multiple chord names?

If you mean alternative chords on top of each other, I just place two ChordNames contexts in the score and have the upper one contain mostly spacers plus the alternative chord names wherever one is needed ... Best, Robert > On 15 Dec 2017, at 00:20, Menu Jacques wrote: > > He

Re: Multiple chord names?

day, too! Best, Robert > On 15 Dec 2017, at 13:02, Menu Jacques wrote: > > Hello Robert, > > Thanks for your answer. I’d been wondering whether something would be > possible with a single ChordNames contexts, but yours is clearly a solution. > > A nice day! > >

Re: Reduce PianoStaves for rest

Not sure if I understand you correctly, but is this what you're looking for? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/writing-rests#full-measure-rests > On 21 Dec 2017, at 19:20, Helge Kruse wrote: > > I have a score for an orchestra instrument (harp). The harp starts after tens

Bug: Beaming Over Rests with Two Voices

Hi, I think I've discovered a bug that's rather hard to explain, but I'll try. When I use two voices and am beaming over rests, the rests seem to be positioned based on the pitch of the second voice. I have attached a file of an extract from a piece of music where—in the third measure—there i

Re: quetion about slur in the "<< .... \\ .....>>"

<< {\stemDown a,2. ) } \\ {\slurUp a4 \rest \stemUp e4 a8 ( [ g8 ] } >> | % V1-2 << { s2. } \\ { fis4 ) d4 \rest d4 \rest } >> | % V1-3 } I hope it also works for you. Best regards, Robert Blackstone On 30 Jan 2018, at 09:13 , mosea che

Re: quetion about slur in the "<< .... \\ .....>>"

an occasionally it is better to write two separate voices and combine them into one staff in the score. I hope this will save you some time. Best regards, Robert Blackstone On 30 Jan 2018, at 09:49 , mosea chen wrote: > Thank you. Well done. It would take some time to understand the gramm

Re: quetion about slur in the "<< .... \\ .....>>"

in a single staff. Maddening. Best regards, Robert Blackstone On 30 Jan 2018, at 10:56 , Thomas Morley wrote: > 2018-01-30 9:01 GMT+01:00 mosea chen : >> >> Hi, >>I found it difficult to engrave the staff as the fingure: >> >> >> the "s

Piano staff notes across both staffs, another problem

dvice? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Robert Blackstone ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Piano staff notes across both staffs, another problem

ze it. Thanks anyway, Best regards, Robert Blackstone On 9 Feb 2018, at 13:29 , Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Robert, > > It would be unusual to glue stems together as you are suggesting, if I > understand what you want correctly. To use the crossStaff construct the stems > ha

Re: chord name e2:m7(b5)/d

Hi Ming, e : min7.5- / d Should work .., Best, Robert > On 17 Feb 2018, at 00:06, Ming Tsang wrote: > > > Lilyponders > How to generate the second chard name? > Thanks for the help > Ming > > > > &g

Inserting a verical space, or an empty line, between two markups attached to a note.

an empty line between “Rome” and “Mars 1934”? As a kind of emergency solution I inserted a dot, so it now looks like this: m. d. dessus . Rome Mars 1934 More or less OK, but I would prefer the horizontal space. Thanks in advance for any advice. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

Regarding laissez vibrers

Hi, looking at this post , the (currently) broken repeatTie on single notes in a chord can be faked with \override LaissezVibrerTie.head-direction = #RIGHT <{note}\laissez Vibrer {note}\laissezVibrer>. Unfortunately, I can't

Re: Inserting a verical space, or an empty line, between two markups attached to a note.

originalon the right. Thanks again. Best regards, Robert On 26 Feb 2018, at 11:34 , Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Use \vspace perhaps? > > \markup { > \column { > "m. d." > dessus > \vspace #1 > Ro

Re: Regarding laissez vibrers

There is currently a bug in LilyPond where repeat ties appended to a single note in a chord don't appear, hence why I wrote my message in the first place. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lil

Re: Inserting a verical space, or an empty line, between two markups attached to a note.

t. That is hard to believe, for by inserting your code into my file I do get the original page layout (I only slightly lowered the \vspace, from #0.8 to #0.6 ) I included a picture of the original page layout in my reply to Andrew Bernard, 26-02-18. Thanks again. Best regards, Robert On 26

Re: Inserting a verical space, or an empty line, between two markups attached to a note.

hem. Best regards, Robert On 27 Feb 2018, at 14:43 , David Wright wrote: > On Tue 27 Feb 2018 at 10:13:18 (+0100), Robert Blackstone wrote: >> Hi Torsten, >> >> Thank you very much. This does help, or better, it neatly solves my problem. >> (I had never used, or eve

Re: slur on ornament

I think this could work with simultaneous implicit voices like this: << { \appoggiatura{e16} f4 } { \grace{s16} c4 } >> Sorry, I'm not at my computer right now, but I'm sure this construction should do. Best, Robert > On 9 Mar 2018, at 16:19, Mark Stephen

Re: Ending repeat sign for first section in AABB form not displayed

Or use repeats and no bar oberrides, this works in any case ... Best, Robert > On 13 Mar 2018, at 00:56, Ernie Braganza wrote: > > I have a song form AABB, but I am unable to make the ending repeat for > section A show up. My example uses \bar commands, but the same thing happens

Problem downloading latest version.

. Best regards, Robert Blackstone ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Problem downloading latest version.

Thank you Phil. It worked. Best regards, Robert On 23 Mar 2018, at 10:14 , Phil Holmes wrote: > http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/ ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: \rounded-box vs. \box in text markup

e fine-tuned with \vspace commands between the boxes. Not an ideal solution but this is how it can be done ... Best, Robert Am 28.03.18 um 03:42 schrieb Emilio Millan: Hi all. I'm a fairly new user so I may be missing something obvious. In the following example, is there a way to "

Problems with Frescobaldi compiling .PDF file from Cygwin-installed version of LilyPond

Hi, I've recently successfully installed the master branch of LilyPond through Cygwin. I did this because I lack the patience to wait for the next stable release where the repeat tie fiasco will be fixed. That being said, Frescobaldi seems to be having trouble compiling a .PDF file through the

Problem with \ottava #-1

>> } %%% Does anybody know, or suspect what could be the cause of this aberration? Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestion. Best regards, Robert Blackstone ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Problem with \ottava #-1

rew Bernard wrote: > Hi Robert, > > By tradition, an ottava mark affects all the voices. If you only want to > affect one - perfectly reasonable actually - Malte has show how to do it. But > it's well known and LSR has a snippet. > > http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=87

Re: First steps in Lilypond

and set iin LilyPond. It needs a few tricks but on he whole I found it fairly straightforward. What exactly is your question about " this slur problem " in this fragment? Best regards, Robert Blackstone ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Defining custom symbols

I'm currently using ABC notation for all of the score examples on my website and converting it to notation using abcm2ps. I have run into a limitation with it and need something more flexible. However I still wish to use a textual notation and do not want to hand edit images as this would make thin

Re: Defining custom symbols

22, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Is this of any use? > > https://bretpimentel.com/irish-flutewhistle-ornamentation-symbols-a-la- > grey-larsen-in-lilypond/ > > If you need adjustments to anything I can help. > > [Lilypond can be made to do pretty much a

Re: Defining custom symbols

Yes that looks good thanks. I asked about the font because I asked Grey if he was aware of symbols for lillypond. He handn't heard of LP but mentioned the font and asked if it was compatible. On 15 April 2018 at 11:20, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I cloned the git

Re: Defining custom symbols

what exploits anything I use could expose howeaver. On 15 April 2018 at 11:31, Robert Hickman wrote: > Yes that looks good thanks. I asked about the font because I asked Grey if > he was aware of symbols for lillypond. He handn't heard of LP but mentioned > the font and asked if it

Re: Defining custom symbols

Cool, I hope you do well with it. On 15 April 2018 at 11:46, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Robert, > > That symbol set is so nice I have decided to dig out my tin whistle and > learn it properly! > > Andrew > > ___ lilypond-us

Re: LilyPond in a CMS [was: Re: Defining custom symbols]

15.04.2018 um 12:41 schrieb Robert Hickman: > >> Second thought: (see my previous, sorry about double posting). >> >> What are the risks of integrating lillypond into a CMS from a security >> perspective, does it allow you to run shell commands for instance? I will >&

Re: LilyPond in a CMS [was: Re: Defining custom symbols]

good to know, thanks. On 15 April 2018 at 13:06, Urs Liska wrote: > > > Am 15. April 2018 13:47:43 MESZ schrieb Simon Albrecht < > simon.albre...@mail.de>: > >On 15.04.2018 13:25, Robert Hickman wrote: > >> |Is it sufficient to concatenate the symbol file at th

Re: numeric time signature (was Defining custom symbols)

\strike b'\slideUp b'\slideDown b'\longRoll b'\shortRoll b'\longDoubleCutRoll b'\shortDoubleCutRoll b'\crann b'\shortCrann b'\trill b'\singleTrill b'\shake b'\breathe } On 15 April 2018 at 11:49,

Re: numeric time signature (was Defining custom symbols)

Thanks, I have been reading the documentation, but missed that the example was wrong. On 15 April 2018 at 14:54, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Robert, > > You can search the lilypond user mailing list archives. There is a large > amount of discussion on this topic. > > htt

Re: Defining custom symbols

#x27;t clear as this appears to relate to internal operation of the software, not to automatically scaling the size of the page.. #(set-default-paper-size "quarto") Attached is what I'm currently getting, with a large amount of empty space. On 15 April 2018 at 11:49, Robert Hic

Re: Defining custom symbols

; \include "larsen-symbols.ily" { \numericTimeSignature \time 2/2 g'2\cut | g'2\strike | } On 15 April 2018 at 16:15, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2018-04-15 16:56 GMT+02:00 Robert Hickman : > > I'm trying to set the page size so that it automatica

Re: Defining custom symbols

Hi Andrew, lilypond -dcrop larsen-symbols-test.ly dosn't seem to do anything. On 15 April 2018 at 16:25, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Not sure what you want re size but lilypond -dcrop will make a cropped > image. > > Andrew > > > > On 16 April 2

Re: Defining custom symbols

-dpreview does what I want. I have version 2.18 and it looks like -dcrop was added later. using ubuntu16.4 stock repo. On 15 April 2018 at 16:38, Robert Hickman wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > lilypond -dcrop larsen-symbols-test.ly > > dosn't seem to do anything. > > On 15 A

Re: Automatically set the page size to fit the music

Hi Paul, I'm using 2.18 but -dpreview seems to do what I want. On 15 April 2018 at 16:41, Paul Morris wrote: > Hi, > > On 04/15/2018 10:56 AM, Robert Hickman wrote: > > I'm trying to set the page size so that it automatically > > matches the size of the staff wit

Re: Defining custom symbols

nominated stable release. Just download > from lilypond.org. > > Andrew > > > On 16 April 2018 at 01:50, Robert Hickman wrote: > >> -dpreview does what I want. >> >> I have version 2.18 and it looks like -dcrop was added later. using >> ubuntu16.4 stock

Re: Defining custom symbols

These symbols do not work in safe mode. On 15 April 2018 at 17:32, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2018-04-15 18:22 GMT+02:00 Robert Hickman : > > ok, the latest compiled version seems to be 2.19.80 > > 2.19.81 > > http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-64/

SVG enormous fonts issue

Fonts in SVG do not seem to respect font sizes, see attached SVG, for me this displays with enormous fonts that go off the top of the page. It works as intended in the PDF back end. \version "2.18.2" \include "larsen-symbols.ily" \header { tagline = "" % removed } \header {tagline = ""} {

Re: SVG enormous fonts issue

This issue seems to be Firefox specific. Other SVG examples, such as those on w3schools, do not exhibit this issue in firefox. On 16 April 2018 at 16:58, Robert Hickman wrote: > Fonts in SVG do not seem to respect font sizes, see attached SVG, for me > this displays with enormous fonts t

Re: SVG enormous fonts issue

r than intended, but not to the extent that lilypond files are. abcm2ps is showing about 2x size, lilypond is more like 10x for some reason. On 16 April 2018 at 17:19, Robert Hickman wrote: > This issue seems to be Firefox specific. Other SVG examples, such as those > on w3schools, do not exh

Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

So far I have the result attached, which is close to what I want, but I haven't found a clear example of how to get the two text annotations to align vertically. I'd also like to move both up a bit. If possible I also want to pad the gap between the first note and the bar, so it is the same as the

Re: Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

Meyn wrote: > > > Am 16.04.2018 um 20:39 schrieb Simon Albrecht: > >> On 16.04.2018 20:05, Robert Hickman wrote: >> >>> So far I have the result attached, which is close to what I want, but I >>> haven't found a clear example of how to get the two tex

Re: Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

, and TimeSignature is some kind of constant. But it could also be that TimeSigniture is being passed to \omit, which returns to \staff. It's difficult to read because it doesn't parenthesise like typical programming languages. On 17 April 2018 at 01:57, Andrew Bernard wrote: > H

Re: Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

ax: x = Staff.clone(); x.omit(TimeSignature); On 17 April 2018 at 16:40, David Kastrup wrote: > Robert Hickman writes: > >> Thanks, I have a vague familiarity with lisps, but have never used scheme. >> >> I'm not certain how to visually parse a statment like \Staff \omit &

Re: Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

not explicit about what they are doing tend to break in weird, unexpected ways. Complex abstractions always leak. It is also a constant burden on the user if they have to remember that some things are added implicitly. On 17 April 2018 at 17:43, David Kastrup wrote: > Robert Hickman writes: &

Re: Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

s not perceived. In order to do this dependably special fingerings or techniques are used. Grey Larson's book recognises the mostly my last point, which lead to his notation system. On 18 April 2018 at 09:37, David Kastrup wrote: > Andrew Bernard writes: > >> Hello Robert, >>

Re: Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

You are largely missing the point I was trying to make, however I have a lot of work to do and cannot be bothered to argue. On 18 April 2018 at 13:24, David Kastrup wrote: > Robert Hickman writes: > >> The best example of the leaky abstraction problem I can think of right >>

Re: Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

If lilypond is based on a functional interface, the documentation making extensive use of the terms 'object' and 'interface' is confusing. On 18 April 2018 at 13:35, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Having just learned ABC, I see that it supports rolls, but

override TextScript.padding changes text baseline?

I am attempting to increase the spacing between a text block and the staff, which I have found can be done using \override TextScript.padding = ... However doing this changes the baseline of the text for some reason. 'good baseline' the bottom of the 'g' hangs down as expected. When the padding is

Re: override TextScript.padding changes text baseline?

Was using 'spacing' to refer to 'gap' as a general concept, rather than an LP term. But staff-padding fixes the issue. Thanks Ben and David. 'padding' is relative to the bounding box of a grob? On 18 April 2018 at 15:32, David Kastrup wrote: > Robert Hickman

Re: Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

ated to the term 'interface' which appears to be used in the same sense of 'class implementing an interface' in java-esque oop systems. 'This object must provide the following methods'. On 18 April 2018 at 15:13, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi Robert, > &g

Re: Changing spacing between notes a lot

How could I do this, but move the whole note instead of just the head? \tweak Note.X-extent #'(-3 . -1) Dosn't seem to work. Also why are two numbers given in the parans if it is only moving the X position? On 17 April 2018 at 19:41, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi, > >> I was wondering if there

Moving just text, leaving articulations in place?

Tried using "\override TextScript.staff-padding" to move the text annotations in the attached image up but it also moves the Larson articulation symbols up as well. I want these to stay in the same place and the text to move up a bit away from them. Is lilypond treating the articulation symbols as

Re: Changing spacing between notes a lot

ok, I see. On 18 April 2018 at 17:26, Ben wrote: > On 4/18/2018 12:18 PM, Robert Hickman wrote: > > How could I do this, but move the whole note instead of just the head? > > \tweak Note.X-extent #'(-3 . -1) > > Dosn't seem to work. > > Also why are two numb

Re: Moving just text, leaving articulations in place?

SVG due to a font sizing inconsistency I've noted before and can't be bothered to look into. On 18 April 2018 at 23:25, Simon Albrecht wrote: > On 18.04.2018 18:38, Robert Hickman wrote: >> >> Tried using "\override TextScript.staff-padding" to move the text >>

Re: Moving just text, leaving articulations in place?

: > At 17:38 on 18 Apr 2018, Robert Hickman wrote: >>Tried using "\override TextScript.staff-padding" to move the text >>annotations in the attached image up but it also moves the Larson >>articulation symbols up as well. I want these to stay in the same >>place an

Re: Moving just text, leaving articulations in place?

> As described in the Learning Manual, which has been suggested that you read, > \once applies to everything happening at that musical moment; \tweak applies > to only the object containing the \tweak. > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/tweaking-methods > > You really *shoul

Re: Moving just text, leaving articulations in place?

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Slurs do not work with Larsen articulations

The documentation says that slurs can be created by putting notes within '()' however this does not work in combination with the Larsen articulation symbols: { (a'2 a'4\cut a'4\strike) } I get the following error: error: syntax error, unexpected EVENT_IDENTIFIER (a'2 a'4\cut a'4\strike)

Re: Slurs do not work with Larsen articulations

Actually it's a misinterpretation. The documentation does not make it clear that the start of the slur should be after the first note of the slur. a'2 (a'4 a'4 ) On 24 April 2018 at 13:50, Robert Hickman wrote: > The documentation says that slurs can be created by

Re: Slurs do not work with Larsen articulations

ample: g (b d g). " Personally I prefer the syntax used by ABC notation, with all notes of a slur inside the parans, but I don't see it being changed at this point. On 24 April 2018 at 14:05, Karlin High wrote: > On 4/24/2018 7:57 AM, Robert Hickman wrote: >> >> The d

Re: Slurs do not work with Larsen articulations

On 24 April 2018 at 14:25, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi Robert, > >> Instead the correct syntax should be: >> >> g (b d g) > > No… the correct syntax is > > g( b d g) > > The ( is attached, postfix, to the first note of the slurred group. Stating tha

Re: Slurs do not work with Larsen articulations

> The example looks pretty clear to me. "marked with" is not really > synonymous with "surrounded with" in my book even though it could be > more explicit about just how the marks are supposed to be made. > If I misinterpreted it you can guarantee that other people are also doing so. The document

Re: Slurs do not work with Larsen articulations

The only way to create good documentation is to listen to your users problems and progressively make improvements. On 24 April 2018 at 14:49, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi Robert, > >> If I misinterpreted it you can guarantee >> that other people are also doing so. > &g

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