Re: Custom drumStyleTable and improvisationOn/Off

2018-07-10 Thread Robert Schmaus
don't need for the score for the improvisation parts. It only needs to look good, and that it does, as usually ... Thanks and have a good night, Robert Am 10.07.18 um 22:54 schrieb David Kastrup: Robert Schmaus writes: Dear Ponderers, I'm setting up a custom drumStyleTable as described in

Re: Custom drumStyleTable and improvisationOn/Off

2018-07-10 Thread Robert Schmaus
s could be included in the documentation - I'll try to do that the next days and send it to ... well, I'll find that out, too. Thanks again everyone! Good Night, Robert Am 11.07.18 um 00:22 schrieb Torsten Hämmerle: Robert Schmaus wrote The improvisation switch works well if one c

Re: tie direction !?

2018-07-26 Thread Robert Schmaus
Might be the same thing as here: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Curious-thing-about-ties-td196616.html > On 26 Jul 2018, at 12:37, Thomas Morley wrote: > > Hi, > > please consider the following example: > > \version "2.19.82" > > \relative c'' { > f,1 > r4 b~ b8 a b4~ > b8 a b2. >

Re: chords name

2017-01-11 Thread Robert Schmaus
Ming, That would be g : m7.5- / f or alternatively g : min7.5- / f Cf here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-chord-modifiers Best, Robert > On 12 Jan 2017, at 04:26, MING TSANG wrote: > > dear lilyponders, > > I transcribe a score, I encounter Gm7(b5)/F and d

Re: how to differentiate F1:maj and F1:maj7

2017-01-11 Thread Robert Schmaus
That's because there is none. > On 12 Jan 2017, at 04:55, MING TSANG wrote: > > > > > dear lilyponders, > > I have the following snippet but I cannot see the difference between F1:maj > and F1:maj7 > Help is appreciated. > > God bless nImmanuel, > Ming > > > > \version "2.19.54" > \l

Re: Cluster exapnded over two systems

2017-01-28 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Amir, I'm not sure if I understand your last sentence correctly - did you mean, \makeCluster doesn't do what you need in general, or did you mean that you need to apply \makeCluster over several staffs? If you meant the latter, that is no problem. \makeCluster does work over several syst

OT: Frescobaldi crash on startup

2017-02-17 Thread Robert Schmaus
Dear List, this is not about Lilypond, so technically, I'm actually asking the wrong list. But I'm pretty sure there's someone who can help me here ... I'm using Frescobaldi 2.18 on a Mac OS 10.12.3. So far, never had any problems. But now, completely out of the blue, Frescobald won't start u

Re: OT: Frescobaldi crash on startup

2017-02-17 Thread Robert Schmaus
t 21:45:05.998738 +0100 Frescobaldi QObject::startTimer: QTimer can only be used with threads started with QThread default 21:45:05.998986 +0100 Frescobaldi QObject::startTimer: QTimer can only be used with threads started with QThread default 21:45:06.18 +0100 Frescobaldi QObject::startTimer: QTime

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
Just a thought - you apply the SpacingSpanner modifications to context \Score ... did you already try to apply those to context \ChordNames instead? That *does* change something, but I'm not sure if it is what you want ... Cool analysis, by the way! Best, Robert Am 15/03/2017 um 01:11 schrie

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread Robert Schmaus
Am 15/03/2017 um 14:54 schrieb Adam Spiers: On 15 March 2017 at 13:45, Robert Schmaus wrote: Hi Adam, you're right ... I might have changed something else. Anyway, applying the overrides to the Score seems to be the correct way. I tried your file. Maybe you'll have to insert

Re: How to shorten a tail on an eighth note?

2017-04-08 Thread Robert Schmaus
There is a technique to make the flag smaller in general: \override Flag.font-size = #-2 for instance. That what you're looking for? Best, Robert > On 8 Apr 2017, at 16:43, Joseph N. Srednicki wrote: > > Hello: > > See the example below. > > Is there a technique to shorten the tail of an

Re: emailing a pdf

2017-04-09 Thread Robert Schmaus
> >> my score becomes integrated with the email addresses etc when I go to send >> or print. > > ... but perhaps that is because the PDF is sitting on your desktop > rather than in the filesystem. Do you need to drag it into a folder? There's nothing special about the desktop ... it's just a f

Re: Apple stealing "Lily"

2017-05-02 Thread Robert Schmaus
I couldn't agree more! > On 3 May 2017, at 03:30, Andrew Bernard wrote: > > Come on guys. Lilypond is not named Lily, the app is not developed by Apple, > Apple is not stealing anything, and it has nothing to do with music engraving. > > Lilypond is not a brand and not a trademark. It's open

Re: Apple stealing "Lily"

2017-05-04 Thread Robert Schmaus
On 5 May 2017, at 07:35, Michael Gerdau wrote: > Anybody remembering apple sueing apple records for trademark infringement? Aaand we're back with some good old conspiracy theories and household paranoia. I distinctly remember Apple Corps (i.e. The Beatles) suing Apple Inc (i.e. Apple) for c

Re: Apple stealing "Lily"

2017-05-04 Thread Robert Schmaus
On 5 May 2017, at 07:35, Michael Gerdau wrote: > Anybody remembering apple sueing apple records for trademark infringement? Also, if I recall correctly, the lawsuit wasn't about trademark infringement at all. I think Apple Corps had an understanding with the newly founded Apple Inc that the

Re: OT: Apple stealing "Lily"

2017-05-06 Thread Robert Schmaus
Please cool down and stop overreacting. Well your statement, which - very possibly without any bad intention - turned around the historical facts, so admirably matched that notion that occasionally pops up also on this list ... namely that notion that everything proprietary is an attack on

Re: Asking too much: text in the staves to cross and overexpose vertical lines

2017-05-06 Thread Robert Schmaus
Check this link in the LSR: http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=969 It descibes how to create coloured backgrounds for markup. If you simply make that background white, it might be just what you want ... if the markup is set on top of everything else at least. Best, Robert Am 06.05.17 um 1

Re: One staff, two voices, two lyrics --> one above, one below

2017-05-09 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Wilhelm, Just a stab in the dark (I'm not in reach of LP right now): Context "staff" does not seem to exist at all. Does \new Staff = "staff" ... Solve the problem? Also, I'm not sure if the Lyrics contexts should be inside the staff context or rather outside of it ... and in the desired s

Re: help to tie individual note to a chord

2017-05-27 Thread Robert Schmaus
I code \stemUp for for the second group. It works but all subsequent stems are all UP. How can I stop the \stemUp for next measure onward? You can "release" the stems again with \stemNeutral. But I'm not sure if you should use \stemUp in the first place. Maybe you should actually use \voi

Re: Chords in LilyPond

2017-05-28 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Charles, how good of you to send a summary of this thread. I was very interested in it as you wrote the first mail but couldn't reply right away. And when I could, the thread had already grown so huge, I just could not keep up all posts. So it might well be that what I write has already bee

Re: Problem with repeat

2017-05-28 Thread Robert Schmaus
My advice: go over your file (I only looked at it superficially) and pepper it with bar checks and - in this case probably more importantly - bar *number* checks. Then you should find your misplaced repeat block ... Here's the manual: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/bars.e

Re: Chords in LilyPond

2017-05-29 Thread Robert Schmaus
Am 29.05.17 um 15:28 schrieb Carl Sorensen: I had not heard of quartic chords before reading this email (as I've mentioned before, I'm a music novice). It was very interesting for me to study quartic chords. But in my web search and following links, I never found anything that approached a no

Re: Halving/doubling durations

2017-06-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Peter, if you use Frescobaldi for writing your music (and I very much can recommend that!!), it has a lot of such things built in. http://www.frescobaldi.org/index.html Best, Robert Am 14.06.17 um 12:02 schrieb pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au: Hi Folks, Lots of older music is written in

Re: barNumberCheck breaks multi-measure rests?

2017-07-12 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Andrew, It's not the bar number check that breaks the MM rest, it's the separation of s1. * 17 into pieces of 9 and 8 measures that does. Why don't you insert the check at bar 18 and keep use s1. * 17 - that should be ok also. Best, Robert > On 13 Jul 2017, at 02:20, Andrew Bromage wrot

Re: Is it possible to insert a "break" in a ottava bracket?

2017-09-07 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi, I can't imagine there's any problem at all with having a \break within an "ottava-zone". have you tried it? and should it be obvious what the grace spacer is for? Best, Robert Am 07.09.17 um 18:01 schrieb Caagr98: I currently do it with the code below. It works, but it feels wrong. Is

Re: Is it possible to insert a "break" in a ottava bracket?

2017-09-07 Thread Robert Schmaus
I forgot to specify what kind of break I meant... I don't mean > a line break, but stopping the current bracket and starting a new one. > Without the grace spacer, the two brackets are merged into one. > >> On 09/07/17 18:42, Robert Schmaus wrote: >> Hi, >> I can

Frescobaldi on a Mac - Preference Files

2017-10-11 Thread Robert Schmaus
Dear List, This doesn't belong here, strictly speaking, but I don't get any answers from the Frescobaldi list. I'm looking for the place where Frescobaldi would store its preference files, namely the session informations etc. The reason for this is that I can't open Frescobaldi anymore (since

Re: Frescobaldi on a Mac - Preference Files

2017-10-11 Thread Robert Schmaus
gt; > 2017-10-11 14:23 GMT+02:00 Robert Schmaus : >> I'm looking for the place where Frescobaldi would store its preference >> files, namely the session informations etc. > > The preference file should be org.frescobaldi.frescobaldi.plist in > ~/Library/Preferences/. &

How to remove Text scripts

2017-10-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
Dear Ponderers, I need to remove text scripts in certain situations from the voices. Text scripts are engraved by the Text_engraver, so I tried to remove that from the voice, like this: -- \version "2.19.65" \score { \new Staff \new Voice \with { \remove Text_engraver } { c'1-"Text

Re: How to remove Text scripts

2017-10-15 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Kieren, I believe you're right! Thanks a lot, Best, Robert > On 14 Oct 2017, at 21:39, Kieren MacMillan > wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > I believe you’re looking for > >\with { \omit TextScript } > > Hope that helps! > Kieren. > > > Kieren MacMillan, com

Re: Any other Thunderbird users have messages never post? (WAS: Hide slur?)

2017-10-19 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Karlin, > But anyway, is anyone else using Thunderbird, and never having any > lost messages at all? I do, and I haven't ever lost a message to this (or indeed any) list. Sometimes it took a while for it to show up but I doubt that's anything to do with TBird. > If so, is your email provide

Re: rim shot

2017-10-27 Thread Robert Schmaus
Actually, I (not a drummer as well but a bassist, so close enough ...) would suggest not to translate this at all. I've never played with a dummer (german speaking) who didn't call a rim shot "rim shot". I've never heard of a "Randschlag" or indeed any German word for this percussive element ...

Re: Full bar rest R time 6/8 and 9/8

2017-12-01 Thread Robert Schmaus
I think R8*6 would be 6 bars of full measure rests in a musical segment in 1/8 time ... > On 1 Dec 2017, at 14:41, Robert Murdoch wrote: > > What about R8*6 and R8*9 for 6/8 and 9/8, respectively? > > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-us

Re: "unroll code"

2016-05-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Gianmaria, if you use Frescobaldi, there's a "Import Midi" function in the File Menu. In principle, if you produce a midi file from your original ly file, you should be able to reimport the music fully unfolded. The problem is, I've never used this function, and a quick trial just now did

Re: "unroll code"

2016-05-15 Thread Robert Schmaus
That was my first thought too, but the OP wanted to have something like \repeat unfold 3 { c d e f } unfolded into c d e f c d e f c d e f and \displayLilyMusic doesn't do that. Instead it outputs \repeat unfold 3 { c d e f } Am 15/05/16 um 18:18 schrieb Paul: On 05/15/2016 09:01 AM, Da

Re: Converting Midi to PDF, or lilypond

2016-05-19 Thread Robert Schmaus
There's a program called Musescore (free open source WYSIWYG music sheet program) that can import and render MIDI. Might be messy, depending on the complexity of the music, but that's probably the same in all programs ... Best, Robert. __ It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to

Re: Embedding LilyPond in iOS app?

2016-05-21 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi John, I'm not an iOS programmer, but fwiw, I remember a discussion about this topic from some years back. One thing that came up is that, in iOS, it's not possible (i.e., allowed) to build a iOS lilypond app which is then called from some separate text-editor app. Thus if anything, one wo

Re: Typesetting a Bach Ornament; Sarabande, French Suite 5

2016-05-22 Thread Robert Schmaus
In the OP's defense: I believe Sam wasn't talking about the \prall glyph but the in-staff symbol just to the left of the A note head that looks a bit like a tied letter c. What it is, however, I don't know ... maybe just that - the letter c? __ It is wrong always, everywhere, and for any

Re: Dynamics inside a chord?

2016-09-15 Thread Robert Schmaus
Not sure if that's also acceptable, but what *does* work is use of simultaneous voices: \version "2.19.44" \new Voice << { a } { b\p } >> Am 14/09/16 um 14:49 schrieb David Kastrup: Menu Jacques writes: Hello folks, Just for a try: \version "2.19.44" \relative { }

Re: Crash! -1073741819

2016-10-19 Thread Robert Schmaus
It could be coincidence, but there's a Windows error code of just that number: http://www.tenforums.com/general-support/9872-file-system-error-1073741819-a.html __ It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. -- William Kingdon Clifford >

Re: Unpitched notes/sounds

2016-10-19 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Jaques, This could simply refer to ghost notes, usually written with x note heads ... Best, Robert __ It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. -- William Kingdon Clifford > On 19 Oct 2016, at 17:40, Menu Jacques wrote: > > Hell

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-28 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi everyone, I've never used implicit voice assignment and I doubt I will start with it now. But since there's no real need for the ordering of voices _in the code_ to match the vertical arrangement of the _engraved_ notes (and isn't that also, what Lilypond is all about? You specify the inpu

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-28 Thread Robert Schmaus
Am 28/10/16 um 11:01 schrieb David Kastrup: Robert Schmaus writes: Hi everyone, I've never used implicit voice assignment and I doubt I will start with it now. But since there's no real need for the ordering of voices _in the code_ to match the vertical arrangement of the _engra

barNumberCheck with repeats

2016-11-08 Thread Robert Schmaus
Dear Ponderers, I've got the following question about a problem involving bar number checks and repeats. When I'm engraving a bigger project, I find it useful to employ bar number checks. I also find it very useful to use the technique of having seperate layout and midi score blocks, the latt

Re: barNumberCheck with repeats

2016-11-09 Thread Robert Schmaus
Not much of a trick. \set Score.ignoreBarChecks = ##t Ah, great - thanks David! barNumberCheck = #(define-music-function (n) (integer?) (_i "Print a warning if the current bar number is not @var{n}.") (make-music 'ApplyContext 'procedure (lambda (c)

Re: barNumberCheck with repeats

2016-11-09 Thread Robert Schmaus
Am 09/11/16 um 11:35 schrieb David Kastrup: Robert Schmaus writes: Not much of a trick. \set Score.ignoreBarChecks = ##t Ah, great - thanks David! barNumberCheck = #(define-music-function (n) (integer?) (_i "Print a warning if the current bar number is not @var{n}."

Re: Stepping down and moving on

2016-11-09 Thread Robert Schmaus
David, thank you for your fantastic work. I'm happy to hear about your new position - I hope it will be (at least) as interesting as - I think - your work on LilyPond has been. I'll miss your regular and always insight- and helpful (and at times very humorous) contributions to this list! It

Curious thing about ties

2016-11-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
Dear Ponderers, something I just came across while pondering away: in the following snippet, there are two ties across barlines. % \version "2.19.35" \score { \relative c'' { | a2 r8 a8 ( a ) b ~ | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~ | b2 r2 } } %

Re: Curious thing about ties

2016-11-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
> On 14 Nov 2016, at 21:22, Hans Åberg wrote: > > >> On 14 Nov 2016, at 21:09, Robert Schmaus wrote: >> >> I've wondered why in the first instance, the tie is a down-tie, while in the >> second it's an up-tie (see attached screenshot). Is there a

Re: Curious thing about ties

2016-11-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
> On 14 Nov 2016, at 22:27, Brian Barker wrote: > > At 21:09 14/11/2016 +0100, Robert Schmaus wrote: >> something I just came across while pondering away: in the following snippet, >> there are two ties across barlines. >> [...] >> I've wondered why in

Re: Curious thing about ties

2016-11-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
Good morning everyone, > On 15 Nov 2016, at 02:30, Andrew Bernard wrote: > I know lilypond strives to do as much good layout as it can without requiring > tweaks, but this seems a step too far. I can fully agree with the first part of your statement - for my needs, LP has always been perfect!

Re: Question from a Mac user who no longer can use Lilypond and Frescobaldi

2025-07-21 Thread Robert Schmaus
such outdated OS that >> I dual booted the device with Manjaro Linux. Didn't run like a new machine, >> but still worked flawlessly and was able to use up-to-date programs, record >> 8 audio tracks in reaper and run some shenanigans in OBS. >> >> >>

Re: Question from a Mac user who no longer can use Lilypond and Frescobaldi

2025-07-21 Thread Robert Schmaus
> still worked flawlessly and was able to use up-to-date programs, record 8 > audio tracks in reaper and run some shenanigans in OBS. > > > > > Em seg., 21 de jul. de 2025, 15:59, Robert Schmaus via LilyPond user > discussion escreveu: >> Dear Lilypond communi

Question from a Mac user who no longer can use Lilypond and Frescobaldi

2025-07-21 Thread Robert Schmaus via LilyPond user discussion
Dear Lilypond community, I have a strange question (if one could call it a question at all). I've been using Lilypond in the past quite intensively to write Jazz Music - mainly lead sheets and bigband scores. Also (for those who remember) I took part in Urs Liska's "Das Trunkne Lied" Project. N

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