Glissandi as "slides" in vocal music

2008-05-06 Thread Stephen
I am searching your archives and pages for the equivalent of slides in vocal music. The appearance of a slide is a short glissando beginning (or ending) at a note head. I have a SATB two-staff score with several slides and am wondering if there is any way to coerce these out of the glissando a

png

2005-07-01 Thread Stephen
How do I produce a png file using Lilypond 2.6.0 for Windows? Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: png

2005-07-05 Thread Stephen
For Alternative 1, you should not include the name of the program, just the path to it, but it does not work for me. Alternative 2 does work. I am using an XP PC. Stephen - Original Message - From: "Mats Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen" <

Re: note and dynamics collisions in lilypond

2005-07-06 Thread Stephen
el). CC:d to lilypond-user. On Saturday 02 July 2005 21.51, Stephen wrote: > Hi, > > Have you heard whether there is a move to eliminate collisions between > notes and dynamics? dynamics work the same way as text. Except that the properties should be set on another layout object th

Re: force accidentals

2005-07-11 Thread Stephen
major? The answer is treating the natural the same as the other two accidentals. This could be written into the accidental engraver as a standard style: #(set-accidental-style 'atonal) Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond and stability

2005-07-12 Thread Stephen
Well, that solves that problem, do you happen to know why the composer and opus fields overlap in the header? When I post to the user group, I have to remember to manually paste in the lilypond-user address. At least I think I have to. Stephen

Re: force accidentals

2005-07-12 Thread Stephen
I am not sure what the error message means: warning: accidental `5' not found How is '5' an accidental? Of course, since it's not that's why is can't be found, but how is it that it gets looked for? Stephen

Re: force accidentals

2005-07-13 Thread Stephen
way, the error messages also stopped once it started to print a key signature. Stephen \version "2.6.0" atonicKey = #(def-music-function (parser location) () #{ #(ly:export (make-music 'EventChord 'origin $location

Re: opening files with Notepad

2005-07-14 Thread Stephen
ws endings back to unix style line endings for when I make a patch on the sources. Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

COMMENT LIMITER UNE PARTITION A UNE NOMBRE ENTIER DE PAGES ?

2005-07-27 Thread Stephen
En englais: A well-placed /break or /pageBreak may do it. I use: betweensystempadding = -1\mm bottommargin = 6\mm or perhaps (peut-etre) linewidth = 164\mm to control where page breaks will be placed. Ne rien, Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing

inputencoding = "TeX"

2005-08-01 Thread Stephen
How does the Embedding TeX commands snippet work in 2.6 - .7? http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=107 Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: convert-ly problem

2005-08-01 Thread Stephen
needs and let the other users see for themselves how that makes Lilypond more useful for everyone in the long run rather than try to anticpate the needs of the fictional "general user". Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-us

Re: Staff.alignAboveContext and volta brackets

2005-08-01 Thread Stephen
- Original Message - From: "Nicolas Sceaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Staff.alignAboveContext and volta brackets "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Re: Staff.alignAboveContext and volta brackets

2005-08-01 Thread Stephen
- Original Message - From: "Nicolas Sceaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Staff.alignAboveContext and volta brackets "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

using oneVoice vs force-hshift in polyphany and alternatives

2006-04-19 Thread Stephen
aving them in effect? Stephen Vier.png Description: PNG image \version "2.8.0" \paper { #(set-paper-size "a5") indent = 0\mm } upper = { \time 3/8 \key b \minor << {fis'4( ~ fis'16 a') | } \\ {fis'16( \tieUp d' ~ \once \override

Re: using oneVoice vs force-hshift in polyphany and alternatives

2006-04-20 Thread Stephen
From: "Mats Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 12:24 AM Subject: Re: using oneVoice vs force-hshift in polyphany and alternatives Quoting Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Sure, the notes a

Re: using oneVoice vs force-hshift in polyphany and alternatives

2006-04-20 Thread Stephen
From: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:54 PM Subject: using oneVoice vs force-hshift in polyphany and alternatives Sure, the notes are in the right place. The interaction between the various parts is baffling though. Using \oneVoice to se

Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

2006-04-20 Thread Stephen
. So the stem length is calculated differently. I think the difference in stem-length between stems with different flag-counts has been revised. Browsing the documentation, lengths still exists, but has been taken out the the 'User settable properties' list. It is in the &#

Re: using oneVoice vs force-hshift in polyphany and alternatives

2006-04-20 Thread Stephen
By the way, comparing the output between 2.6 and 2.8, I notice that slurs are improved. Stephen From: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:54 PM Subject: using oneVoice vs force-hshift in polyphany and alternatives Sure, the notes are in the

Hara_kiri_engraver

2006-05-02 Thread Stephen
How do I specifiy a specific Staff? \remove "Axis_group_engraver" \consists"Hara_kiri_engraver" I don't want this to apply to the PianoStaff. Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/

Re: Hara_kiri_engraver

2006-05-02 Thread Stephen
- Original Message - From: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 12:14 AM Subject: Hara_kiri_engraver How do I specifiy a specific Staff? I found the answer: use \with to bind a layout command to a specific Staff. My score block looks li

Re: different notehead styles

2006-05-09 Thread Stephen
Why am I getting an attachment with no cover letter? I don't open attachments unless I know what it is. Stephen - Original Message - From: "Matevz Jekovec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 6:02 PM Subject: Re: diff

Re: I'm having problem coloring notes

2006-05-10 Thread Stephen
the notes manually into a chord. Using: \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #0.0 within different polyphonic lines. Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Piano and Solo

2006-05-11 Thread Stephen
r any help. Tomas Valusek Remember that if you add lyrics the lyrics will take its own space and you'd probably be happy with the default then. Stephen ___ lily

Re: Have the fonts changed?

2006-05-13 Thread Stephen
-fonts could still be used with Lilypond, yet I have not found a way to switch to a font other than truetype or opentype on Windows. Stephen I can use ViewPS (in emacs) of course, so it's not a big problem, but I was wondering all the same. One last thing: When I aired the question

Re: Codas - STILL can't get it right...

2006-05-17 Thread Stephen
adding = #0.5 \mark "Fine" I changed the font-size because the default fontsize for \mark is larger than for \markup. That is one of the only differences besides where they attach the text. Stephen and (b) last time I attached something like that to a R1*8 it looked rather silly ..

Re: Moving text on multibar rest

2006-05-17 Thread Stephen
, and how can I do it? Try using a rehearsal mark left-aligned to the preceeding barline: \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #left \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'font-size = #0 Stephen Peter C ___ lilypond-user

Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

2006-05-18 Thread Stephen
ss \transposition c'' \transpose c c, { \relative c' { c d es f } } } \book { \score { \staffTrombone \layout { indent = 0\mm } \midi { } } } Try compiling the example before making any comments. Stephen staffTrombone = { \key c \major

using ec-font-mftraced for headers only

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen
2.4? Also, which font was that? Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Codas - STILL can't get it right...

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen
From: "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:29 PM On 17-May-06, at 8:42 AM, Stephen wrote: K, I get the error message 'The PostScript backend does not support the 'classic' framework. Use the EPS backend instead, lilypond

Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen
ombone using the treble clef, you are right in assuming that you will avoid making mistakes if you first use the treble clef and then switch to the bass clef after you have proof-read it. Stephen Afterwars I wanted to transpose everything with one command into a bass clef staff with approp

Re: Connecting notes on separate staves...

2006-05-20 Thread Stephen
\override Stem #'flag-style = #'no-flag \tieDown   ais, ~ | ais,8 s }   >>   I also used this number:      \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #-0.6484375   Essentially a magic number of some kind that I found by trial and error. Stephen  

Re: convert-ly detailed steps for use by a non programmer.

2006-05-22 Thread Stephen
d files in a directory at once, you can type: convert-ly -e *.ly Stephen This will update the syntax of the file. A copy of the original will be saved with the name myfile.ly~ /Mats alanvw wrote: Hi all, Would someone kindly give detailed directions on how to use the "convert-ly&qu

Re: Page layout frustration

2006-05-23 Thread Stephen
t puts the title as well as instrument on subsequent sheets, etc etc). I can't help you here, but you should attach the piece you are working on so we can see the details. The header ordinarily will not print on more than the first page. Stephen Cheers, Wol ___

Re: Connecting notes on separate staves...

2006-05-23 Thread Stephen
de Stem #'flag-style = #'no-flag \stemUp \tieUp d, ~ | d,4 }   \\ {s8. \override Stem #'flag-style = #'no-flag \tieDown   ais, ~ | ais,8 s }   >> I also used this number:    \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #-0.6484375 Essentially a magic number of som

Re: Connecting notes on separate staves...

2006-05-23 Thread Stephen
Belatedly, I remember that (taking a cue from the definition of \oneVoice) there is way other than \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #0.0 : \revert NoteColumn #'horizontal-shift   There is a subtle distinction between the two. But what is it?   Stephen - Origin

Re: German text characters

2006-05-24 Thread Stephen
s that you can make UTF-8 encoding the default if you use jEdit. I don't think you can change NotePad's default behavior of saving everything as ANSI initially, although it respects and preserves whatever text format it is in after you change it. Stephen Cheers, - Graham

Re: German Text Characters

2006-05-24 Thread Stephen
for me), and save it with UTF-8 encoding. Just to explain further, you can switch the default encoding in jEdit to UTF-8 by going to Utilities/Global Options/Default character encoding: second line from the top. Stephen 2. lilypond your score and voila! I have been typesetting al kinds o

Re: German text characters

2006-05-25 Thread Stephen
From: "bears388" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:00 AM Dear Both, Coincidentally found the answer to my problem by reading the maillist archive and fiddling around! It's very similar to the solution given by Stephen, to whom many thanks! Here&#x

Re: multiple \mark items on a single measure

2006-05-26 Thread Stephen
My first reponse is of course you can have only one mark per barline. Try combining everything in one \mark statement. Perhaps if you placed each mark in a separate layer it could work, but Lilypond can't know what priority each mark gets otherwise. Stephen From: "Kieren Richard

Re: Mixed questions

2006-05-26 Thread Stephen
the repeat alternative is similiarly required for every poplular song. Someone must have solved this already. I have to say that this new example is nicely simplified.   Stephen - Original Message - From: Matthijs Frankena To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006

Re: Mixed questions

2006-05-31 Thread Stephen
One solution (or perhaps the solution) is to use two scores, but I do not know how to ensure equal spacing between all staves then.   Stephen - Original Message - From: Matthijs Frankena To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 9:30 AM Subject: Re

Re: multiple \mark items on a single measure

2006-05-31 Thread Stephen
- Original Message - From: "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kieren Richard MacMillan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "User's List LilyPond" Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: Re

DynamicText Tweaks

2006-06-03 Thread Stephen
Is it possible to lighten the DynamicText font as well as shrinking it. This will only shrink it and I would like to 'unbold it' as well: \override DynamicText #'font-size = #-3 \override DynamicText #'font-series

lilypond-2.4.7-1

2006-06-06 Thread Stephen
How do I install 2.4.7 from http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/cygwin/uploads/lilypond/ ? Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: lilypond-2.4.7-1

2006-06-06 Thread Stephen
- Original Message - From: "Shamus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:32 AM Subject: Re: lilypond-2.4.7-1 Stephen wrote: How do I install 2.4.7 from http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/c

Re: barline problem

2006-06-14 Thread Stephen
e PDF files certainly are perfectly readable and legible, so therefore, I don't think it is sad or even undesireable to have the slight aliasing issues you see. After all, 72 dpi will always be inferior to 300 dpi no matter how you slice it. If Lilypond is optimized for 300 dpi, that is a goo

Re: barline problem

2006-06-14 Thread Stephen
- Original Message - From: "Walter Hofmeister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: Re: barline problem On 6/14/06 9:42 AM, "Erik Sandberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 14 June 2006 17:25, Stephe

Re: barline problem

2006-06-14 Thread Stephen
pening my PDF file and thinking "ick", I want them to open it up and think, ah, nice.then if they like it, print it out. You have to look very carefully to see what you are talking about. Lilypond looks very nice in PDF. As already stated, the best way to display a sample onlin

Re: barline problem

2006-06-14 Thread Stephen
x27; mean if you are trying to look at it at 72 dpi? Stephen Walter ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user ___ lilypond-user mailing lis

Re: Figured bass and leading note

2005-03-23 Thread Stephen
you working on that uses figured bass? Stephen - Original Message - From: "Mats Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Julien Salort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "lilypond devel" ; Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:11 AM Subject: Re: Figured bass

Re: Left align first word of lyrics

2015-12-29 Thread Stephen
k that this would help me greatly. Kindest regards, Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Instruments with Diatonic Fretting

2008-05-27 Thread Stephen Seifert
more fruitful? THANK YOU, Stephen Seifert ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

transparent background in lilypond generated png's

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

Re: transparent background in lilypond generated png's

2008-08-31 Thread Stephen Corey
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:00:02 +, Stephen Corey wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using Lilypond regularly for several years now with great > satisfaction. Recently, I've begun using lilypond generated png files > in powerpoint presentations and I'd like to know i

Re: overhead projection of lilypond scores

2008-10-21 Thread Stephen Corey
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:01:34 +0100, Gerry Prosser wrote: > when teaching a congregation a new worship song, it would be rather nice > to project the melody line onto the screen as well as the words. But > black-on-white is a projection disaster. It really needs to be yellow > staff/text on a blue

Re: Whatis on the fly

2007-08-01 Thread Stephen Corey
As an American, I have to say that with so many of these expressions, the meanings can change considerably based on the context. In this particular instance, the writer wants to be able to apply a single statement or rule and have the staves appear and disappear on their own without any further in

Automatic accidental rule

2008-03-13 Thread Stephen Lavelle
cally. So { c cs cs c } would, when rendered, have a sharps on the two middle notes, and a natural on the fourth. It's not the end of the world if I can't do it, but I figured it was worth asking about. Cheers, Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailin

Proportional notation/spacetime notation

2008-03-13 Thread Stephen Lavelle
the ideal would to have the proportions make sense globally, and not just within individual bars. Has anybody else here wrestled with this? Peace, Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Automatic accidental rule

2008-03-13 Thread Stephen Lavelle
Ah, I set extraNatural to false (which isn't a detail I mentioned before), and then (after remembering to put it in each voice) I get exactly what I want. Fantastic. Cheers, Stephen (sorry if this is the second copy I sent to you dude; I've not used gmail with mailing lists before

New user question

2005-10-14 Thread Kress, Stephen
greatly appreciated.  Thanks!  Especially for all the great work! Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

First Measure bar

2005-10-20 Thread Kress, Stephen
bols in this order: 1.  Clef 2.  Time signature 3.  Open repeat 4.  The rest of the music. Thanks for any help you can provide. Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

RE: First Measure bar

2005-10-21 Thread Kress, Stephen
EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Fri 10/21/2005 1:54 PM To: Mats Bengtsson Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org; VSD; Kress, Stephen Subject: Re: First Measure bar On 21-Oct-05, at 1:07 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > I hope you have a good reason to deviate from standard music > typesetting > practice. As far as I

Re: Scribus - alternative to lilybook?

2005-11-03 Thread Stephen Corey
syntax but I can't complain. You have done a wonderful job with this software. I'd be interested in helping to support getting this Scribus feature up and running. Also, are there any user groups in the Eastern U.S. or parties interested in perh

Measure confusion

2005-11-08 Thread Kress, Stephen
roblems before them are still there. I'm not doning anything complicated at all here so I am at a loss as to why lilypond stops drawing bar lines and stops counting properly (or at least gives the appearance of not counting rignt). Any help would be very much appreciated.  Thanks! Stephen

FW: Measure confusion

2005-11-08 Thread Kress, Stephen
rking with the score), then LilyPond will print a warning every time it finds bar that does not end where you put the |. However, here it shouldn't be hard to find the problem anyway, since the b4 in bar 71 begins an 8th before the bar line.     /Mats Kress, Stephen wrote: > > All, > &g

formatting for tabloid size paper

2005-11-14 Thread Stephen Corey
top half of score off the page -gaps between pages, 7-8 measures missing between pages This score is handled perfectly in letter format so I'm sure it is just a matter of getting the right settings for tabloid. If anyone has already worked through this issue, I'd greatly appreciate your

[Fwd: formatting for tabloid size paper]

2005-11-14 Thread Stephen Corey
atter of getting the right settings for tabloid. If anyone has already worked through this issue, I'd greatly appreciate your input. Stephen Corey Richmond, Virginia USA --- End Message --- ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http:/

formatting for tabloid size paper

2005-11-14 Thread Stephen Corey
input. Using Lilypond 2.6.3 with jEdit 2.4 on 64 Bit Suse 10.0 Stephen Corey Richmond, Virginia USA ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Lilypond missing note head files

2005-12-08 Thread Stephen Torri
ly new user problem so I am open to advice or being pointed to a FAQ. Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond missing note head files

2005-12-09 Thread Stephen Torri
On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 09:19 +0100, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > It's certainly not a FAQ, I cannot recall having seen this very problem > before. However, you can get much more help from the mailing list if you > - Tell what operating system you use Gentoo Linux (2005.1) > - Tell how you installed Lil

Putting a TabStaff and Staff on same sheet with lyrics

2005-12-09 Thread Stephen Torri
m not sure how to properly write out the lyrics yet in lilypond. Stephen -- \version "2.6.5" global= { \time 2/2 \key a \minor } %--- % First guitar (regular) %-- firstGuitar = \context

Re: Putting a TabStaff and Staff on same sheet with lyrics

2005-12-09 Thread Stephen Torri
context. > Also, I suggest that you look in the manual about \chordmode > before you start to use text markup to that effect. Thanks for the pointer. Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ lilypo

Lyric word spanning two notes

2005-12-12 Thread Stephen Torri
rror message about my lyrics mode line because I believe its expecting four words or syllables for measure #3. How do I tell lilypond to be please let 'si' be one count in 2/2 time and 'lience' be for one count? Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed me

Re: Lyric word spanning two notes

2005-12-13 Thread Stephen Torri
x27; a' f | } } } %------- % Score %--- \score { << \firstGuitar \lyricsto "GuitarOne" \new Lyrics \words \secondGuitar>> \layout {} } Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Re:Lyric word spanning two notes (Stephen Torri)

2005-12-13 Thread Stephen Torri
o produce guitar music for hymns that don't have it so I want to try and learn on my own for starters. Thanks. Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lyric word spanning two notes

2005-12-13 Thread Stephen Torri
the thirdVerse variable? Stephen --- \version "2.6.5" global= { \time 2/2 } %--- % First guitar (regular) %-- firstGuitar = \context Staff { \set Staff.instrument = "Guitar 1 " \contex

Re: Lyric word spanning two notes

2005-12-13 Thread Stephen Torri
On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 23:43 -0500, Gordon Gilbert wrote: > Hi Stephen! > > I compiled your piece and the only workaround I can see for what you want > is to type "host-of" to get those two words on the same note -- lily > thinks a hyphen is simply part of a word (

Re: Lyric word spanning two notes

2005-12-14 Thread Stephen Torri
On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 23:51 -0800, Graham Percival wrote: > On 13-Dec-05, at 10:30 PM, Stephen Torri wrote: > > > It works but its not ideal. If indeed lilypond is trying to engrave > > music in the right way then I should not need a hyphen to make it put > > two words

example of including lyrics into seperate files

2005-12-14 Thread Stephen Torri
lilypond file (piece.ly) and a instrument file (guitar1.ly). I can print out the master score using score.ly and an instrument using guitar1.ly. Any idea of how to insert the lyrics into the score.ly and guitar1.ly respectively"? Stephen piece.ly \version "2.6.

Re: example of including lyrics into seperate files

2005-12-15 Thread Stephen Torri
rics for guitar 2 but I luck out this time that the timing is the same but different notes. So I can use the lyrics in guitar2.ly. Thanks for the information. Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ lilypond-us

Using chord names instead of ^"name" in the music

2005-12-18 Thread Stephen Torri
t out chords on sheet music. I don't need the note only the name. Does this make sense? Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

footnotes on output sheet

2005-12-19 Thread Stephen Torri
syntax to do this. Do I need to put my lilypond doc into a latex doc and try it that way? Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: footnotes on output sheet

2005-12-19 Thread Stephen Torri
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 17:14 +0100, Thies Albrecht wrote: > Hi Stephen! > > > Some text is aligned on the > > left and right side of the page as if the foot note was split into two > > columns... > Do mean something like > > copyright = \markup \fill-line {{

Re: Using chord names instead of ^"name" in the music

2005-12-19 Thread Stephen Torri
27; to indicate a half measure and got the results I wanted. Aside on the slur how do you slur chord names? For example how do I get away with no repeating the Am chord in the second measure. Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part _

Unable to tie chords together in chordmode

2005-12-23 Thread Stephen Torri
event: `TieEvent' harmonies = \chordmode { g1 ~ | g1 | d1 } Here is my chord line: harmonies = \chordmode { g1~ | g1 | d1 } What am I doing wrong? Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed me

Re: Unable to tie chords together in chordmode

2006-01-02 Thread Stephen Torri
be inserted so that the chord name following it would be properly spaced. Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Unable to tie chords together in chordmode

2006-01-02 Thread Stephen Torri
something like > > \chordmode{ c1*3:dim7 ... } > >/Mats No I did not realize I could use the multiplication symbol '*' to adjust the duration. Thanks. Stephen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ lily

Strum notation

2006-01-04 Thread Stephen Torri
s can pick this up easy but I feel that beginners or people new to a song do well by having things written down. So I am looking for a notation that tells me to strum either up or down for a certain period of time. For example strum down once per beat in a 4/4 time

Re: Strum notation

2006-01-04 Thread Stephen Torri
.asp Another similar to above http://www.acousticguitar.com/lessons/Simple_Sync/3.shtml - example #2 - This example uses arrows on a Tabulature to denote direction and which strings are hit by the pick. http://www.teachguitar.com/content/tmbasi

Re: Strum notation

2006-01-05 Thread Stephen Torri
type of notation > >\override NoteHead #'style = #'slash Thanks. Do you know how I can indicate whether the musician should be strumming down or up? Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Lilytool broke: any suggestions?

2006-01-08 Thread Stephen Corey
e only group I know that relates to Lilytool in any way. BTW, I love Lilypond! And just in case anyone has helpful tips, I'd love to try Denemo but have never been able to satisfy the build requirements on this machine. Thanks, Stephen Corey Here is the context of a BeanShell Error wi

Re: Lilytool broke: any suggestions?

2006-01-08 Thread Stephen Corey
> Briefly: > Lilytool, I think the old name was Lilypondtool, version 2.7 is no longer > on the jEdit website. Version 2.9 requires jdk 5.0 which I downloaded > from Sun and installed, presumably with no problems. From: Tim Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Stephen Corey

Re: Lilytool broke: any suggestions?

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Corey
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:50:25 +0200, Tapio Tuovila wrote: > Stephen Corey kirjoitti: >> >> Tried Tim's suggestions and he is correct and this does at least seem to >> be the bulk of the problem. I have read that there are still some issues >> with java and x86_64

Upgrading from 2.6 to 2.8

2006-04-07 Thread Kress, Stephen
t not to be compatable with 2.8) along with it and removing lilypond dit not remove ghostscript.  I need to check if guile also has the same issue... So, if you are on Linux and move from 2.6 to 2.8, make sure your ghostscript (and probably guile) installation is up-to-date. Stephen 2006-04-07,

RE: LilyPond and OpenDocument

2006-05-03 Thread Kress, Stephen
Title: RE: LilyPond and OpenDocument Is there a reason you can't use     lilypond --backend=eps myfile.ly ?  This should create an EPS file which OO knows how to import.  If you want the ability to edit what LP puts out, this won't give you what you need, though.  If you're actually making

Changing where lyrics are layout on sheet

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen Torri
the measure. Attached is the files for the song. I used lilypond 2.8 so you just have to type 'make' and all will be built. Look at the master.pdf. You will notice that the fifth lyrics start at the beginning of the piece and not with the repeat for the 5th time through the piece

Re: Changing where lyrics are layout on sheet

2006-05-19 Thread Stephen Torri
On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 00:06 -0500, Stephen Torri wrote: > I have a piece of music for church which had a key change only for the > 5th measure. Never send emails after 10 pm. Go to bed instead. Bah! I mean to say that the key change occurs when playing the piece for the 5th time. So ke

Re: Changing where lyrics are layout on sheet

2006-05-20 Thread Stephen Torri
interesting results (e.g. partial measure printed on the bottom of the page). Another is that the PDFs produced have the character 'm' for all the chord names when printed. The PS files seem to be a bit large as if set for A4 paper. I have a Samsung 2251N printer. Attached is my pres

Re: Changing where lyrics are layout on sheet

2006-05-20 Thread Stephen Torri
On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 22:59 +0200, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > Stephen Torri wrote: > > > > >One of my issues now is how to make the number of measures per line the > >same. I tried to use the \break and \pageBreak but the layout went > >crazy. Lilypond created pages la

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