Re: Constant space between title (header) and 1st system

2008-06-10 Thread madMuze
the following assumes you've checked out http://www.nabble.com/Controlling-vertical-spacing-exactly---mini-HOWTO-to8419399.html and decided against calculating the Y-offset of every staff on every page. my current kludge: \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'Y-extent = #'(0.0 . X.X) where X.X

measures with one timing event

2009-01-26 Thread madMuze
Version 2.12 has this new feature: "Notes or rests, such as a typical end note, that fill an entire measure are preceded by some more space." The amount of "more space" varies with how loose / tight the line is (which is a good thing) but for me, it's a bit too much overall. Is there a way to c

Re: measures with one timing event

2009-01-26 Thread madMuze
What speedy and helpful service; Thanks, Patrick! Casual experimentation leads me to think the values have these meanings: -1 (or less) = no space at all between bar line and event (note or rest) 0 = no added space (as set by pre-2.12 versions) 1 = default added space (the "some more" mention

need spanner-bound data for slur control points

2009-02-26 Thread madMuze
With much gratitude to Neil Puttock (http://www.nabble.com/flatten-ties-~-proportional-notation.-to21076458.html#a21080158), I've learned how to set some slur control points based on the staff position of the first note: defining noteLeft as (ly:grob-parent (ly:grob-original grob) X) makes it po

Re: Aligning lyrics when music portion is polyphonic

2009-02-27 Thread madMuze
>Side note: wouldn't it be possible to make <<{}\\{}>> an abbreviation to >this? It is easier to write and remind. I have these three entries in my definitions file: vSpl = #(define-music-function (parser location vOne vTwo) (ly:music? ly:music?) #{ << { \voiceOne $vOne } \new Voice { \vo

Re: Forcing markup to be IN the staff

2009-03-03 Thread madMuze
>How can I force this collision? The manual mentions setting outside-staff-priority = ##f to keep slurs from interfering with your goal ( http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Curves#index-slurs Positioning text markups inside slurs ). I've also found setting X-extent and Y-ex

Re: (Retry) LilyPond ignoring \break... what did I do wrong?

2009-05-18 Thread madMuze
Once you've finished typesetting, you could also include: \paper { system-count = 4 } the number being of course equal to the number of lines you want (and 1 more than the number of \break commands). David Hi Tim, There's a snippet in the Notation Reference that may be able to help

RE: How to really center a text above a note?

2009-05-24 Thread madMuze
perhaps a Schemer could pull the X-extent info from the attachment point notehead, divide it by 2 and send that to the offset. Meanwhile, it may to helpful to know that: quarter-note head width = about 1.31 half-note head width = about 1.39 whole-note head width = about 1.96 (in staff space uni

Re: Tweaking end-of-line time signature?

2009-05-25 Thread madMuze
Trevor, I've sometimes needed to adjust the location of clefs without affecting the next line, and this seems to work (function found on http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Scheme-functions#Scheme-functions): meterNuj = #(define-music-function (parser location muvIt) (numbe

Re: Tweaking end-of-line time signature?

2009-05-26 Thread madMuze
glad that helped, Trevor! I totally agree with your concept of enclosing two commands in (...) as a combined TRUE, but it doesn't work for me, either. Being an entire fake at scheme and having no pride, I've resorted to repeating the entire IF construct: (if (<= (ly:item-b

Re: Controlling MIDI output and chords

2009-10-29 Thread madMuze
>I'm guessing that it's probably >something along the lines of removing the Note_performer from the MIDI >output, but I tried that and it doesn't seem to work. It's not clear how you removed the Note_performer; have you tried: \midi { \context { \ChordNameVoice \remove No

Re: Musica ficta

2010-03-14 Thread madMuze
scheme guides I've used (found with a search engine): http://www.cs.hut.fi/Studies/T-93.210/schemetutorial/schemetutorial.html scheme tutorial by Catharina Candolin [clearly laid out] http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/dorai/t-y-scheme/t-y-scheme.html teach yourself scheme in fixnum days [

Lilypond on IMSLP

2010-09-04 Thread madMuze
“Troisième livre d’orgue des huit tons de l’eglise” by Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers is now available at http://imslp.org/wiki/Troisi%C3%A8me_livre_d%E2%80%99orgue_des_huit_tons_de_l%E2%80%99%C3%A9glise_%28Nivers,_Guillaume-Gabriel%29 imslp . The music (but not the prefatory text) was typeset in Lilyp

Re: straneg position of note-column

2010-10-09 Thread madMuze
>Look at the attached image-file! This is likely due to the 2.12 feature 'full-measure-extra-space, discussed here: http://old.nabble.com/measures-with-one-timing-event-to21661126.html#a21661126 measures with one timing event . You might try \score { << \override Score.Non

Re: Absolute size for \epsfile, i.e. independent of global-staff-size

2014-04-27 Thread madMuze
Greetings, Rutger: Rather than query the font size, I use a simple calculation on the global staff size: In the individual files, globalSize = 18 % or 20 or 15, or what-you-will In the file of included definitions (thus always accessible): mgnStf = #(/ 20 globalSize) Then the eps file is dealt

Re: engraving question - slur across notes sung to different syllabes?

2011-02-19 Thread madMuze
... The only thing i can come up with is that he wants the notes to be sung legato, so maybe it would be best to simply write "legato" above notes? ... Perhaps the composer wants portamento here, not simply legato. If so, I'd be inclined (as others have suggested) to use phrasing slurs to encour

Re: Using #(define fonts) gives me an ill-looking feta font

2011-03-08 Thread madMuze
Hello, I am using Mac OS X (in case that matters) and I am having an issue where using the following construct in a \paper block: myStaffSize = #24 #(define fonts (make-pango-font-tree "Baskerville" "Optima" "Courier"

Re: Removing accidentals from a voice

2011-03-15 Thread madMuze
> 2 voices, set voiceOne/voiceTwo Phil, When using separate voices, I've used: accN = { \once \override Voice.Accidental #'stencil = ##f \once \override Voice.Accidental #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0) } Then, in whatever voice needs an invisible accidental, it would be: \accN cs4 I've n

Re: timing false in one staff only?

2011-03-26 Thread madMuze
> I want a staffgroup with: > > *top is a reduction of some music > > *bottom is a line of notes - like a series > > I don't want the bottom staff to synchronize with the top (ie I want the > notes to be evenly spaced, regardless of what's going on in the top staff) Damian, Weirdly enough, I ne

Re: timing false in one staff only?

2011-03-26 Thread madMuze
>thanks for the tip David, but I can't get it to work... oy, Damian, sorry for the grief. Note that in your example, it would be \rhyFloat #4 #4... as there are four eighth notes in the time of four, making this command trivial and unnecessary. I've been using this to show unequal amounts of tim

Re: timing false in one staff only? [also with picture]

2011-03-27 Thread madMuze
Glad that project is not on my desk! However, having little to do while we patiently salivate for version 2.14: http://old.nabble.com/file/p31251873/test.png test.png \version "2.12.2" % because of the timing abuse, bars happen everywhere, % so here is a handy way to insert only as needed. barS

Re: timing false in one staff only? [no longer with picture, just mental flailing]

2011-03-27 Thread madMuze
>I used to do this kind of thing with NoteWriter - remember that? no, but I do remember being able to size a region manually in SCORE; we give up some flexibility for this elegant spacing system. Just had a quick thought and then must rush out: Could the analysis noteheads be set in a markup (e

Re: position of the little '8' in bass clef

2011-04-02 Thread madMuze
> Is there a way to lower the '8' to right above the clef? In your definitions file, you could have: clfBsUp = { \override Staff.OctavateEight #'extra-offset = #'(-0.3 . -1.2) \clef "bass^8" } In the music, you would type: \clfBsUp Adjust the extra-offset numbers to s

Re: Fwd: Dividing ties and adjusting ties in an arpeggiated chord

2011-04-02 Thread madMuze
>It will be interesting to see if it works >in this example where there is more than one tie at a time. >That potentially answers half my question. I wonder if anyone knows >how to alter the curve of the ties in this situation. Oh dear, but you are asking for it ! If one is adept with scheme, som

Re: programming error: cannot align on self: empty element

2011-04-09 Thread madMuze
> \tempo 4 = 72 > \override Score.MetronomeMark #'stencil = ##f Nick, I've been using: tpoMidi = #(define-music-function (parser location bUnit rayt) (number? number?) #{ \once \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \set Score.tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:m

Re: How to prevent page number appearing on back of title page?

2011-04-16 Thread madMuze
>If I add a blank page on the back of the ToC, >so that the first piece starts on a right-hand page, I'm getting a page >number of 0 appearing on that supposedly blank page. How can I prevent >that? I've been using: % hdr-delay #(define (hdr-delay layout props arg) (define (ance

Re: slur collides with ledger line & grace note size

2011-04-16 Thread madMuze
>I have been unable to determine how to change the size of grace notes. >>From another thread >>> : see the grace >>> settings in *.../ly/engraver-init.ly*, line 638. >>> All the preset properties for grace notes are listed and set. >>Is this what you were looking for? And in your style fil

Re: Silencing a chordlist midi channel

2011-08-21 Thread madMuze
I still find this works: http://old.nabble.com/Controlling-MIDI-output-and-chords-to26107465.html#a26107940 http://old.nabble.com/Controlling-MIDI-output-and-chords-to26107465.html#a26107940 i.e. \midi { \context { \ChordNameVoice \remove Note_performer } } Dav

Re: Printed time signature symbol different from actual time signature, how?

2012-09-02 Thread madMuze
In your definitions file, you might try: tsCut = { \once \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print \once \override Score.TimeSignature #'text = \markup { \musicglyph #"timesig.C22" } } and, if you need it: tsCommon = { \once \override Score.Time

Re: Google

2019-03-21 Thread madMuze
Not sure which chorale gave it the idea for all those parallel ninths. Should I be worried about my career? -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-

Re: Snippet 888 string, was Re: Lyric centre-on-word / ignore-punctuation bug

2018-02-24 Thread madMuze
>> What I haven't figured out is why there are two long dashes As davidK pointed out, three dash forms are probably desired: the hyphen, the N-dash, and the M-dash. It does look like an extra M-dash at the beginning of your string (or is that some character code masquerading as a dash?). The space

Re: Silencing chordNames

2017-07-19 Thread madMuze
I seem to remember answering this on the forum before, and with information I found on this forum, but not knowing what search terms to suggest right off, here is the code I use in 2.18 (in blissful anticipation of the new stability...): \midi { \context{ \ChordNameVoice