Re: disabling point-and-click for displayed chords?

2013-01-15 Thread David Kastrup
Adam Spiers lilypond-u...@adamspiers.org writes: Hi all, I need to generate point-and-click links for notes but not for displayed chord names. However, \pointAndClickTypes only filters by music event class, and if my understanding is correct, events in a certain music class have no notion

Re: Mac MIDI synthesizer (was frescobaldi on mac)

2013-01-15 Thread flup2
Each time Qsynth is launched, it uses a different port, obvisously; if you had to restart it, you need to click Refresh MIDI ports and choose another Fluidsynth occurrence (the port number is shown between parenthesis). -- View this message in context:

Re: Mac MIDI synthesizer (was frescobaldi on mac)

2013-01-15 Thread Paul Morris
On Jan 15, 2013, at 4:47 AM, flup2 phili...@philmassart.net wrote: Each time Qsynth is launched, it uses a different port, obvisously; if you had to restart it, you need to click Refresh MIDI ports and choose another Fluidsynth occurrence (the port number is shown between parenthesis). Thank

Re: disabling point-and-click for displayed chords?

2013-01-15 Thread Adam Spiers
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:41 AM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Adam Spiers lilypond-u...@adamspiers.org writes: Hi all, I need to generate point-and-click links for notes but not for displayed chord names. However, \pointAndClickTypes only filters by music event class, and if my

Re: Multi measure rests vertical positioning

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Werner, I must solve everything for R manually while r works fine. Any ideas to solve that? Can you write a callback function to determine the position of the r and apply it to the R? Just a thought. Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Hiding a voice (or is there a better way?)

2013-01-15 Thread Tim Rowe
On 14 January 2013 16:41, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: james james.lilyp...@googlemail.com writes: I think that may be just a matter of setting associatedVoice. -- David Kastrup Setting associatedVoice to what? There isn't a clearly defined voice that has the vocal line (unless I

Re: The alignment of staves / systems

2013-01-15 Thread Rustik
Federico Bruni-5 wrote The attached file tries to mimic a bit your example. In the attached file distance between bottom system and the bottom edge of the page is different. On the second page there is small distance. On the first page — medium. And on last page distance between bottom system

Re: The alignment of staves / systems

2013-01-15 Thread Rustik
Phil Holmes-2 wrote Do you want this done automatically, or can you use manual line and page breaks? Please write both ways -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/The-alignment-of-staves-systems-tp139536p139591.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at

instrument definition library?

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, Is there a central library of addInstrumentDefinition entries? We shouldn't require users to reinvent the wheel on these… Thanks, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all! Has anyone successfully written multi-instrument player parts correctly (i.e., using \addInstrumentDefinition and \switchInstrument, and not manually \transpose-ing bits)? I would love to see an example, so I can fix my hacks. Even seeing this non-working [in several ways… like why

Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher R. Maden
tl;dr: How does one remove a time signature completely (not just transparent) without removing the time signature engraver? I have a song that changes time signature for the chorus (and then back, obviously, for the next verse). In the printed version, I do not want to re-assert the time

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Christopher, tl;dr: How does one remove a time signature completely (not just transparent) without removing the time signature engraver? I believe this will work: \once \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f Hope this helps! Kieren. ___

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher R. Maden
On 01/15/2013 03:40 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: tl;dr: How does one remove a time signature completely (not just transparent) without removing the time signature engraver? I believe this will work: \once \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f Thanks, Kieren. That doesn’t seem to work (in

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Christopher, That doesn’t seem to work You need to specify the context: songGlobalsVerse = { s8 \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 6/8 s2.*8 \bar || } \score { \songGlobalsVerse } Cheers, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread james
On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Christopher R. Maden wrote: On 01/15/2013 03:40 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: tl;dr: How does one remove a time signature completely (not just transparent) without removing the time signature engraver? I believe this will work: \once \override TimeSignature

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher R. Maden
On 01/15/2013 04:05 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: You need to specify the context: OK... a more complete example is attached. The time signature is invoked in songGlobalsVerse. That’s used in a Staff: songVocals = \new Staff \clef treble { \songGlobalsIntro \repeat volta 6

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread james
On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:18 PM, Christopher R. Maden wrote: On 01/15/2013 04:05 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: You need to specify the context: OK... a more complete example is attached. The time signature is invoked in songGlobalsVerse. That’s used in a Staff: songVocals = \new Staff

Feature request?

2013-01-15 Thread Jim Long
Is it possible that these constructs might one day be possible? I ran into some syncopated music today which would have been convenient to store in a variable, but it was difficult to find a viable break point because of frequent tied notes. Thanks! motifA = \relative c' { f1 ~ } \score {

Positioning of 8 under clef symbol in G_8 clef

2013-01-15 Thread Nick Payne
The default positioning of the small 8 under the clef symbol when using the treble_8 or G_8 clef is too far to the right. It looks better when the X-offset is about 0.7 staff units: % \version 2.17.10 \relative c'{ \clef G_8 \override Staff.OctavateEight.X-offset = #0.7 c d

Horizontal white space

2013-01-15 Thread Andrew Bernard
Greetings List, I would like to be able to add an arbitrary and specifiable amount of horizontal white space between selected notes, or between a note and the following bar line. Searching the doc, the list archive and the snippets repository has still left me unable to work it out. Using

Re: Removing a time signature only once

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher R. Maden
On 01/15/2013 04:27 PM, james wrote: As previously noted in kieren's email, you need to add Staff. before TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f in order to specify the context that you want the override to take place in. Yes! Thank you, James. I had not properly understood Kieren. This works now.

Re: Horizontal white space

2013-01-15 Thread Shane Brandes
My initial thought would be to use the cadenza function and then do some unpleasant arithmetic and setting \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'strict-note-spacing = ##t e2*12/5 e4*22/16 e8*5/2 f32 by which you can add amounts of white space by fooling the the length of the note which might be a

Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

2013-01-15 Thread Antonio Gervasoni
Joseph wrote: You're preaching to the converted here, I fear ... :-) Very true :-P Will you be publicly sharing your drafts? I'm sure people would be happy to give feedback and contributions on the way. Urs has almost convinced me about using Git so i't's very likely I will get a

Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

2013-01-15 Thread Urs Liska
Am 16.01.2013 00:01, schrieb Antonio Gervasoni: Joseph wrote: You're preaching to the converted here, I fear ... :-) Very true :-P Will you be publicly sharing your drafts? I'm sure people would be happy to give feedback and contributions on the way. Urs has almost convinced me about

Re: Feature request? (and bug report)

2013-01-15 Thread Jim Long
Please forgive my earlier example, which I had not tested thoroughly. Consider the example below instead, and the attached output. It shows some variations that could be useful when storing musical phrases in a variable, while retaining some flexibility with ties leading into or out of the

Re: Horizontal white space

2013-01-15 Thread Nick Payne
On 16/01/13 08:52, Andrew Bernard wrote: Greetings List, I would like to be able to add an arbitrary and specifiable amount of horizontal white space between selected notes, or between a note and the following bar line. Searching the doc, the list archive and the snippets repository has

\bar || and \repeat around a line break

2013-01-15 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Hello dear list I'm writing a score that has a \bar || at the end of a system, and a volta repeat beginning in the following system after the line break. It seems that the \bar command overwrites the |: of the following volta, making that invisible. Is there a way to get what I desire? Thank you

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Keith OHara
Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmillan at sympatico.ca writes: Has anyone successfully written multi-instrument player parts [...] using \addInstrumentDefinition and \switchInstrument [...] ? Almost certainly not. \addInstrumentDefinition is inconvenient. Google says: No results found for

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Keith, Thank you so much for the detailed and considered response. Boo. I really wish Lily would Do The Right Thing™ with regard to transposing parts. I want to be able to say \switchInstrument at any time, and easily generate C and transposed scores/parts (with all key signatures

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
p.s. It would help immensely if I could at least say \tag #'part { \transpose c d } c4 d e f and then use the tag filter to leave the transposition out of the C-score. However, this doesn't seem to work — any ideas how I can accomplish such a thing (or very similar)? Thanks, Kieren.

Bug?: position of repeat bars for volta in lyrics

2013-01-15 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Dear fellow users I'd like to ask after which rule repeat bars are placed that belong to volta repeats in lyrics blocks. Until now my observation was that volta repeats in a lyrics block cause the respective |: :| bars to appear as tightly around the enclosed lyrics as possible: - the opening

Complete syntax documentation

2013-01-15 Thread Kevin
I have searched and searched, but I can't to seem find any documentation on the actual file structure, with all the various elements, in one place. Yes, I can find out about how curly braces work, or what does, but it would be great if there was a document that listed each delimiter, what it

Re: Aleatoric / modern notation

2013-01-15 Thread Jeffrey Trevino
Hi David, I really hope this ends up in Lilypond; you've clearly put a ton of work into this. And it's even commented now! Brilliant. It seems to be working just fine; I'll holler if there are troubles. cheers, Jeff On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 10:23 AM, David Nalesnik

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Keith OHara
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:41:00 -0800, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Boo. I really wish Lily would Do The Right Thing™ with regard to transposing parts. I want [...] perhaps I'll put together an official feature request… Almost certainly, \instrumentSwitch was written

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Jay Anderson
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Keith OHara k-ohara5...@oco.net wrote: On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:41:00 -0800, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Boo. I really wish Lily would Do The Right Thing™ with regard to transposing parts. I want [...] perhaps I'll put together an

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Keith, Almost certainly, \instrumentSwitch was written in response to a similar request. If I remember correctly, Han-Wen wrote it and I paid him a bounty for it… =) you can store the music in a variable, and perform the action of transposing only where you need it. Yes, of course,

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jay, There's this: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=697 which is useful when the transposition changes mid-piece (like for clarinets, horns, and trumpets). Also you don't have to think about the 'from' pitch. You only need the 'to' pitch. That doesn't seem to handle key signatures very

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Keith OHara
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:43:04 -0800, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: I've been using it for 10 years now. Sorry, I've seen so many names they are all a jumble in my head. In that case, for the part where the player switches instruments, you'd probably like to store

Re: Complete syntax documentation

2013-01-15 Thread Nick Payne
On 16/01/13 15:07, Kevin wrote: I have searched and searched, but I can't to seem find any documentation on the actual file structure, with all the various elements, in one place. Yes, I can find out about how curly braces work, or what does, but it would be great if there was a document that

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Keith, for the part where the player switches instruments, you'd probably like to store the as-written pitches along with the transpositions. Then you can use LilyPond's quoting system to get the music in concert pitch for the C-score. Now we're getting somewhere! Thanks! I will test

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Keith, for the part where the player switches instruments, you'd probably like to store the as-written pitches along with the transpositions. Then you can use LilyPond's quoting system to get the music in concert pitch for the C-score. Now we're getting somewhere! Thanks! I will test

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread David Kastrup
Keith OHara k-ohara5...@oco.net writes: On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:43:04 -0800, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: I've been using it for 10 years now. Sorry, I've seen so many names they are all a jumble in my head. And you are not even likely to keep confusing Keith with

Re: multi-instrument parts

2013-01-15 Thread Paul Scott
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 01:48:21AM -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Keith, for the part where the player switches instruments, you'd probably like to store the as-written pitches along with the transpositions. Then you can use LilyPond's quoting system to get the music in concert

General bar setup for score

2013-01-15 Thread Maarten de Keijzer
Hi, Is it possible to create some general setup for the total number of bars within the score, including time changes? In the example I have a score with two voices on the right (piano) staff with 6/8 and 3/8 bars. When I create in one voice some rhythmic accents (like grace notes or

Re: \bar || and \repeat around a line break

2013-01-15 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 16.01.2013 04:04, schrieb Frank Steinmetzger: Hello dear list I'm writing a score that has a \bar || at the end of a system, and a volta repeat beginning in the following system after the line break. It seems that the \bar command overwrites the |: of the following volta, making that

Re: General bar setup for score

2013-01-15 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 16.01.2013 08:51, schrieb Maarten de Keijzer: Hi, Is it possible to create some general setup for the total number of bars within the score, including time changes? In the example I have a score with two voices on the right (piano) staff with 6/8 and 3/8 bars. When I create in one