Re: Complete syntax documentation

2013-10-13 Thread Paul Morris
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. Have you come across this page on file structure? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/file-structure HTH, -Paul

Re: Stand alone guitar chord diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
2013/10/12 Kevin Tough ke...@toughlife.org In my course documentation I will need a flexible means to generate chord diagrams. I would be greatly surprised that Lilypond could be used for this but perhaps someone has experience with this and would make a suggestion as to what I might use. I'm

Re: Stand alone guitar chord diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread SoundsFromSound
Or do you mean something like this, with notes as well? \version 2.17.24 global = { \time 4/4 \key c \major } chordNames = \chordmode { \global c1 g1 e1 d1 } melody = \relative c'' { \global c4 d e f g g f g e g a g d d d d } \score { \new ChordNames

Re: Stand alone guitar chord diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
don't forget this after the \version statement: \include predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly 2013/10/13 SoundsFromSound soundsfromso...@gmail.com Or do you mean something like this, with notes as well? \version 2.17.24 global = { \time 4/4 \key c \major } chordNames = \chordmode

[OT] guitar scales

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
Hi this is OT because I think that what I'm looking for cannot be done in LilyPond. I'd like to generate some guitar scales, as you can see here: http://archives.mikeerickson.net/guitar-scales/#/scales/A/minor But I'd like to be able to print them in PDF and change the layout of the grids. Do

Re: [OT] guitar scales

2013-10-13 Thread David Kastrup
Federico Bruni fedel...@gmail.com writes: Hi this is OT because I think that what I'm looking for cannot be done in LilyPond. I'd like to generate some guitar scales, as you can see here: http://archives.mikeerickson.net/guitar-scales/#/scales/A/minor Well, LilyPond certainly can be coaxed

Re: [OT] guitar scales

2013-10-13 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/10/13 Federico Bruni fedel...@gmail.com: Hi this is OT because I think that what I'm looking for cannot be done in LilyPond. I'd like to generate some guitar scales, as you can see here: http://archives.mikeerickson.net/guitar-scales/#/scales/A/minor But I'd like to be able to print

Lilypond.org

2013-10-13 Thread Phil Holmes
Is anyone else having difficulties accessing lilypond.org? If I try from a browser from any one of 3 machines here (Windows Vista, 7 and Ubuntu), browsers Chrome, Firefox and IE, I'm told the site can't be accessed. If I use either of 2 programs I wrote, they download the page OK. If I try

Re: Lilypond.org

2013-10-13 Thread Robert Schmaus
I can't access it either (on Mac 10.7 / Safari). No message, just a blank page ... Am 10/13/13 1:50 PM, schrieb Phil Holmes: Is anyone else having difficulties accessing lilypond.org? If I try from a browser from any one of 3 machines here (Windows Vista, 7 and Ubuntu), browsers Chrome,

Re: Lilypond.org

2013-10-13 Thread bart deruyter
I can't reach it either. Ubuntustudio 13.04 here, from Belgium. Same message from http://www.**downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ too, should be up, but doesn't load here. grtz, Bart http://www.bartart3d.be/ On facebook

Lilypond down?

2013-10-13 Thread Ralph Palmer
Greetings - I'm running Windows 7. When I try to connect to Lilypond.org this morning, I get No data received. Chrome says Error code : ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE. Is it just me? Ralph -- Ralph Palmer Brattleboro, VT USA palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com ___

Re: Lilypond down?

2013-10-13 Thread David Nalesnik
Ralph, On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Ralph Palmer palmer.r.vio...@gmail.comwrote: Greetings - I'm running Windows 7. When I try to connect to Lilypond.org this morning, I get No data received. Chrome says Error code : ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE. Is it just me? Not just you. Same result on

Re: Ossia - Documentation Recommendation

2013-10-13 Thread Simon Bailey
hi, On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek carsonm...@ca.rr.com wrote: My recommendation was based on an attempt to utilize the snippet as presented. It did not do what I needed. I then added the \key command were I recommend and it did work. This seems to be a whole lot of

RE: Ossia - Documentation Recommendation

2013-10-13 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Mr. Bailey, Noted. Thank you. Mark -Original Message- From: bina...@gmail.com [mailto:bina...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Simon Bailey Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:15 AM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: Wim van Dommelen; lilypond-user Mailinglist Subject: Re: Ossia - Documentation

Re: Piano/Xylophone key diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@gmail.com To: David Kastrup d...@gnu.org Cc: lilypond-user lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 2:29 PM Subject: Re: Piano/Xylophone key diagrams 2013/10/12 David Kastrup d...@gnu.org: Phil Holmes

Re: Piano/Xylophone key diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread Simon Bailey
that is cool! :D i've been using lilypond for 10 years and it sometimes still surprises me at how powerful it is... ;) On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net wrote: - Original Message - From: Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@gmail.com To: David Kastrup

Re: Lilypond.org

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
I can confirm it. I guess that there is some server maintenance going on. If you try this website: http://www.webpagetest.org/ you'll see that no content can be downloaded, IIUC ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Piano/Xylophone key diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread David Kastrup
Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net writes: Starting off would be on URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3563#c4. Check its output. This is basically what you need, except that you need to replace the C-Griff function which uses filled and non-filled circles in a three-row

Re: Colored note heads with black outline

2013-10-13 Thread Onno Zweers
Hi Paul and Pierre, Thanks! The latest code worked wonderfully! I adapted the colors, which was easy after I found out that orange is not a standard color and should be specified as (x11-color 'orange). Would it be an idea to post the code in the snippets database? Kind regards Onno

Re: Piano/Xylophone key diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: David Kastrup d...@gnu.org To: Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net Cc: Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@gmail.com; lilypond-user lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 3:22 PM Subject: Re: Piano/Xylophone key diagrams Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net

Re: [OT] guitar scales

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
2013/10/13 David Kastrup d...@gnu.org Federico Bruni fedel...@gmail.com writes: Hi this is OT because I think that what I'm looking for cannot be done in LilyPond. I'd like to generate some guitar scales, as you can see here:

Re: [OT] guitar scales

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
2013/10/13 Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@gmail.com how about http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=790 interesting! but I have some issues if I try to use it in a \markup block only: 1) the first diagram is cropped on the left margin 2) all the diagrams have a barré printed on the first fret

Re: [OT] guitar scales

2013-10-13 Thread Johan Vromans
Federico Bruni fedel...@gmail.com writes: Hi this is OT because I think that what I'm looking for cannot be done in LilyPond. I'd like to generate some guitar scales, as you can see here: http://archives.mikeerickson.net/guitar-scales/#/scales/A/minor But I'd like to be able to print them

Re: Piano/Xylophone key diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread Ed Gordijn
Hi, This is nice but... Wouldn't it be very nice to use color instead of a black/white dot to indicate the key? Greetings, Ed ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond.org

2013-10-13 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Hi, I just want to say that lilypond.org is back online. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Lilypond-org-tp152231p152252.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Lilypond down?

2013-10-13 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Hi, I just want to say that lilypond.org is back online. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Lilypond-down-tp152233p152253.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Piano/Xylophone key diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread Ed Gordijn
Hi Phil, Please feel free to update it like that. Yes, sure that's what I would do if I would need this myself. But I was wondering why we don't use more color in music notation. On stage you could argue that readability is worse but for rehearsal color could be very useful. Greetings, Ed

Re: Lyric-Staff-spacing fails with smaller lyrics

2013-10-13 Thread Paul Morris
Eluze wrote I don't think LP fails, it's just that the vertical spacing isn't corrected with the \staffSize macro (which btw can be simplified to staffSize = #(define-music-function (parser location new-size) (number?) #{ \set fontSize = #new-size \override StaffSymbol

b:7 chord in predefined guitar fretboards

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
The default chord is derived from the shape of bes:7, so it requires a barré. But there's also a handy shape in first position. Shouldn't this be the default? I've tried to change the definition but there's something wrong, see below: \version 2.17.27 \include predefined-guitar-fretboards.ly

Positioning full-measure rests

2013-10-13 Thread Peter Toye
In some vocal music which needs multiple voices in the piano part, I want to position a full-measure rest in the middle of the staff. Using R1.(it's in 3/2 time) puts it horizontally in the right place, but vertically at the top of the staff. Using b'1.\Rest positions it at the beginning of the

Re: ugly bar line when changing line-count

2013-10-13 Thread EdBeesley
I'm a percussionist and I've played from parts that behave like the examples Gilberto has given. I agree that the default behaviour of LP is a bit ugly, and when shrunk down onto a part I imagine it would cause a few raised eyebrows from my percussion colleagues! His proposed suggestions would be

Re: Automatic generation of scores skeletons

2013-10-13 Thread Paul Morris
Jacques Menu-2 wrote Also, entering the spec data could be done in a GUI window as an extension. I could see this being integrated into Frescobaldi, perhaps? Nice work, btw! -Paul -- View this message in context:

Re: Positioning full-measure rests

2013-10-13 Thread Phil Holmes
Positioning full-measure restsThe best way (IMHO) is to use \oneVoice before the rest, then put the voice back (e.g. with \voiceOne) afterwards. Alternatively you can use \override MultiMeasureRest.staff-position -- Phil Holmes - Original Message - From: Peter Toye To:

Re: Colored note heads with black outline

2013-10-13 Thread Paul Morris
Onno Zweers wrote Would it be an idea to post the code in the snippets database? Hi Onno, Glad this is working for you. I was thinking I would add it to the snippet database (LSR). I realized it needs to be improved so that it will also handle \breve and \longa note durations correctly. I'll

Re: Positioning full-measure rests

2013-10-13 Thread David Kastrup
Peter Toye lilyp...@ptoye.com writes: In some vocal music which needs multiple voices in the piano part, I want to position a full-measure rest in the middle of the staff. Using R1.(it's in 3/2 time) puts it horizontally in the right place, but vertically at the top of the staff. Using

Re: Positioning full-measure rests

2013-10-13 Thread Peter Toye
Phil, Thanks. Works fine. Best regards, Peter mailto:lilyp...@ptoye.com www.ptoye.com - Sunday, October 13, 2013, 5:49:48 PM, you wrote: The best way (IMHO) is to use \oneVoice before the rest, then put the voice back (e.g. with \voiceOne) afterwards. Alternatively

Frescobaldi and pdf

2013-10-13 Thread Mario Moles
Hi! I have a strange message on the log: *_/lilypond 2.17.25 [Inno ComoeniusOrch.ly] in avvio.../_* *_/attenzione: opzione interna sconosciuta: debug-control-points/_* *_/attenzione: opzione interna sconosciuta: debug-voices/_* *_/Elaborazione di/_* and I also have a strange pdf output as in the

Re: b:7 chord in predefined guitar fretboards

2013-10-13 Thread pls
Hi Frederico, On 13.10.2013, at 18:35, Federico Bruni fedel...@gmail.com wrote: The default chord is derived from the shape of bes:7, so it requires a barré. But there's also a handy shape in first position. Shouldn't this be the default? I've tried to change the definition but there's

Re: Frescobaldi and pdf

2013-10-13 Thread Janek Warchoł
2013/10/13 Mario Moles mario.mole...@gmail.com: Hi! I have a strange message on the log: lilypond 2.17.25 [Inno ComoeniusOrch.ly] in avvio... attenzione: opzione interna sconosciuta: debug-control-points attenzione: opzione interna sconosciuta: debug-voices Elaborazione di and I also

Re: Stand alone guitar chord diagrams

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
Hi Kevin please reply to the list, you'll get much better help than from me (and the replies will be available in the archives). Have a look at the snippet called Customizing fretboard fret diagrams down from here:

Re: b:7 chord in predefined guitar fretboards

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
2013/10/13 pls p.l.schm...@gmx.de Leave out the hash and it should work: \storePredefinedDiagram #default-fret-table \chordmode { b:7 } #guitar-tuning x;2-2;1-1;2-2;o;2-4; and also add the last semicolon before the

Re: Frescobaldi and pdf

2013-10-13 Thread Mario Moles
In data dom 13 ott 2013 20:01:37, hai scritto: Oh! Yes! Thanks! It's just Frescobaldi's new feature: enhanced preview mode. See http://lilypondblog.org/2013/10/preview-mode-preview/ You can customize it in Tools-Preview Options Janek oiram/bin/selom Da ognuno secondo le proprie

Re: Lyrics to hymn - new user

2013-10-13 Thread Garrett McGilvray
Hi Carl, On Oct 12, 2013, at 10:25 PM, Carl Peterson carlopeter...@gmail.com wrote: The basic answer is that you ideally need two sequential sets of voice contexts, one for the verse, one for the chorus. So this would be your basic setup: \score { \new Staff = top { \new Voice

Re: Frescobaldi and pdf

2013-10-13 Thread Urs Liska
Am 13.10.2013 20:40, schrieb Mario Moles: In data dom 13 ott 2013 20:01:37, hai scritto: Oh! Yes! Thanks! It's just Frescobaldi's new feature: enhanced preview mode. See http://lilypondblog.org/2013/10/preview-mode-preview/ You can customize it in Tools-Preview Options Janek I'm slightly

Re: Lyrics to hymn - new user

2013-10-13 Thread Federico Bruni
2013/10/13 Garrett McGilvray garrett.mcgilv...@gmail.com PS. For anyone: is it proper etiquette to reply to all or just the person who responded? reply to all is the right thing (unless you want to really send a private message) ___ lilypond-user

Re: laying out plainsong chant

2013-10-13 Thread Noeck
Sorry, I don't know. Could someone else please help? How do I override the glyph used for rests? The rest has no glyph property. There could be smarter ways e.g. using beams or other objects. I still think there should be something like a\rest but with the longer bars you need. Cheers, Joram Am

Re: NR 1.7.1: can't understand a sentence about scaling font size

2013-10-13 Thread Werner LEMBERG
With the modern scalable fonts much of this size-adjusting has been incorporated in hints and other techniques, I wished it were so, but alas, this is not true. Hinting is only useful to adapt glyphs to a given output device. It does *not* provide any optical scaling. Werner

Re: ugly bar line when changing line-count

2013-10-13 Thread Eluze
I've just added this request to the tracker: https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3609colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Stars%20Owner%20Patch%20Needs%20Summary thanks for your active and engaged participation! Eluze -- View this message in context:

Re: Colored note heads with black outline

2013-10-13 Thread Paul Morris
Paul Morris wrote I realized it needs to be improved so that it will also handle \breve and \longa note durations correctly. I'll include some examples of using the (x11-color 'orange) style colors to help make it more obvious that that's an option. Ok, I added support for breve notes, and

Re: ugly bar line when changing line-count

2013-10-13 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Eluze, thank you for all your replies and for adding the request, I really appreciate it. Take care, Gilberto -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/ugly-bar-line-when-changing-line-count-tp152072p152279.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at

Re: Lyrics to hymn - new user

2013-10-13 Thread Carl Peterson
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Garrett McGilvray garrett.mcgilv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Carl, I am so very grateful for your help. I have taken some time to study your answer and do some practicing. I'm sorry to say that I'm still stuck. Where I am getting confused is how to make a partial

Re: Converting MIDI to .ly?

2013-10-13 Thread SoundsFromSound
Hi Neoking, Here is some useful info on invoking midi2ly -- http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/invoking-midi2ly Also, what version of LilyPond are you using? Welcome to the community! :) Ben neoking wrote Hi all, I just started using lilypond and I tried looking

Re: ChordNames in Staff context

2013-10-13 Thread Keith OHara
Robert Schmaus robert.schmaus at web.de writes: The compiling resulted in hundreds of errors (after applying convert-ly). It took some time to figure out, that the problem was the statement \context { \Staff \accepts ChordNames } in the score block. A google search turned