Re: ANN: Solfege Resources -- 404 bach chorales in Lilypond format with Movable Do solfege.

2011-01-01 Thread Michael Ellis
Apologies for the sloppy cut and paste on the URL. BTW, thanks to all of you who helped me during the past couple weeks. I'm not sure I'd have kept with it otherwise. And, of course, thanks to Jan and Han-wen and the development team for LilyPond! There's no way this could have been done so

Re: A small but vexing problem (fermatas in several voices)

2011-01-01 Thread Michael Ellis
philippe.heza...@free.fr wrote: Le 31/12/2010 20:33, Michael Ellis a écrit : Hi Phil, The problem is pretty well solved. I'm just cleaning up a few things in my scripts today.  I don't have all the answers yet regarding copyrights.  Margaret Greentree's site seems to claim copyrights only to the PDF

Re: Solfege Resources -- 404 bach chorales in Lilypond format with Movable Do solfege.

2011-01-01 Thread Michael Ellis
be great if we can find a way to combine our efforts to produce the best possible editions. Cheers, Mike On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Phil Hézaine philippe.heza...@free.frwrote: Hi Michael and all, Copy from the previous discussion: Le 31/12/2010 20:33, Michael Ellis a écrit : Hi Phil

Re: Solfege Resources -- 404 bach chorales in Lilypond format with Movable Do solfege.

2011-01-01 Thread Michael Ellis
Project site now has downloadable archives of PDF and MIDI files at http://code.google.com/p/solfege-resources/downloads/list Cheers, Mike ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: A small but vexing problem (fermatas in several voices)

2010-12-31 Thread Michael Ellis
Hi Phil, The problem is pretty well solved. I'm just cleaning up a few things in my scripts today. I don't have all the answers yet regarding copyrights. Margaret Greentree's site seems to claim copyrights only to the PDF images and those are freely shared for non-commercial use. So I'm not

ANN: Solfege Resources -- 404 bach chorales in Lilypond format with Movable Do solfege.

2010-12-31 Thread Michael Ellis
I've just committed a first version of LilyPond sources for 404 Bach chorales at https://solfege-resources.googlecode.com. The voice notation is extracted from Margaret Greentree's musicXML files of the chorales at jsbchorales.net. Each file creates PDF and midi for the full score (typically

Re: Staff change in piano music - a general approach?

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Ellis
Hi Tobias, This topic is also of interest to me, so I googled for lilypond piano reduction and eventual found the vocal template with automatic piano reduction, from which I derived the example below. It uses \partcombine which, perhaps unfortunately, takes only two arguments. However, I found

Re: \underline in lyrics

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Ellis
Just a thought. Nikolay, does it make sense to add the underlines after the fact with a PDF editor? Or do you hav e hundreds of items to underline? Cheers, Mike On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Nikolay Kirov nkki...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, Reinhold explained more precisely the problem - I want

A small but vexing problem

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Ellis
I think I mentioned in a prior post that I'm creating LilyPond versions of 400 Bach chorales with moveable do solfege beneath the notes. I've now got workable versions for the chorales with all parts together and hope to have them up on a website soon with pdf and midi files available also. I'd

Re: \underline in lyrics

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Ellis
, which must be underlined following the tradition from the books. So, I need a tool (special engraver) to underline several syllables of several notes. Cheers, Nikolay On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: Just a thought. Nikolay, does it make sense

Re: A small but vexing problem

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Ellis
-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org [lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org] on behalf of Michael Ellis [michael.f.el...@gmail.com] Sent: 30 December 2010 19:11 To: LilyPond User Group Subject: A small but vexing problem I think I mentioned in a prior post that I'm creating

Re: A small but vexing problem (fermatas in several voices)

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Ellis
correctly in each one. This would be structurally analogous to the use of TABs in a single line of typed material, but it would not be associated with lines of music, rather with entire scores. Cheers, Mike O'D. On 12/30/2010 02:41 PM, Michael Ellis wrote: From: Michael Ellismichael.f.el

Re: Accidental and clef change issue

2010-12-28 Thread Michael Ellis
The Dover Edition of the Beethoven Sonatas, a reproduction of the 1923 Universal Edition (H. Schenker, ed.) has the attached in opus 27, no 2, second movement (Presto Agitato) mm 54,55. In the left hand of mm 54, the clef changes 4 times (bass, treble, bass, treble). The movement is in E major.

Re: Can't use NoteNames twice in score block ??

2010-12-24 Thread Michael Ellis
/23 Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com: Thanks, Jakob! I didn't understand that a music-filter acts recursively on containers and their contents. I had some vague notion that it simply passed or rejected elements at the top level of a list. Your example is what I needed. For my

Re: Can't use NoteNames twice in score block ??

2010-12-23 Thread Michael Ellis
Thanks, Jakob! I didn't understand that a music-filter acts recursively on containers and their contents. I had some vague notion that it simply passed or rejected elements at the top level of a list. Your example is what I needed. For my purposes I needed to add RestEvent and TransposedMusic

Re: Can't use NoteNames twice in score block ??

2010-12-23 Thread Michael Ellis
=True) p.wait() print Done Cheers, Mike On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Phil Hézaine philippe.heza...@free.frwrote: Le 22/12/2010 16:08, Michael Ellis a écrit : Carl, thanks for taking the time to figure it out! I really appreciate the help. It's good to know there's

Re: Can't use NoteNames twice in score block ??

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Ellis
, Carl Sorensen c_soren...@byu.edu wrote: On 12/21/10 5:14 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: While working with a much larger version of the score below (BWV 206 chorale in 4 voices), I

Re: Can't use NoteNames twice in score block ??

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Ellis
Thanks, Carl. This looks promising ... Cheers, Mike On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Carl Sorensen c_soren...@byu.edu wrote: On 12/22/10 8:08 AM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: Putting this together with your workaround produces the code and output shown below

Re: Can't use NoteNames twice in score block ??

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Ellis
-carrying elements? Cheers, Mike On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks, Carl. This looks promising ... Cheers, Mike On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Carl Sorensen c_soren...@byu.eduwrote: On 12/22/10 8:08 AM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el

Can't use NoteNames twice in score block ??

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Ellis
While working with a much larger version of the score below (BWV 206 chorale in 4 voices), I tried using the NoteNames engraver to put note names under each voice. For some reason, invoking it twice causes the clef and instrument name to change on the top staff. The notes (and the note names)

Re: Can't use NoteNames twice in score block ??

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Ellis
Oops wrong image for ok.png in previous msg. Cheers, Mike On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.comwrote: While working with a much larger version of the score below (BWV 206 chorale in 4 voices), I tried using the NoteNames engraver to put note names under

Re: ways of using Lilypond?

2010-12-20 Thread Michael Ellis
Oops forgot to attach one of the files to prior message. Here it is. Cheers, Mike On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Michael, Took me a day longer than I thought to get around to this. Here are the main scripts I'm currently using

Re: ways of using Lilypond?

2010-12-19 Thread Michael Ellis
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Jan-Peter Voigt jp.vo...@gmx.de wrote: Yes, Frescobaldi is a great tool! Also for advanced users! It made me change my main working system from Mac to Ubuntu. On my netbook, I sometimes use vim. My wishlist this christmas would be ;-) Frescobaldi or

Re: Odd output

2010-12-18 Thread Michael Ellis
Thanks Phil, I'm curious about the vocal part. Why is the stemming different than the piano reduction? As written, it indicates SAA division on the first chord and SSS (no Alto!) on the second. This may seem trivial and skilled singers will generally do the right thing. OTOH, I've frequently

Re: ways of using Lilypond?

2010-12-18 Thread Michael Ellis
Vim, also with some custom mappings and some python scripts that allow me to mix lyrics conveniently with notation. Cheers, Mike On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Jethro Van Thuyne m...@jethrovanthuyne.bewrote: Ludo Beckers: Just wondering, has there ever been a poll about how many Lilypond

Re: ways of using Lilypond?

2010-12-18 Thread Michael Ellis
Sure. I'll send them out tomorrow afternoon. Need to clean them up a bit. Cheers, Mike On Dec 18, 2010, at 10:18 PM, Michael Webster semiqua...@mac.com wrote: @mike - would you be willing to share your Python scripts? I'd love to see them... tia

Re: Odd output

2010-12-17 Thread Michael Ellis
+1 for option C Cheers, Mike On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Keith OHara k-ohara5...@oco.net wrote: On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:09:10 -0800, Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net wrote: The version that Chappell uses in the Mikado is attached. Nice. It does break the usual rules about horizontal

Re: Odd output

2010-12-17 Thread Michael Ellis
Message- From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org on behalf of Michael Ellis Sent: Fri 12/17/2010 21:50 To: Keith OHara Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Odd output +1 for option C Cheers, Mike On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Keith OHara k-ohara5...@oco.net

Re: Mixing notation and lyric entry

2010-12-15 Thread Michael Ellis
in a heartbeat, but it's an unappealing solution for obvious reasons. Hence the query about how to do it with LilyPond and Scheme. Cheers, Mike On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Jan Warchoł lemniskata.bernoulli...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, 2010/12/14 Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com

Re: Mixing notation and lyric entry

2010-12-15 Thread Michael Ellis
% ... } \score { \new Voice = Sop { \autoBeamOn \sopmelody } \new Lyrics \lyricsto Sop { \soplyrics } } Cheers, Mike On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Jan Warchoł lemniskata.bernoulli...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/12/15 Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com Jan

Re: Mixing notation and lyric entry

2010-12-15 Thread Michael Ellis
' and telling my editor to use lilypond syntax for that extension. Hope someone finds this useful. Cheers, Mike On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 3:40 PM, -Eluze elu...@gmail.com wrote: Michael Ellis wrote: Is there a clean way to enter a phrase followed by the corresponding notes in a \relative

Re: Mixing notation and lyric entry

2010-12-15 Thread Michael Ellis
Oops! You'll also need my english-solfa.ly file (attached) to run the example as is. Cheers, Mike On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks, Eluze. The spreadsheet idea is clever! Since my last post, I've been playing with a python template

Mixing notation and lyric entry

2010-12-14 Thread Michael Ellis
Is there a clean way to enter a phrase followed by the corresponding notes in a \relative block? The example given in the docs, { \time 3/4 \relative c' { c2 e4 g2. } \addlyrics { play the game } } is fine for a small example, but it gets messy for longer music. I do a lot of

Re: issue classification was: Odd output

2010-12-12 Thread Michael Ellis
FWIW, Finale 2010 *does* support this if you put the notes in separate layers (voices), add a courtesy accidental to the natural note, and fiddle with the Accidental Mover and Note Position gui tools. It doesn't do the right thing by default, though. Image attached. So if pride in LilyPond's

Re: Odd output

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Ellis
Why not set one of the notes to a different enharmonic pitch? It's certainly much kinder to the musician who's trying to play the composition. \include english.ly { \clef treble \time 4/4 { fs'4 } \\ { es'4 } } Cheers, Mike On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net

Re: Odd output

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Ellis
his final comment - could use a Gb but shouldn't. -- Phil Holmes - Original Message - *From:* Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com *To:* LilyPond User Group lilypond-user@gnu.org *Sent:* Friday, December 10, 2010 5:18 PM *Subject:* Re: Odd output Why not set one of the notes

Re: Odd output

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Ellis
spelling counts! D# and E♭may* sound* the same (on a tempered instrument) but they are two very different notes. And an performer playing an instrument that can distinguish between the two, should. On Dec 10, 2010, at 6:18 PM, Michael Ellis wrote: Why not set one of the notes to a different

Re: Unknown final note shape / object. What it is?

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Ellis
It appears to be the opening Kyrie of the Josquin's Missa Beata Virgine, ca 1510. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Josquin_Missa_BV_Kyrie.jpg I believe music printing was a thriving enterprise by then, so it's unlikely to be (completely) hand scribed. Cheers, Mike On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at

Re: Extracting pitch names from music

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Ellis
mean Is there any downside to using Scheme to solve problems like this? Cheers, Mike On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.comwrote: Putting the \midi block inside a separate \score block solved the audio doubling issue. I could still use some suggestions regarding

Re: Extracting pitch names from music

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Ellis
vertically minimumVerticalExtent = #'(0 . 0) %% decrease lyric font size by 1 increment \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 } Thanks, Mike On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Valentin, that's quite helpful. I ended

Extracting pitch names from music

2010-12-07 Thread Michael Ellis
I use LilyPond to create practice scores and etudes. I've figured out how to allow note entry in Moveable Do solfege notation and have a template (see below) that supports displaying the solfege symbols as lyrics beneath the notes. At present, I have to manually extract the lyrics from the

Re: Extracting pitch names from music

2010-12-07 Thread Michael Ellis
Villenave valen...@villenave.netwrote: On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: It seems to me that the best solution would be to use LilyPond's built-in Scheme interpreter to extract the pitch names while the file is being processed. I've made some

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