Re: parenthesize groups of notes

2011-05-08 Thread Gilles THIBAULT
I tried to parenthesize a whole group of notes by enclosing them in braces, as: \parenthesize { a b c } but no parentheses appear. You can try that : %% startParenthesis = { \once \override ParenthesesItem #'stencils = #(lambda (grob) (let ((par-list

Re: parenthesize groups of notes

2011-05-08 Thread Gilles THIBAULT
It's probably possible to automate a bit more but that is the general idea. Something like that : #(define ((my-stencils start) grob) (let* ((par-list (parentheses-item::calc-parenthesis-stencils grob)) (null-par (grob-interpret-markup grob (markup #:null (if start (list (car

Re: header anomalies LP2.13.60

2011-05-08 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: Bill Mooney mooney...@aim.com To: Lilypond-User List lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 4:43 AM Subject: header anomalies LP2.13.60 Greetings! Can someone please explain what is happening with the header block in this code?

Re: Repeat alternative includes a tempo change

2011-05-08 Thread Phil Holmes
Ken, It's difficult to be definitive with advice when wee can't use your code since it doesn't compile as supplied. However, my temptation would be simply to mark the repeat Repeat 4 times unless it's obvious from the lyrics, and mark the tempo change 4th repeat only. -- Phil Holmes

RE: header anomalies LP2.13.60

2011-05-08 Thread James Lowe
Hello From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org [lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org] on behalf of Phil Holmes [m...@philholmes.net] Sent: 08 May 2011 11:15 To: Bill Mooney; Lilypond-User List Subject: Re: header

circled guitar string number symbol in header text?

2011-05-08 Thread Christopher Berg
Hi, I've scoured the documentation and snippets for this and searched the lilypond-user archive and have not found the answer to this: How does one indicate a circled guitar string number in text above the piece, as in 3 = f# (where the 3 is circled), which is often used to indicate the

Re: parenthesize groups of notes

2011-05-08 Thread Jerome Wolbert
Much thanks, Janek and Gilles. Now I have two solutions and a great deal more understanding how lilypond works. Jerome From: Gilles THIBAULT gilles.thiba...@free.fr To: Jerome Wolbert jerome...@yahoo.com; lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Sun, May 8, 2011 3:44:03

Re: circled guitar string number symbol in header text?

2011-05-08 Thread Federico Bruni
Il giorno dom, 08/05/2011 alle 12.11 -0400, Christopher Berg ha scritto: How does one indicate a circled guitar string number in text above the piece, as in 3 = f# (where the 3 is circled), which is often used to indicate the tuning in transcriptions of Renaissance lute music. I know how to

Re: circled guitar string number symbol in header text?

2011-05-08 Thread Christopher Berg
It works! I'm not sure how, but I'll figure it out. Thank you, Federico!! Christopher On May 8, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Federico Bruni wrote: Il giorno dom, 08/05/2011 alle 12.11 -0400, Christopher Berg ha scritto: How does one indicate a circled guitar string number in text above the piece, as in

Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread Heather W. Reichgott
Hello, I have been using Lilypond for some time, and have used MIDI sequencing software before, too. Back in the early 90s I taught myself Cakewalk Apprentice with MIDI output for my early composition projects. :) But I am a beginner regarding the inner workings of MIDI. I have some beginner

\mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn, voice and stem issue

2011-05-08 Thread ivan . k . kuznetsov
Appended is a snippet of two measures, the first measure is what I intended, the second measure is not. In the second measure, I would like the top voice triplet 16th notes B natural and A natural to occupy the same space as the lower voice dotted quarter notes B natural and A natural, thus

Re: \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn, voice and stem issue

2011-05-08 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 08.05.2011 22:23, schrieb ivan.k.kuznet...@gmail.com: Appended is a snippet of two measures, the first measure is what I intended, the second measure is not. In the second measure, I would like the top voice triplet 16th notes B natural and A natural to occupy the same space as the lower

Re: \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn, voice and stem issue

2011-05-08 Thread Ivan Kuznetsov
Damn that was simple! Thank you for the almost instantaneous help! On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Marc Hohl m...@hohlart.de wrote: There exists a \mergeDifferentDottedOn command, too, to cover the merge in the second bar. See

Re: \tie and polifonie

2011-05-08 Thread Mario Moles
Great! Good solution! Tank you so much! The ties don't work because the expressions above don't have equal lengths. In other words, {b2\rest g'8 a c4~} is 8 quavers long, while {s2 g,, g'8[ a a'] c c'~} is 7 quavers long. Therefore, when you combine them using \\ , you get something

Re: \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn, voice and stem issue

2011-05-08 Thread Ivan Kuznetsov
If I can trouble you yet again, here is a second snippet with a similar issue, I would like the triplet E natural in the top voice to take the same space as the E natural half note in the bottom voice and then disappear. \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn does not work in this case,

Re: \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn, voice and stem issue

2011-05-08 Thread Nick Payne
On 09/05/11 06:36, Ivan Kuznetsov wrote: \version 2.12.3 \include english.ly http://english.ly \new Staff = guitar { \clef treble_8 { \times 2/3 { e,4 fs4 a'4} } \\ { \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn e,2 } } Why do you want to merge a half and

Can't get \arpeggio to work

2011-05-08 Thread ivan . k . kuznetsov
According to the reference manual, http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-as-lines#arpeggio all I need to do is append the \arpeggio tag to a chord construct, as I do in my appended snippet. However, the following snippet produces the message:

Re: header anomalies LP2.13.60

2011-05-08 Thread Bill Mooney
Greetings again... On 08/05/11 22:15, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: Bill Mooney mooney...@aim.com To: Lilypond-User List lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 4:43 AM Subject: header anomalies LP2.13.60 Greetings! Can someone please explain what is

Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread James Lowe
Heather, . On 8 May 2011, at 20:35, Heather W. Reichgott heather.reichg...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Is the choice of soundfont a property of the MIDI file itself, or a property of the playback software? (Or both?) I have Timidity++ and found a place in timidity.cfg where I can specify a

Can't get \arpeggio to work

2011-05-08 Thread Bill Mooney
Greetings, ...from the Notation Manual An arpeggio on a chord (also known as a broken chord) is denoted by appending \arpeggio to the chord construct: c e g c1\arpeggio I guess you 'do' need to define a chord for it to work - which you don't seem to have done in your example { \clef

Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread luis jure
on 2011-05-08 at 15:35 Heather W. Reichgott wrote: 1. Is the choice of soundfont a property of the MIDI file itself, or a property of the playback software? (Or both?) as far as i know, the midi file itself can only send program change messages on a given channel: select a certain patch number

Re: Can't get \arpeggio to work

2011-05-08 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 5/8/11 4:15 PM, ivan.k.kuznet...@gmail.com ivan.k.kuznet...@gmail.com wrote: According to the reference manual, http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-as-lines #arpeggio all I need to do is append the \arpeggio tag to a chord construct, as I do in

Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread Peter Chubb
Heather == Heather W Reichgott heather.reichg...@gmail.com writes: Heather [1 multipart/alternative (7bit)] [1.1 text/plain; Heather ISO-8859-1 (7bit)] Heather I have been using Lilypond for some time, and have used MIDI Heather sequencing software before, too. Back in the early 90s I Heather

Re: Can't get \arpeggio to work

2011-05-08 Thread Ivan Kuznetsov
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Carl Sorensen c_soren...@byu.edu wrote: This is not a chord construct, but a parallel music construct. Only one set of angle brackets, and the duration outside. Evidentally I was not understanding the difference between the two constructs. Thanks!

2.13.61 2 rehearsal marks

2011-05-08 Thread Paul Scott
Hi, I need to to place a fermata over a bar line at the end of a line and have a rehearsal mark at the beginning of the next line. I would normally use \mark to place the fermata over the bar line but then I don't know how to reuse \mark for the rehearsal mark. As a workaround I would

Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread Shane Brandes
Heather, If you want also you can use zynadsubfx or Qsynth to alter your midi sounds. The first is a really interesting synthesizer that you make lots of endless tweaks to. The second enables the use of soundfonts and allows for some processing as the sound as generated such as reverb etc. Both

Re: \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn, voice and stem issue

2011-05-08 Thread David Kastrup
Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net writes: Why do you want to merge a half and quarter note? It would just make the score more difficult to read and the musician's life more difficult. Isn't that already the case for merging differently dotted notes? -- David Kastrup