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

2011-01-01 Thread Michael Ellis
terms you like. Still, since we're working on the same chorales it would 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 wrote: > Hi Michael and all, > > Copy from the previous d

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

2011-01-01 Thread Michael Ellis
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'

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 q

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 SAT

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 qui

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

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Ellis
will have the facility to mark temporal points in various parts so that they > can be aligned without counting out the beats 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 mu

Re: A small but vexing problem

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Ellis
ote: > > Mike, > > From: lilypond-user-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: Lily

Re: \underline in lyrics

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Ellis
a refrain, 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 > wrote: > > Just a thou

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 a

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 wrote: > Yes, > Reinhold explained more precisely the problem - > I want to underline s

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: 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. T

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

2010-12-24 Thread Michael Ellis
Hi Jakob, I'm not having much luck reducing it down to a minimal example. I have family visiting for the next few days, so I'll try to pick it back up after Christmas. Cheers and happy holidays to all!, Mike On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:28 PM, jakob lund wrote: > 2010/12/23

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

2010-12-23 Thread Michael Ellis
os.path.splitext(x)[0] + ".ly" cmd = "%(mscore)s %(x)s -o %(ly)s"%locals() print cmd p = Popen(cmd,shell=True) p.wait() print "Done" Cheers, Mike On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Phil Hézaine wrote: > Le 22/12/2010 16:08, Michael Ellis a é

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 t

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

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Ellis
at returns only the pitch-carrying elements? Cheers, Mike On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Michael Ellis wrote: > Thanks, Carl. This looks promising ... > Cheers, > Mike > > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Carl Sorensen wrote: > >> On 12/22/10 8:08

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 wrote: > On 12/22/10 8:08 AM, "Michael Ellis" wrote: > > > > > > Putting this together with your workaround produces the code and output > shown > >

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

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Ellis
uot; \clef treble \key f \major \Snotes } ABvoiceDA = { \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Bass" \clef bass \key f \major \Bnotes } \score { << \new Voice = ASVoiceAA { \ASvoiceAA } \new NoteNames = NNS \with { \override NoteName #'stencil = #solfaNames } {\tran

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 wrote: > 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.

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: 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 wrote: > Hi Michael, > Took me a day longer than I thought to get around to this. Here are the > main scripts I'm currently using. They are he

Re: ways of using Lilypond?

2010-12-19 Thread Michael Ellis
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Jan-Peter Voigt 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 something comparab

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 wrote: > @mike - would you be willing to share your Python scripts? I'd love to see > them... tia > > ___ > lilypond-

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 wrote: > Ludo Beckers: > > > Just wondering, has there ever been a poll about how many Lilypond users > > work with

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 s

Re: Odd output

2010-12-17 Thread Michael Ellis
> > -Original 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 > > >

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 wrote: > On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:09:10 -0800, Phil Holmes > wrote: > >> >> The version that Chappell uses in the Mikado is attached. >> >> Nice. > It does break the usual rules about horizontal placement, and about when

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 wrote: > Thanks, Eluze. The spreadsheet idea is clever! > > Since my last post, I've been playing with a python template substitut

Re: Mixing notation and lyric entry

2010-12-15 Thread Michael Ellis
definition of runlily(). For me, this was a lot easier than outsmarting LilyPond's internals since I can program in Python at least 10 times faster than in Scheme. Only downsides so far are having to double backslash some lilypond commands and the loss of syntax highlighting. The latter could

Re: Mixing notation and lyric entry

2010-12-15 Thread Michael Ellis
s = \lyricmode { \lyrfirst \lyrnext % ... } \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..

Re: Mixing notation and lyric entry

2010-12-15 Thread Michael Ellis
ight? I can code that up in Python 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, > >

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 transcribin

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 capa

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 4:46

Re: Odd output

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Ellis
ause 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

Re: Odd output

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Ellis
could but shouldn't > use a Gb not a F# as the first chordsis a G chord." > > Note his final comment - could use a Gb but shouldn't. > > -- > Phil Holmes > > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Michael Ellis > *To:* LilyPond User Group > *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 wrote: > Plea

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 wrote: > Thanks Valentin, that's quite helpful. I ended up

Re: Extracting pitch names from music

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Ellis
estion, I think I really 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 wrote: > Putting the \midi block inside a separate \score block solved the audio > doubling issue. I could still use

Re: Extracting pitch names from music

2010-12-07 Thread Michael Ellis
aff_performer" } \context { \Voice \consists "Staff_performer" } } Cheers, Mike On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Valentin Villenave wrote: > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Michael Ellis > wrote: > > It seems to me that the best solu

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 notatio

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