Better support for Bravura in LilyPond
I'd like to share something: https://github.com/dbenjaminmiller/bmusicfonts I personally prefer the Bravura design to Emmentaler/Feta, and there'd been some SMuFL support offered in the past (which was highly buggy and not really usable for professional scores in a few ways), as well as Profondo, a conversion of a pre-release version of Bravura into LilyPond's native font format (which also had some issues with dot placement). After much experimentation, I created some fonts and includeable files which allow for high-quality typesetting using Bravura. The SMuFL font is loaded for some stencils, and others come from a native LilyPond-format font (which is itself usable, though results will be better with the definitions file loaded). Not all features of Bravura are currently supported (e.g., you can't use the built-in stylistic alternatives). Likely, that won't happen until SMuFL support comes to LilyPond (it's currently being worked on, I believe). But the output should already be pretty nice. It is for me (n.b., I use LilyPond principally at 17.82 size). Note that this isn't a generalizeable method for all SMuFL fonts: the definitions file includes many specific tweaks for Bravura, which are easy to adapt, but the BMusicFont had to be put together largely manually, and this process is quite involved. I have little interest in adapting a second music font myself, but hopefully this work is useful to you.
Re: Pedal cautionary after a line break (current status and improvements)
On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 10:53 PM Thomas Morley wrote: > Am Di., 23. Juni 2020 um 20:33 Uhr schrieb Paolo Prete < > paolopr...@gmail.com>: > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 6:36 PM Pierre Perol-Schneider > > A this point: > > > > 1) I gently ask Harm (is Harm the snippet's maintainer ? ) to update the > > snippet at least by adding a warning (--> something like "no midi is > > produced") > > Hi Paolo, > > I'm not the admin of the LSR, though, among others I've the > privilegies to (un)approve, change, delete snippets. > That said, you may ask the snippet-author to add such a warning. > The LSR is a user-driven possibility to extend LilyPond by > custom-code. This also means the author of a snippet is responsible > for his code. > If not available _then_ people like me will step in. > > At any rate, the snippets clearly states "This workaround uses > TextSpanner instead of SustainPedal/PianoPedalBracket." > A TextSpanner never creates midi-output, thus the warning is not needed, > imho. > > Hi Harm, Then Pierre, who is the creator of the snippet and joined this thread, will decide what to do. Best, P
Snippet "Clef change and repeat barline"
To the author of said snippet. lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1=1110 I will not approve it in it's current state. It shows how to change BreakAlignment.break-align-orders, ok, though this is covered in the docs already. It's description says "Here's a workaround to get a traditional output when clef changes after a repeat barline!" This sounds like default LilyPond being wrong in this regard. If so, it's a bug, needed to be reported, probably discussed and finally fixed. Please check whether there's an issue about it already, if not report it on the bug-list. Tbh, I don't think LilyPond is wrong. Ofcourse I'd could be proven wrong. Cheers, Harm
Unapproved LSR-snippet "Generating scores within a function"
Hi, said snippet waits to be approved. Alas, I think it will never work in the jail the lsr is running in. Could someone with experience in running LilyPond in a jail could have a look at the code: https://lsr.di.unimi.it/form.php?type=snippet;id=;rld=m_snippet ? Thanks, Harm
Re: Pedal cautionary after a line break (current status and improvements)
Am Di., 23. Juni 2020 um 20:33 Uhr schrieb Paolo Prete : > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 6:36 PM Pierre Perol-Schneider > A this point: > > 1) I gently ask Harm (is Harm the snippet's maintainer ? ) to update the > snippet at least by adding a warning (--> something like "no midi is > produced") Hi Paolo, I'm not the admin of the LSR, though, among others I've the privilegies to (un)approve, change, delete snippets. That said, you may ask the snippet-author to add such a warning. The LSR is a user-driven possibility to extend LilyPond by custom-code. This also means the author of a snippet is responsible for his code. If not available _then_ people like me will step in. At any rate, the snippets clearly states "This workaround uses TextSpanner instead of SustainPedal/PianoPedalBracket." A TextSpanner never creates midi-output, thus the warning is not needed, imho. Cheers, Harm
Re: space between note-columns
Hi Martin, Try; \version "2.20.0" << \voiceOne e'2\\ \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #0 \voiceThree c'2 >> << \voiceOne e'2\\ \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #5 \voiceThree c'2 >> Cheers, Pierre Le mer. 24 juin 2020 à 19:26, gmailMpk a écrit : > Hi, > > Is there a way to increase/decrease distance between note-columns to make > stacked notes closer or further apart? > > \version "2.20.0" > << > \voiceOne e'2\\ > \voiceThree c'2 > >> > > Thanks, > Martin > > > >
space between note-columns
Hi, Is there a way to increase/decrease distance between note-columns to make stacked notes closer or further apart? \version "2.20.0" << \voiceOne e'2\\ \voiceThree c'2 >> Thanks, Martin
Re: Circles round fingerings
Hi Paul,
How about:
\version "2.20.0"
customFingering = {
\override Fingering.font-name = "Arial Black"
\override Fingering.font-size = #-1
\override Fingering.color = #(x11-color "DarkRed")
}
cust =
-\tweak font-name #"Arial Black"
-\tweak font-size #-2
-\tweak color #(x11-color "DarkRed") \etc
tune = \relative {
%\customFingering
c'4 d-2 e\3 % <= optional
\cust-\markup\circle "3"
g-5 %-\markup {\center-align \draw-circle #1 #.5 ##f }
}
\score {
<<
\time 4/4
\new Staff \tune
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\override Fingering.font-name = "Arial Black"
\override Fingering.font-size = #-1
\override Fingering.color = #(x11-color "DarkRed")
%Optional:
\override StringNumber.font-name = "Arial Black"
\override StringNumber.font-size = #-2
\override StringNumber.color = #(x11-color "DarkRed")
}
}
}
Of course, you could also define a markup function to get a shortcut for
the circled fingering...
Cheers,
Pierre
Le mer. 24 juin 2020 à 15:19, Paul McKay a écrit :
> Hi
> I'd like to put a circle round occasional fingering marks. I have tried
> *\circle*, but seem to have no control of the resulting thickness nor of
> the font features. I can find no way to customize the fingering font within
> the *\circle: *I always get some error message or other.
>
> I tried \draw-circle, but that's a kludge and I can't make it overlap.
>
> What I'd really like is to set up the fingering font attributes at the
> Score level so that I don't have to reset them every time I use fingering
> in a music expression. Perhaps that would encourage *\circle* to use
> them. In the following example, I'd really like to see a fingering on the e
> which has a bold red circle around it and properly centred. It would be
> good if it could handle tweaks to the Y-offset too because the circle might
> collide with other things.
>
> Thanks
> Paul McKay
>
> Example:
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> customFingering = {
> \override Fingering.font-name = "Arial Black"
> \override Fingering.font-size = #-1
> \override Fingering.color = #(x11-color "DarkRed")
> }
> tune = \relative {
> \customFingering
> c'4 d-2 e -\markup { { \circle \finger "3" } }
> g-5-\tweak Y-offset 5 -\markup {\center-align \draw-circle #1 #.5 ##f }
> }
> \score {
> <<
> \time 4/4
> \new Staff \tune
> >>
> \layout {}
> }
>
Re: Single bass notes in chordmode
> Am 24.06.2020 um 15:01 schrieb David Kastrup :
>
> Henning Hraban Ramm writes:
>
>> In some of my songbooks, the chord line (for guitar) is interrupted by
>> single bass notes, i.e. you are supposed to play only these strings.
>>
>> The notation is mostly a smallcaps letter with a bar above (or a small
>> x below), but a simple /G would be enough if it isn’t possible
>> otherwise.
>>
>> And I’d like to have that bass note also in MIDI output.
>>
>> Is this possible, and how?
>>
>> Preferred syntax: r/g or s/g
>
> Try . You'll still need to fiddle with the chord naming function.
Ah, thanks for the hint.
I found a snippet to add brackets to a chord:
#(define (addBrackets grob)
"Place brackets around a text object."
(let* (
; Get current text
(currentText (ly:grob-property grob 'text))
(bracketedText (markup "(" currentText ")")))
; Store the bracketed text back
(ly:grob-set-property! grob 'text bracketedText)
)
; and print it
(ly:text-interface::print grob))
% opC = optional chord (in brackets)
opC = \once \override ChordNames.ChordName.stencil = #addBrackets
Now, how can I use markup like \tiny or \circle within that (markup ...) ?
Best, Hraban
Circles round fingerings
Hi
I'd like to put a circle round occasional fingering marks. I have tried
*\circle*, but seem to have no control of the resulting thickness nor of
the font features. I can find no way to customize the fingering font within
the *\circle: *I always get some error message or other.
I tried \draw-circle, but that's a kludge and I can't make it overlap.
What I'd really like is to set up the fingering font attributes at the
Score level so that I don't have to reset them every time I use fingering
in a music expression. Perhaps that would encourage *\circle* to use them.
In the following example, I'd really like to see a fingering on the e which
has a bold red circle around it and properly centred. It would be good if
it could handle tweaks to the Y-offset too because the circle might collide
with other things.
Thanks
Paul McKay
Example:
\version "2.20.0"
customFingering = {
\override Fingering.font-name = "Arial Black"
\override Fingering.font-size = #-1
\override Fingering.color = #(x11-color "DarkRed")
}
tune = \relative {
\customFingering
c'4 d-2 e -\markup { { \circle \finger "3" } }
g-5-\tweak Y-offset 5 -\markup {\center-align \draw-circle #1 #.5 ##f }
}
\score {
<<
\time 4/4
\new Staff \tune
>>
\layout {}
}
Re: Single bass notes in chordmode
Henning Hraban Ramm writes:
> Hi,
> this was already asked in 2012 (by me) and 2015 (by someone else), but
> there was no answer. I hope it’ll work this time ;)
>
> In some of my songbooks, the chord line (for guitar) is interrupted by
> single bass notes, i.e. you are supposed to play only these strings.
>
> The notation is mostly a smallcaps letter with a bar above (or a small
> x below), but a simple /G would be enough if it isn’t possible
> otherwise.
>
> And I’d like to have that bass note also in MIDI output.
>
> Is this possible, and how?
>
>
> Preferred syntax: r/g or s/g
Try . You'll still need to fiddle with the chord naming function.
> Because a rest with a bass is only bass.
>
> E.g.
> \chordmode {
> a2:m r4/g r/f |
> g2 a:m |
> a:m r4/f r/g |
> g2 f |
> d:m f |
> g r4/g r8/c r/b |
> a2:m a:m |
> }
>
>
> Best regards,
> Hraban
>
>
>
--
David Kastrup
Single bass notes in chordmode
Hi,
this was already asked in 2012 (by me) and 2015 (by someone else), but there
was no answer. I hope it’ll work this time ;)
In some of my songbooks, the chord line (for guitar) is interrupted by single
bass notes, i.e. you are supposed to play only these strings.
The notation is mostly a smallcaps letter with a bar above (or a small x
below), but a simple /G would be enough if it isn’t possible otherwise.
And I’d like to have that bass note also in MIDI output.
Is this possible, and how?
Preferred syntax: r/g or s/g
Because a rest with a bass is only bass.
E.g.
\chordmode {
a2:m r4/g r/f |
g2 a:m |
a:m r4/f r/g |
g2 f |
d:m f |
g r4/g r8/c r/b |
a2:m a:m |
}
Best regards,
Hraban
