Length of stems

2003-12-14 Thread donald_j_axel
SUMMARY: Am I shortening stems the right way? Can anyone tell if I do things the best way? As an exercise for complicated piano voicing I tried to put down the first bars of Chopin op. 28.1 (C Major Prelude). As expected I ran into several problems and I would like

Re: cello harmonics

2003-12-14 Thread Richard Lyons
On Sunday 14 December 2003 03:39, Graham Percival wrote: [...] Ahh, another LilyPond cellist! There's quite a few of us. :) My daughter is the cellist. But good to know I'm in the right place. a4^\open It's in the section of the manual that deals with articulations (and fingerings).

ties, slurs, phrasing slurs

2003-12-14 Thread Richard Lyons
Another small problem. I have a tie in a phrasing slur. Unfortunately the tie crosses a new time signature, so lilypond drops it. I put a slur instead, but the slur crashes through the phrasing slur. I think I should be able to flatten the slur, but my best guess, \once \property

Re: ties, slurs, phrasing slurs

2003-12-14 Thread Richard Lyons
On Sunday 14 December 2003 13:17, Richard Lyons wrote: Another small problem. I have a tie in a phrasing slur. [...] Okay, the tie has now decided to print even across the time signature -- don't know what I did wrong before... But I still need to deepen the slur (to get round string

Re: using embedded fonts outside Lilypond [REVISITED]

2003-12-14 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Kieren Richard MacMillan writes: Having spent a little more time in pfaedit, I think I now understand what needs to be done. I would love to help the lilypond cause if I can, so if you want, I would be pleased to pfaedit the fonts so that they are acceptable and then make them available back

Length of stems

2003-12-14 Thread donald_j_axel
Hey! I found Jan's demonstration on the list showing how to specify exact position /length of stems: \property Voice.Beam \override #'positions = #'(-0.6 . -0.5) works for the first two bars, I suspect I'll have to adjust all the way when notes change. (No new screenshot yet). And